Leonardo wins Oscar for Best Actor

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Last Updated : Feb 29 2016 | 10:48 AM IST

Hollywoood actor Leonardo DiCaprio won the Oscar for the Best Actor for his film "The Revenant" at the 88th Academy Awards ceremony held here on Sunday.

This was the first Oscar win for Leonardo, after being previously nominated but missing it.

"The Revenant" is about a frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s who fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.

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First Published: Feb 29 2016 | 10:36 AM IST

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