OSCARS: 'Spotlight' wins original screenplay | Inquirer Entertainment

OSCARS: ‘Spotlight’ wins original screenplay

/ 09:57 AM February 29, 2016

Josh Singer, left, and Tom McCarthy hug on stage after accepting the award for best original screenplay for “Spotlight” at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Josh Singer, left, and Tom McCarthy hug on stage after accepting the award for best original screenplay for “Spotlight” at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. AP

LOS ANGELES, United States — The Latest on the 88th annual Academy Awards being presented Sunday at the Dolby Theatre.

The writers of “Spotlight” have won the best original screenplay Academy Award.

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The script by Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy tells the story of the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of sex abuse by Catholic priests.

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“Spotlight” is also nominated for best picture and McCarthy is nominated for best director.

McCarthy says they made the film for all the journalists who hold those in power accountable.

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