looked absolutely fantastic. making news in america this morning, big winners at the academy awards. >> and the oscar goes to. >> leonardo dicaprio finally bringing home an oscar. >> i do not take tonight for granted. thank you so very. >> and host chris rock ripping into racism with humor. >> i'm here at the academy awards, otherwise known as the white people's choice awards. >> a night filled with a lot of laughs, surprise wins, snubs, glitz and glamour. we're live in hollywood. and "your voice, your vote," countdown to super tuesesy. the candidates gearing up for the showdown. what a win for a front-runners would mean as donald trump finds himself in another controversy. well, good monday morning. it was a huge night in hollywood

best picture win at the 88th academy awards. >> among those celrating leonardo dicaprio taking home his first oscar for his role in "the revenant." >> and 26-year-old brie larson who swept the ceremonies all awards season took home her own little goldman for "room." >> and then there was host chris rock, who immediately waded into the diversity controversy and we've got it all covered this morning but we'll get started right now in hollywood where our lauren lyster is live right above the red carpet. lauren, good morning. >> reporter: i am. good morning, reena and kendis. you know, it was "mad max" that collected the most oscar gold and that first o oar for leo all on a night when taking center stage was the broader controversy over a lack of diversity in hollywood. >> "spotlight." >> reporter: a thoughtful film about a newspaper investigating sex abuse by boston's catholic

last night winning best picture. >> if they nominined hosts i wouldn't even gethis job. >> reporter: but it was oscar host chris rock who really owned the night addressing the academy's diversity controversy right out of the gate. >> i'm a danish girl. >> placing black actors in parodies of several nominated films. >> you should get me. >> don't worry, black astronaut, we will. >> reporter: even calling hollywood racist. >> hollywood is sorority racist, it's like we like you, rhonda, but you're not a kappa. >> leonardo dicaprio. >> reporter: after five nominations leonardo dicaprio's losing streak ended as a wounded front tearsman seeking retribution winning him gold for "the revenant." his impassioned acceptance speech a dire warning. >> climate change is real. it is happening right now. it is the most urgent threat facing our entire species. >> reporter: best actress as

larson. the biggest upset, the supporting actor to "bridge of spies" mark rylance in a category chock-full of heavy hitters and "the danish girl"'s alicia vikander took home best supporting actress. but the most awarded film of the night, not the sensitive serious films that dominated the awards but instead "mad max: fury road" with a six-win oscar haul. and as oscar scene winds down what moment stuck with viewers? on social media leonardo dicaprio's best actor win generated 440,000 tweets per minute. that was the most tweeted minute in oscar history. reena and kendis. >> it's only been 20 years in the making for it, so fantastic, you know, i guess one of the other talked about moments was vice president joe biden introducing lady gaga, lauren. >> reporter: absolutely. you know, he came out to a standing ovation and delivered

he was introducing lady gaga who was performing her oscar nominated song "till it happens to you" which is from the documentary "the hunting ground" which deals with sexual assault on campuses. she s joined on stage by abuse survivors holding their hands. they had kind of mantras, if you will, written on their arms and leading into that was vice president biden who encouraged viewers and the audience to take an anti-sexual assault pledge on a website dedicated t t that. it's been a big cause for him. a big advocate against sexual assault. >> great to see men and women standing next to lady gaga in that moment. >> standing ovation out there. lauren, thank you very much for joining us there inhollywood. get to some of those parties hopefully. >> parties, big time right now. so, what's next for the big winner

insider senior editor ron torotten tomatoes, grae drake. >> were you surprised? >> i was delighted. "spotlight," "the revenant" and "the big short" have all taken different awards all awards season long so it was a toss-up and a very worthy movie to win. >> after five tries leo finally got his oscar. was he a lock. >> he was a lock. we were all expecting him to win. a long time coming and "the revenant" w w great and so was he. >> yeah, and brie larson, boy, i tell you, she was incredible to watch in "room." she's only6 years old. what happens next for her? >> oh/ what a sight to behold she is. we have so many great performances coming up from her. but i'm really excited about a big hollywood movie she's going to be in which is "kong: skull island." >> alejandro inarritu, the first repeat winner in 65 years.

>> right, what an amazing director and this is rarely achieved in oscars history. what i lovo about him is he's such an innovator in film. i mean, i'd love to see him win three times because this guy is really advancing film and making it exciting for viewers. >> what about this year? how does the oscars compapa to previous years past? >> i got to tell you that even though this oscars was a very socially imporornt one, the ceremony bored me to tears, you guys. >> i actually enjoyed every bit of the ceremony. >> i'm glad you did but i'll tell you we must have been watching different ones. >> thank you. >> grae drake out in l.a., thanks for joining us. >> absolutely. and stay with abc news for all the oscar coverage later in this half hour, a closer look at the fashion. chris rock's monologue and the after-parties. >> but, of course, we want to get to our other story, donald trump drawing fire in the battle

>> trump taking heat over a controversial kkk endorsement. but is it enough to slow his momentum with@ super tuesday a day away, "your voice, your vote," abc's stephanie ramos is live in virginia. good morning to you, steph. >> reporter: good morning to you, reena and kendis. this could be it, super tuesday where 595 delegates are up for grabs for the republicans. when it's all said and done the boxes are checked and ballots are closed we could be looking at nominees for both parties or not. they don't call it super tuesday for nothing. on thi one day, the fate of both parties could be decided and h we got here has been anything but typical. the gop front-runner donald trump taking insults from all sides. >> he doesn't sweat, he doesn't sweat because his pores are clogged from the spray tan that he uses. >> if we nominate donald trump in all likelihood hillary wins and if that happe we lose this country.

support from some of the loudest names in politics, an endorsement from new jersey governor chris christie and first senate endorsement from jeff sessions. trump leading in most states now said to have more big wins on super tuesday, but h h spent the weekend answering questions about an endorsement he may not want from ku klux klan wizard david duke. . >> i don't believe i ever met him. i don't know anything about him. >> reporter: on the democratic side hillary clinton has more delegates and m re momentum than bernie sanders after her victory in this weekend's south carolina primary. and sanders knows it. telling george stephanopoulos on "this week" -- >> we got decimated, george. we got decimated. >> reporter: texas, georgia and right here in virginia stand as the biggest opportunities for clinton to dominate among african-american voters and to test sanders' early strength among hispanics. no candidate can wrap up the

this could be the end for somo as front-runners are expected to separate themselves from their closest competitors. kendis and reena, back to you. >> stephanie ramos joining us from virginia where donald trump is leading in many polls. leap day freebies. >> more from hollywood. the oscars fashion and big mix-up overnight. oprah reacting to being taken -- mistaken for whoopi goldberg. breaking overnight, bowing, crying and apologizing, our very fit look at an american detained in north korea. mom: hm, how about...? dad: hey haley, break a leg, huh? girl: that's rude. that means you're going to do fantastic. oh! well, thank you. are you nervous, honey? a little. buena suerte, mi hija. i'm gonna rock this thing!

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>> this is the wildest, craziest oscars to ever host because we got all this controversies, no black nominees, you know, and people are like, chris, you should boycott. chris, you should quit. you should quit. you know, how come there's only unemployed people to tell you to quit something. i'm sure there were no black nominees some of those years say '62 or '63 and black people did not protest. why? because we have real things to protest at the time. too busy being raped and lynched to care about who won best cinematographer. jada i i going to boycott the oscars. jada boycotting the oscscs is like m m boycotting rihanna's panties. i wasn't invited. if you want black people every year a athe oscars just have

friend, hollywood is sorority racist. it's like we like you, rhonda, but you're not a kappa. because "rock takes place in a world where white athletes are % as good as black athletes. "rocky" is a science fiction movie. >> he did take on race. well, "rocky" is getting mostly rave reviews for the way he handled what is an explosive subject. >> he handled it well. and one of the lighter moments on the show was when rock did a massive favor for the girl scouts. >> he sent out a number of them into the audience with plenty of girl scout cookies to sell. the audience members and they dug deep buying boxes and passing them around, rock did his part calling on the stars to help out. >> tina fey, get that money, girls, make that money. tina fey, charlize theron. yes, matt -- yes, okay, you get him.

come on. come on. oh, micicel b. jordan is here. you know what, no, no, you got enough girls. well, jordan was left empty-handed no girl scout cookies for him but they did well. >> he does all right with the ladies. okay, when all the buying was done by the way there was more than $65,000 for rock's daughter's girl scout troop. >> you know they were hungry squeezing into those dresses trying to look at skinny as possible. good call. now to a slightly awkward moment playing out on the red carpet and to the internet. >> there w a beauty company that tweeted out this image, take a look and it said we had no idea was oprah was tatted.

whoop woman whoopi and she had a confused oprah. we all love whoopi but we all don't look alike. red carpet fashion. let's start with cate blanchett in a seafoam gown with floral embellishments from armani. >> charlize theron showing no fear with that show-stopper of a dress from dior plugging neckline i i really a big thing. >> yes, shgs, jadore. brie larson had a gucci gown with columns of loose ruffles. >> jared leto rocking a crimson tux. >> michael strahan. >> he can never go wrong. >> more news after this. divide by 3.14 something something something... [ beeping, whirring ] great caesar salad!

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endorsement from former kkk leader david duke. trump and hillary cnton are leading in most states as they head into super tuesday. >> an american college student detained in north korea has issued an apology at a news conference in pyonoyang. otto warmbier said he stole a political slogan from a hotel which isp considered a hostile act. a navy s.e.a.l. who protected the life of a u.s. hostage is being honored with a medal of honor. edward byars is the first navy man to be given the highest award for valor in years. looking at today's weather rain in the northwest, some severe storms in the middle of the country. mild readings for the mid-atlantic states. well, statue wetttes have been handed out. >> on the red carpet they were out in force. here's some of the cverage. >> chris rock was for sure amazing, especially the way he started the show, i was like, what, did he just say that.

everybody, laugh, talk, drink and party. >> top night of hollywood? my favorite moment was leonardo dicaprio winning and his speech. >> the agony of defeat is always fun to watch, as well. >> the best thing, winning. >> this is the second one i've been lucky enough to win. it makes writing my inheritance quite a bit easier because i have two kids. >> such an amazing piece ando timely and important that we remember what an asset this is to our socieie and culture and democracy. >> the man with the statue is charles randolph who won an oscar for best adrafted screenplay for "spotlight." the film also won. this is probably one of the b bt nights of your life. >> it is, my birthday today, i'm 53 years old and wanted this for awhile. >> we all hope for theest and we already felt like it had achieved so mumu. >> you clutch that like you're never going to let it go. >> nobody i i getting it. >> i'm still very, very ovovwhelmed. i kind of look down and i just got my name on it so it's actually -- first it was like,

i can't really wrap my head around it but it't' just wonderful and i'm so happy to be here with my fellow colleagues and hopefully go out and celebrate tonight. >> it means everybody pays great money to come here and goes away satisfied and wants to come back next year but we deliver the goods. >> i ran into harry connick jr. and turned into a 15-year-old girl and played with my hair a lot. he couldn't be more charming. >> coming out of thihiparty when he won, i sort of lost the ability to speak and my husband thankfully was there and was able to speak on my behalf and bump me. >> always fun seeing celebrities get excited to see other celebrities. >> a aays fun to see them at those nice parties as well. >> i still haven't worked up the courage to see "the revenant."

>> that's what's makin right now at 4:30 a woman accused o of kidnapping a two month old baby heading to court. a 14-year-old shot and killed. his friend accused of pulling that trigger. the alleged gunman'smother is speaking to the one and only. and fall asleep before the oscars were over? we have the latest on the winners and oscar parties happening right now. good monday morning, south florida, i'm eric yutzy. >> i'm jacey birch. we have weather authority meteorologist julie durda here with your forecast. right now temperatures abovee average, 54 degrees in miami. 56 in ft. lauderdale. we have 65 in key west. the winds starting to shift inff the ocean and that's going to be the warm air conneneion we feel going into this afternoon and evening.