Host Chris Rock speaks onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. - GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP / Kevin Winter
Hollywood (United States) (AFP) - Oscars host Chris Rock opened the annual show of glitz and pageantry honoring cinema's finest with a salvo of jokes targeting the lack of racial diversity among the acting nominees.
Tinseltown's elite gathered for the glittering celebration with survival epic "The Revenant" leading the charge for golden statuettes -- but a row over the lack of ethnic minority hopefuls overshadowing proceedings.
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