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Stars, netizens react to Leonardo DiCaprio’s first Oscar win

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Stars, netizens react to Leonardo DiCaprio’s first Oscar win
(UPDATED) Pia Wurtzbach, Kanye West, Ryan Reynolds, Lindsay Lohan, and more react to Leo's big win

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – After Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards ceremony, Sunday, February 28 (Monday, February 29), his fellow Hollywood stars and his fans took to social media to cheer him on after his long-awaited triumph.

Many entertainment writers have long said that this year was Leo’s time to shine, and he finally got the award for his performance in The Revenant. He accepted the award from last year’s Best Actress winner Julianne Moore at the ceremony held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California Sunday night, February 28 (the 29th in Manila). (READ: Leonardo DiCaprio may finally get Oscars due with ‘The Revenant’)

Photo by Paul Buck/EPA

Leo picked up other awards for the same role this 2016 season, winning a Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild award.

Social media was also abuzz after Leo got his award, with celebrities congratulating him for his win.

Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach

You deserved it! @LeonardoDiCaprio takes the Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role! #Crowned -Pia

A photo posted by Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (@missuniverse) on

 

Lindsay Lohan


 

Kanye West


 

 

Ellen DeGeneres


 

Eat Bulaga cast


 

Rob Schneider


 

Keegan Allen


 

Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys)



Harry Shum Jr



Ronan Keating


 

Bill Nye the Science Guy


 

Maine Mendoza


 

Jacob Whitesides


 

Constance Zimmer


 

Melanie Fiona


 

Rachel Zoe

 


 

Matt McGorry


 

Miss Piggy


 

Adam Rodriguez


 

A known climate justice advocate, Leo also received praise for using his speech as a platform to push his impactful agenda.

Ryan Reynolds


 

John Legend


 

Jessica Chastain


 


 

Juliette Lewis


 

 

Shannen Doherty



Morten



Jeremy Guthrie



Valerie Jarrett


 

Emmy Awards



Todrick Hall



Paul Butcher



Brandon Romans


 

United Nations


 

On the lighter side of things, the rest of the Internet was jubilant, and exploded with memes and the like.

He did it! ✨

Posted by BBC Three on Sunday, 28 February 2016

 

OUR REACTION WHEN LEO FINALLY WON THE OSCAR! Follow me on lnstagram: @LoganPaul

Posted by Logan Paul on Sunday, 28 February 2016

 

Leonardo DiCaprio 󾌺 #Oscars

Posted by Pictoline on Sunday, 28 February 2016

 

Congrats again Leonardo DiCaprio… lol #Oscars

Posted by Geek Culture on Sunday, 28 February 2016

 


 

 

Leo gives credit where credit is due.

Posted by FilmmakerIQ.com on Monday, 29 February 2016

 


 


 


 


 


 

Leo’s win broke the internet and even set a record for the most tweeted minute of an Oscars telecast, generating a peak of 440,000 tweets per minute. It beat the previous record of 255,000 tweets per minute, when Ellen DeGeneres posted her famous Oscars selfie.

Radian6, a powerful social listening tool, showed that there were 4,360,000 posts (as of 10:30am, March 1) about Leo and his win, and most of these came from Twitter (98.6%). The buzz peaked right after the announcement, with posts reaching more than 1,179,400 at about 1pm – roughly the time when he got his golden statuette.

Let us know what you think of Leo’s win in the comments below! – with reports from Conrado Simon, AFDigital/Rappler.com 

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