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Thanks, it's a nice read and a sentiment that's going to be echoed all summer long. Leo is the king of no-f*cks ?

The Revenant continues to make money. Latest BO update from Deadline:

Thanks for all the updates felliow leo lovers! also happy with the BO numbers for the movie, Jade. I remember from the Sony emails that the studio executives believed that the movie will not do well at all. One executive said that "this is not the role the world will like to see Leo in," so there is a lot of satisfaction for me to know the movie is successful. Having said that, now that he's won and can finally relax about his legacy, i hope his next movie will be more emotionally compelling. The Revenant is not my favorite Leo performance nor movie. I would be sad if he tries to do something similar. I would love to see Leo as a spy, hope he gets to work on that movie based on the Don Winslow novel Satori.

Thanks for the pucs jade ? So nice to see Leo and Common in the same pic. I ❤️ them both.

Yay

Yes!!!

Thank god innaritu won

And lady gag/dianne warren just lost!

This. There will be repurcussions if he does not win (haha, but serously) also, ignoring whats on the envelope if its not leo is the only option !!! ???

Exactly my thoughts... Wow, just wow

Gah, the ex machina win was a jaw dropper. Now everyone is saying that revenant for both is not happening anymore. Bummer, but as long as Leo wins I'm okay with that. Such a nail biter, this one. And still an hour to go!

Sorry, i can't help myself from obsessing ?? this is a very nice article from vanity fair: Here's why everyone's saying "it's time" for @LeoDiCaprio's Oscar win vntyfr.com/4ROIjxf Excerpt: Which leads us to this latest Oscar season and the latest and best chance for DiCaprio to go home with a naked statuette. His turn as a frontiersman left for dead and beat up by a grizzly bear is another all-in performance for an actor who seems to collect once-in-a-lifetime experiences even more than he does trophies. The Revenant is also a technical marvel from an Oscar-winning director that dominates the field with 12 nominations. While many other categories are toss-ups for Oscar prognosticators, DiCaprio’s win for best actor—after 22 years of stellar work and so many near-misses—is the only thing anyone can agree on. The only downside is that the marketing push for The Revenant’s award season has focused more on how difficult the movie was to make (it was cold! He fought a bear! He slept in animal carcasses! He ate a gross part of a bison!) instead of the damned perfection DiCaprio displays in battling the wilderness and the crueler angels of man’s nature. As with his mouth-foaming spasms in The Wolf of Wall Street, breaking open a vein in Django and the whole-hearted embodiment of his first Oscar-nominated role in Gilbert Grape, DiCaprio had to dive deep into another person’s life and only come up for air once Alejandro González Iñárritucalled it a wrap. DiCaprio put himself through hell, yes, and we’ve heard all about it, but it’s the performance he brought back through the flames that demands recognition. It’s a shame that the conversation has been so dominated by the belief in DiCaprio’s desire to chase an Oscar because it’s more the case that Oscar is just now catching up with him. -end of exverpt -- Also, i love that VF has been running a series of tweets with the #TeamLeo tag.??

Thanks everyone for all the updates and the comments, loved reading all of them. I'm officially abstaining from the Internet today until after the big ceremony (except this site) because everything has really become so mean-spirited.The takedowns are downright rude and insulting. I know it comes from a really deep-seated resentment especially at where Leo is now -- he has everything, and he knows it. I've always sensed some resentment from the media about Leo because he doesn't play the game because he doesn't need to and the Oscars is the only venue where they are expecting him to throw himself to them and give them access he has denied for so long. Bu the extraordinary success of the movie meant he didn't have to resort to that. And if and when he wins on Sunday, what opportunity is left to knock Leo from his pedestal? he may not be the nicest guy around but he's always been professional. He may be a douchebag and a perv for all we know, but even if true, he has never let a movie, a co-star or a junket down by unprofessional behavior. He is larger than life, but the guy is also human so i imagine all the public insults hurt him. I am really bummed by the level of cattiness I see, more so since they are directed to a guy who does not defend himself from these attacks. anyways, a win will be great but if he doesn't I have about five movies I can binge on to remind myself that I love him as an actor with or without a freakin Oscar. Gee, I just want this season to be over - I.ve never seen him targeted this much!

Thanks Oxford I meant to write that he read for the part that was supposed to be Leo"s son in the movie. Apparently, it was also Eddie Redmayne"s first feature movie.

EDDIE REDMAYNE: MEETING DICAPRIO WAS DAUNTING Eddie Redmayne Leonardo DiCaprio The Good Shepherd Robert De Niro The Theory of Everything Stephen Hawking Written by: covermg.com ShareFacebookTwitter EDDIE REDMAYNE HAS JOKED HE WOULD HAVE HAD A GOOD LIFE, HAD HE DIED WHILE AUDITIONING WITH LEONARDO DICAPRIO. Eddie Redmayne was "absolutely wetting himself" when he first met Leonardo DiCaprio. The 32-year-old actor landed his first major role in 2006's The Good Shepherd, in which he played Edward Wilson Jr. His onscreen father later became Matt Damon, but Eddie initially rehearsed opposite the Titanic star. It was Eddie's performance in a West End show in London, UK, that attracted a casting director to approach him about a role in the Robert De Niro-directed flick. “She [the casting director] said, ‘I want you to come back and meet Bob this afternoon.’ I was like, Who? ‘Bob De Niro.’ F**k," he recalled to M magazine. “When I came back, the casting couch was full of the best actors in Britain, all in their fifties and sixties; people who never audition for anything were lined. I was the only kid there. I went in and met De Niro. “Iwanyataparyerhair," Eddie recalled, doing an impression of the iconic actor telling him he wanted his hair in a parting. It was when he returned that Leonardo was also in the room, reading the lines of his character's dad. “I was absolutely wetting myself. I looked down at the scene, from the ceiling, and said to myself, ‘Redmayne, if you die now, you’ve had it pretty good.’ From there, I just turned up and tried not to get fired," he smiled.

If I am not mistaken, Redmayne is talking about that movie which Robert Deniro directed (The Good Shepherd, I think) where he read for Leo's supposed role in the movie. Leo passed on the movie eventually and the role went to Matt Damon. Angelina Jolie was also in that movie. I remember seeing a video Eddie R. talking about it during the Oscar campaign last year.

Thanks for all the updates everyone! would love to see Leo as a Viking. But I really enjoy him when he plays charming/funny characters. Hope he also showcases his comedic talents more....

i came across this review of Lauren Wilford of The Revenant and i like her perspective. i have to wait until the first week of February to see the movie tho.

wow, yay for leo! thanks for all the updates. agree that while the Critic's Choice is not an important award giving body, it nevertheless helps in the momentum for Leo. also glad that despite these critics aggressively trying to put leo and the revenant down, they can't help themselves and award it to him. nice day everyone!

Leo's reaction:

thanks oxford!

thanks oxford had a feeling that revenant will do really well during nominations when i noticed that many of the critics started going after it aggressively since a few days ago. i thought, wow, they could not even wait for the announcements. strangely though, i dread the next five weeks as all the negative campaigning will surely be aimed at the movie. actuallly, i findit odd that the focus of vitriol has been leo and not inarrittu/revenant which i think is an indication of how people really think that all the interest in the movie is due to leo"s drawing power. but whatever, what's important is to celebrate today! OT: very sad for alan rickman.

so happy!!!! leo, tom, agi - 12 noms. the leo haters are having a meltdown! also mad max fury road!

more good news. revenanr is reqlly doing well at the box office. this is from deadline: 2ND UPDATE, Friday 1:08PM: Alejandro Inarritu’s western The Revenant is exploding with current predictions currently at a $33M-$35M three-day wide opening. Some non-Fox distrib chiefs even project that The Revenant could go much higher. Either way, this would be a solid start for the New Regency film which carries a $135M budget. Revenant, which 20th Century Fox is handling for a fee, is still expected to slot second behind the all-powerful Star Wars: The Force Awakens which is looking to do $45M-$50M in No. 1. At that pace, Force Awakens will cross the eight-century mark on Saturday. Episode VII is being held at 4,134 venues in its fourth frame. Related Box Office Records Broken By 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' - The List The word of mouth on Revenant is already huge with 85% of all moviegoers telling Rentrak’s PostTrak that it’s very good or excellent. In addition, 82% of the audience report that they know at least five people who will go watch the Inarritu film. Also per PostTrak, 33% of those watching Revenant are DiCaprio fans, which on the pollster’s meter is huge for an actor; rarely seen on the bigger tentpoles. While DiCaprio’s highest opening belongs to 2010’s Inception at $62M, his biggest three-day debut during the winter months is Shutter Island which grossed $41M in February 2010. Revenant is expected to win Friday with $13M-$14M, while Force Awakens will come in behind with a $13M+ gross today.