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Oscars 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio wins Best Actor

After five fruitless nominations, Leonardo DiCaprio has finally won his first Oscar - being crowned Best Actor for his role in The Revenant.

Spotlight took the coveted Best Film award, while Brie Larson won Best Actress for Room. Mark Rylance took Best Supporting Actor, and Alicia Vikander won Best Supporting Actress.

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Lady Gaga supports Kesha ahead of Oscars performance

Lady Gaga used the run up to her Oscars performance to tweet her support for Kesha following her legal drama.

The singer, who performed her Oscar-nominated song Til It Happens to You from The Hunting Ground, also Instagrammed this picture from the event.

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It follows Adele's decision to publicly support Kesha as she picked up her first of four awards at last week's Brits.

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