This has to be the year Leonardo DiCaprio finally gets that Oscar award

“what if he doesn’t win?” I asked a colleague. “Then he would just have to revisit his roots,” one said. “Then he should just know someone is pursuing him from the village,” another said.

DiCaprio is definitely not the only actor who has been nominated but have never won. There are the likes of Harrison Ford, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Cruise, Amy Adams, Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Bradley Cooper, Robert Downey Jr. among others. "So what's the fuss about," you are probably asking? Well, the thing is, that with five nominations, he's one of the most-nominated actors to never achieve the award.

What would an academy award do for his career? I mean, he’s as accomplished as they come. He has starred in blockbusters like “Titanic, “The Great Gatsby,” "Django Unchained, “Wolf of Wall Street” among other great films. He has also worked with filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino among others.

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But yet, he has never won an Oscars, and you and I know that an Academy Award will always be an important point of pride for an actor's career. Look at Nollywood, and the way some good filmmakers seek validation from fact that their movies won an AMVCA award. Every filmmaker wants to be recognised by the biggest award body in their industry.

Once again, DiCaprio has been nominated, and this time, he is up against Eddie Redmayne, Michael Fassbender, Matt Damon and Bryan Cranston, battling for the “Best Actor “ award.

He has been nominated for his role as Hugh Glass in the movie “The Revenant,” for playing a dad and widow out for revenge.

This is the year many Hollywood insiders, fans and even ‘haters’ believe the talented actor, who has been snubbed, nominated and lost four good times, finally gets the much coveted Oscar Statuette.