Biggest #Oscars Moments on Social: Leo, Chris Rock and Spotlight

Host Chris Rock addressed the diversity controversy in his monologue, while Leonardo DiCaprio generated buzz for his Best Actor win.

Hollywood award season is in full swing and for the 88th Annual Academy Awards, the social chatter started in mid January with questions about diversity. As promised, host Chris Rock addressed the diversity controversy in his monologue, while Leonardo DiCaprio generated buzz for his Best Actor win.

Overall, some 24 million Facebook users were responsible for 67 million interactions (posts, likes and comments) during the 88th Annual Academy Awards. DiCaprio generated the most buzz of the night both on Facebook and on Twitter with more than 440,000 Tweets per minute — beating the record set by the famed

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