A group of 25 Academy members of Asian descent, including Oscar-winner Ang Lee, have complained about racist jokes at this year's awards.

Lupita Nyong'o thinks there is a "real imbalance" in Hollywood.

Star caught on camera getting into a car as he left post-Oscars celebrations. Clip shows a man rushing out holding the statuette and attempts to hand it to Dicaprio.

Did you notice something funny about the winners of the acting Oscars? Not that they were all white - we've been over that.

Sacha Baron Cohen resurrected his Ali G alter ego at the Oscars - but his appearance was a complete surprise to organisers.

Read how Dominic Corry's evening went down in the Oscars press room.

Sam Smith hated his performance at last night's Oscars ceremony.

Sam Smith has apologised to Dustin Lance Black for claiming he was the first openly gay star to win an Oscar.

The Oscars ceremony might be one of the most prestigious events in the celebrity world, but the Vanity Fair celebration is the most exclusive after-party - a celebrity State of the Union in which all of the movie stars in all of the land are brought to one large building to hobnob and glad hand and get away from the mortals.

For all the drama and controversy that plagued the lead-up to this year's Oscars, 2016 will be remembered for, well, not a lot.

Leo took out best actor and Mad Max cleaned up, winning many of their nominations. Here are all the winners from the 88th Annual Academy Awards.

Fashion experts, Spy Editor Ricardo Simich, The Hits host Polly Gillespie and NZME's Laura McGoldrick go through the best and worst dressed at this year's Oscar Awards.

The talented New Zealand born woman, who worked behind the scenes on Mad Max: Fury Road took home the Make-up and Hair styling Oscar.

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The 2016 Academy Awards kicked off with an epic montage of the year's movie highlights.

Chris Rock, a stand-up comedian and actor himself, quickly addressed the issue, branding this year's Oscars the "White People's Choice Awards" then turning to calls for him to quit as host.

WATCH: He was expected to get his hands dirty, and Chris Rock didn't waste any time getting down to business as host of the Oscars.

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Laura Carmichael thinks the lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations is "disappointing".

Lady Gaga's song-writing partner has teased a "mind-blowing" performance from the singer at the Oscars.

From abandoned astronauts to testosterone-fuelled Wall Street traders, dogged reporters and frontiersmen bent on revenge, it is a man's world in the best picture race at Sunday's Oscars with women again taking supporting roles.

We'll have all the action from the Oscars red carpet and beyond, live on nzherald.co.nz from 11am on Monday.

We'll have all the action from the Oscars red carpet and beyond, live on nzherald.co.nz from 11am on Monday.

The actress beat Leo DiCaprio and Matt Damon to top a new rich list.

We'll have all the action from the Oscars red carpet and beyond, live on nzherald.co.nz from 11am on Monday.

Here's the lowdown on what nominees Eddie Redmayne, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet will feast on at this year's Academy Awards after-party.

We'll have all the action from the Oscars red carpet and beyond, live on nzherald.co.nz from 11am on Monday.