Oscar Winners 2016 So said costume designer Jenny (Beaven), quite a declaration since she presumably had to sit through the entire three-and-a-half-hour ceremony. By most accounts, Chris Rock acquitted himself reasonably well, defusing the controversy over the whiteness of the nominations with some well-aimed quips, from the introductory “ Well, I’m here at the Academy Awards. Otherwise known as The White People’s Choice Awards ” to his reason for not boycotting the show (“ I didn’t want to lose another role to Kevin Hart ”) to the widespread indifference to Mrs Will Smith’s non-show (“ Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rhiana’s panties… I wasn’t invited ”; a risqué one, that) to drawing comparison to the ‘60s, when there were real things to protest, with African Americans “ too busy being raped and lynched to care about Best Documentary Foreign Short ”. Then there was his suggestion that the in memorium would be dedicated to “ black people shot by the cops