Leonardo DiCaprio To Receive Oscar From Russian

According to the Washington Post whether Leonardo DiCaprio win or lose at this year's Academy Awards he is guaranteed to get at least one little metal man all the way from Russia.

Citing two reports from Russian state news agencies a group of filmmakers in eastern Russia are gathering donations to create their version of an Oscar and sending it to him, though they plan on renaming it. As the Post notes, the speculation about DiCaprio's lack of an Oscar, despite a long and storied film career, has gone international, even earning chatter on Chinese social media.

While the Russian award will look more or less Oscar-esque, it will hold a Choron, a a three-legged goblet, instead of a sword a substitution symbolizing peace. Local women have also been told, according to the paper, to give half of their jewelry for the statue so that one half will be with Leonardo DiCaprio and one half with them.