Take a Leap: It’s Leap Day, one extra day in a Leap Year. February 29^th.

The Envelope: Even with the biting humor of host Chris Rock, last night’s Oscars were a self-conscious apologia for having no non-white actors nominated for major awards. Sprinkled with black presenters and jokes about diversity, the show was still a white festival of self-congratulation with black entertainers.

Rock was funny, though. “If they nominated hosts, I wouldn’t even get this job. You’ll be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now.”

He said, “This year in the in memoriam package, it’s gonna be black people that was shot by the cops on their way to the movies.”

He kept digging. “Hollywood is sorority racist. It’s like, ‘We like you Rhonda, but you’re not a Kappa.’”

In the actual awards, the movie Spotlight about The Boston Globe’s investigation of sex abuse in the Boston Archdiocese was the surprise winner of Best Picture.

As many predicted Leonardo DiCaprio took Best Actor for The Revenant and Brie Larson, Best Actress in Room. Mark Rylance, who played the spy Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies won Best Supporting Actor. Alicia Vikander, Best Supporting Actress in The Danish Girl.

Our Picks:

-Best Speech: Leonardo DiCaprio, mixing gratitude and climate change. “Let us not take this planet for granted. I do not take tonight for granted.”

-Theatrical Speech: Alicia Vikander, accepting for Best Supporting Actress.

-Tedious Speech: Too many to list.

-Best Dress: Jennifer Garner; Elegant in black and sequins. Ben, what were you thinking?

-What Was She Thinking?: Cate Blanchette; A bluebird hit by buckshot.

-What Was He Thinking?: Jared Leto; Gray suit with red piping. The leisure suit called to say he should be embarrassed.

We’d like to Thank: The orchestra, for bringing the music up.

He’ll Put the Best People On It: Asked yesterday on CNN about his endorsement by Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, Donald Trump stumbled over several opportunities to spurn the Klan and even professed ignorance of what the Klan is.

Trump told host Jake Tapper, “I have to look at the group. I mean, I don’t know what group you’re talking about.” He doesn’t know about the Klan? Trump went on, “You wouldn’t want me to condemn a group that I know nothing about. I’d have to look. If you would send me a list of the groups, I will do research on them and certainly I would disavow if I thought there was something wrong.”

He does think there’s something wrong with Marco Rubio. Trump continued his personal attacks on the Florida senator saying, “He can’t be elected dog catcher in Florida.”

Rubio said last night, “You know what they say about men with small hands.”

Nation: A Virginia police officer on her first day on the job with the Prince William County police responded to a call for a domestic disturbance Saturday and was shot to death by an Army sergeant who also wounded two other officers.

Police say Sgt. Ronald Hamilton had argued with his wife all day and killed her shortly before the police arrived. Their 11-year-old son was in the house. Hamilton surrendered.

Supergirl: American skier Lindsey Vonn kept racing yesterday after sustaining a hairline fracture in her left knee Saturday. She finished 13^th in an Alpine combined event, but still holds the overall lead in the World Cup. Vonn said, “I have pain but I can fight. I always give everything.’’

NewsBiz: As might have been expected after she boycotted her own show, MSNBC and weekend host Melissa Harris-Perry are parting company. Harris-Perry focused on social issues; race and diversity. The network had been preempting her in recent weeks until she announced that she felt “worthless” to the news executives who weren’t telling her their plans.

Imagine. News executives behaving that way. It’s hard to believe.

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