Chris Rock takes shots at #OscarsSoWhite, Alicia Vikander wins

By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Swedish actress Alicia Vikander won the supporting actress Oscar on Sunday for transgender movie "The Danish Girl" as host Chris Rock pulled no punches in taking aim at the #OscarsSoWhite controversy dominating Hollywood. Rock, the outspoken black comedian chosen to host the Oscars months before the selection of an all-white acting nominee line-up for a second year, welcomed viewers to what he called "the white People's Choice awards." Speculating on why the furor over diversity in the industry had taken root this year, rather than in the 1950s or 1960s, Rock said black Americans had "real things to protest at the time." "We were too busy being raped and lynched to care about who won best cinematography," he said.