‘Spotlight’ Wins for Best Original Screenplay at the 88th Academy Awards

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Alex E. Weaver Lifestyle Editor

Chances are, you’re at or near a TV, paying varying degrees of attention to the 2016 Oscar winners, hosted by the often funny and always controversial Chris Rock. (Who, yeah, spent some time chatting about #OscarsSoWhite.)

This year’s Oscar Awards holds a special level of interest if you’re a Massachusetts resident or native: Spotlight, the portrayal of the 2001 Boston Globe shakedown of the rampant child molestation occurring within the Roman Catholic Church (and even more so, the subsequent systemic cover-up), is up for a host of awards, including Best Picture, Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Supporting Role, Directing, Film Editing and Writing (Original Screenplay).

And while the Best Picture is still a ways off, Spotlight has won an Oscar for Writing (Original Screenplay).

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