Oscars 2026: The complete winners list
Kate Hawley accepts the Oscar for costume design during the 98th Annual Academy Awards.
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The 98th Academy Awards have begun at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, broadcast on ABC and various streaming platforms.
Who is picking up the hardware? What are the surprises?
Follow along live as we wait to hear the words “And the Oscar goes to … ”
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The Oscars stage transforms into live juke joint with “Sinners” performance
Miles Caton, center, during the 98th Annual Academy Awards held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Dolby Theatre.
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The Oscars stage transformed into a juke joint Sunday, blending music of the past and the present during the 98th Academy Awards.
Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq performed “I Lied to You,” a musical centerpiece of “Sinners.” Caton plays a preacher’s teenage son in the movie who risks his soul to sing blues music.
Jesse Plemons won’t succumb to ‘peer pressure’
“Bugonia” star Jesse Plemons stood near the main lobby bar talking with friends and posing for pictures with fans while finishing the dregs of a drink. A server approached him and asked if he’d like another. Plemons politely declined and the server laughed, saying, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to give you any peer pressure.”
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With casting Oscar, ‘One Battle’ tees up best picture win over ‘Sinners’: live chat
Conan O’Brien, dressed as “Weapons’” Aunt Gladys, during the 98th Academy Awards.
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Follow our live chat as Times columnists Mary McNamara and Glenn Whipp break down the big winners, best performances, most memorable moments and more from the 2026 Oscars.
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5:05 p.m. And yet it goes to Cassandra Kulukundis for “One Battle After Another.” — M.M.
Oh [bleep]. There goes the suspense for best picture. It’s going to be “One Battle” for sure. — G.W.
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ takes best animated feature at 2026 Oscars
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong during the 98th Academy Awards.
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“KPop Demon Hunters” struck gold — again.
The movie took home an Oscar for animated feature at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday. The movie’s smash hit, “Golden,” is up for original song later in the night.
The Oscars address inflation with a goodie box
Each year, guests at the Academy Awards are given a small cardboard box of snacks left beneath their seats to get them through the always lengthy ceremony. A note from the host is generally inside. This year’s note, signed by Conan O’Brien, reads, “I hope you enjoy this Conan O’Brien ‘Moderately Happy Meal’ TM. These snacks may not look like much but in any movie theater they would run you $85.” The snacks in question are a box of Junior Mints (Times reporter Josh Rottenberg has Raisinets), a small bag of Skinny Pop and a tin bottle of water.
A note from Conan O’Brien left for attendees in snack boxes.
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Timothée Chalamet wears white on the red carpet
Timothée Chalamet arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Annual Academy Awards.
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Conan O’Brien retains his throne as King of the Oscars with opening monologue
Conan O’Brien during the 98th Annual Academy Awards held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
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Security is tight at this year’s Oscar’s awards, and the major concerns came from the opera and ballet communities, Conan O’brien joked as he kicked off the 98th Academy Awards.
“They’re just mad you left out jazz,” O’Brien quips at Timothée Chalamet, who smiled from the crowd.
‘Sinners’ star Michael B. Jordan arrives at the Oscars
Michael B. Jordan arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Annual Academy Awards.
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The pressure’s off for stars during commercial breaks
Elle Fanning and Demi Moore hug during the 98th Academy Awards.
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During the telecast’s first commercial break, supporting actress nominee Elle Fanning of “Sentimental Value” took her loss in stride and leaned over her seat to chat with former “A Complete Unknown” costar Timothée Chalamat, nominated this year for “Marty Supreme,” and his partner, Kylie Jenner.
Across the aisle, “One Battle After Another’s” Leonardo DiCaprio stood up and reached over to lock fingers with Benicio del Toro.
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The best looks from the 2026 red carpet
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Amy Madigan wins Oscar for ‘Weapons,’ 40 years after her first nomination
Amy Madigan won the Oscar for supporting actress for her role as Aunt Gladys in “Weapons.”
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Amy Madigan was horror’s secret weapon this awards season, and now she has the gold to prove it.
Madigan won the Academy Award for supporting actress for her turn as the ginger wig-donning witch Aunt Gladys in Zach Cregger’s “Weapons.” She was the supernatural film’s sole nominee and beat out contenders Teyana Taylor (“One Battle After Another”), Wunmi Mosaku (“Sinners”), Elle Fanning (“Sentimental Value”) and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (“Sentimental Value”) for the award.
Conan O’Brien’s monologue nods to Timothée Chalamet’s comments on opera and ballet
Conan O’Brien and Josh Groban perform during the opening of the 98th Academy Awards.
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In his opening monologue Sunday at the 98th Academy Awards, host Conan O’Brien nodded to lead actor nominee Timothée Chalamet — without uttering his name — for saying “nobody cares” about opera and ballet during a Variety and CNN town hall with Matthew McConaughey in February. “Security is extremely tight at the Oscar’s this year,” O’Brien said. “I’m told there is concerns from both the opera and ballet communities.” He gleefully dove into the controversy that has roiled the internet since last weekend while the celebrity audience roared. A writer who helped with the monologue told The Times that there was a behind the scenes discussion about how to best handle Chalamet’s explosive comments without generating more controversy. This is, apparently, what they came up with.
Then the show went even further, by having O’Brien imagine what it would look like if he won an Oscar by presenting a very opera-like performance by Josh Groban — who has been vocal on social media in defense of ballet and opera, noting that it is possible to celebrate one’s own art form without knocking another.
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The best looks from the 2026 Oscars
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Hollywood’s biggest night is here, along with the biggest red carpet of awards season.
Not only is it massive in size — it takes about 2,400 hours and more than 400 workers to assemble the 25,000-square-foot red carpet, measuring 900 feet long and 60 feet wide — but enormous in influence. It boasts the most memorable, stylish and extravagant fashion in entertainment history. In fact, stars have been taking cues from Hollywood history at precursor awards shows. Old Hollywood glamour dominated January’s Golden Globes. And the Actors Awards, held two weeks ago, were themed “Reimagining Hollywood Glamour from the ‘20s and ‘30s.”
Some last-minute advice for nominees from Oscars announcer Matt Berry
Just before the show began, British comedian Matt Berry — best known as the vampire Laszlo Cravensworth on “What We Do in the Shadows” — appeared on screen inside the Dolby and offered a message for attendees. “First and foremost, congratulations, tonight is your night — well, that is, for one out of every five nominees,” he said.
“You all look fantastic, except, of course, for those of you who overdid it — we all know exactly who you are. And now some basic rules: Please turn off your cellphone — you’re not driving or pretending to watch your children. Sit back and act like you’re having a great time…. If you win, please remember to keep your speech brief. Thank your spouse and one child. What you don’t want is for your final words to be drowned out by that godforsaken orchestra. The second you hit the stage, the violinists are ready with their bows and they’re really not afraid to give you the musical middle finger.”
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Pedro Pascal arrives at the Oscars
Pedro Pascal arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Annual Academy Awards.
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The stars are taking their seats
In the 15 minutes leading to showtime, last year’s nominees Demi Moore and Zoe Saldaña (who won supporting actress for “Emilia Perez”) as well as this year’s nominees Wagner Moura, up for lead actor for “The Secret Agent” and “One Battle After Another’s” Teyana Taylor, began filtering into the orchestra section of the Dolby Theatre.
Screens inside showed nominees like Amy Madigan doing red carpet interviews. Behind the stage divider, orchestra members dressed in white tuxedos and garments, took their places with their instruments.
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Teyana Taylor walks the red carpet
Teyana Taylor arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Academy Awards.
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“One Battle After Another” star Teyana Taylor has been a star at all of the red carpets this awards season.
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A parade of praise for Jessie Buckley
As she strode through the lobby of the Dolby Theatre, Jessie Buckley, nominated for lead actress for her role in “Hamnet,” was fanned with praise by other attendees. Even in the restroom, she couldn’t escape the well-wishers. On her way back to the buzzing lobby, she held the train of her red and pink Chanel gown graciously saying, “Thank you, thank you.”
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Nicole Kidman arrives at the 98th Oscars
Nicole Kidman arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Annual Academy Awards.
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Nicole Kidman is among the biggest stars who have arrived at the Oscars.
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Odessa A’zion’s red carpet attitude
“Marty Supreme” star Odessa A’zion arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Annual Academy Awards.
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Elle Fanning arrives like royalty
Elle Fanning arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Academy Awards.
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Looking a bit like Cinderella in a puffy white dress with a cinched waist and dazzling gemstone insets, Elle Fanning emerged from her shiny limo into the blinding sun at the top of the red carpet as ushers literally gasped. “A princess,” one guest was overheard whispering to her date.
As Fanning, nominated in the supporting actress category for “Sentimental Value,” stepped into the crush of media on the carpet, her name was called from a thousand directions at once.
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A sneak peek inside the Dolby Theatre before the ceremony begins
This is what it looks like in the minutes before the celebrities take over the Dolby Theatre for the Oscars.
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Cheers from the Oscars bar
At the Dolby Lounge bar, Oscars attendees could choose from specialty cocktails such as Best in Show” (tequila forward with lime juice and cucumber syrup) and After Glow (a non-alcoholic option with faux gin, lime yuzu juice and blackberry syrup).
On tap for the event were enough bottles of Tequila Don Julio 1942 to stretch across the Hollywood sign. Throughout the evening, nearly 20,000 glasses of specialty cocktails, Champagne and other libations were expected to be served.
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Security is no joke this year
A security officer keeps an eye on the red carpet tent Saturday afternoon ahead of the Oscars on Sunday.
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At a little after 2:30 p.m., cars with special auto passes to enter Hollywood Boulevard (closed off for the ceremony) were lined up for many blocks and not moving at all. Pedestrians were filming the frustrated drivers in their cars.
Warnings were issued in the days leading up to the Oscars that security would be extra tight, including a special mile-wide perimeter. In previous years, the car line mostly flowed, even with the obligatory trunk-bomb checks and concrete-barrier zig-zags.
This year, in addition to popping their trunks, drivers must also pop their hoods and roll down all their windows with their engines off. If arriving cars and limos continue to remain jammed in the baking sun, it will be a wonder if everyone gets to the show on time.
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‘I’m always plotting.’ Teyana Taylor and others on surviving and dressing for the chaos of awards season
Teyana Taylor at the Chanel and Charles Finch annual pre-Oscar dinner at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills.
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Oscar campaigns are not won, they are endured. There are parties, festivals, For Your Consideration screenings, press junkets and talk show appearances. The night before the Academy Awards, I found myself — not an important person in the industry by any means — at two separate parties. Imagine if you’re a nominee, getting shuttled to and fro, shaking hands and making small talk. At the first event, I caught a glimpse of the legendary actor Minnie Driver, who was nominated for supporting actress for the film “Good Will Hunting” in 1998. She posed, smiled and looked as glamorous as ever. And, with an extreme amount of grace, she disappeared through a door in the back. Poof. Gone.
And like magic, she reappeared on the carpet right in front of me, at Chanel’s legendary pre-Oscar dinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel. She dazzled in a sparkling gown, a totally different outfit than the one I’d seen just an hour prior. After years of being in L.A., I’m not particularly starstruck anymore, but at this moment, I was something close to it. How does one glide through the chaos and the camera flashes of Oscar season with poise and perfection? And how do they keep a level head through it all?
‘Hamnet’ costume designer’s Oscars dress is representing in more ways than one
Malgosia Turzanska arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Academy Awards.
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Malgosia Turzanska, costume designer of “Hamnet,” stood out in the Dolby Theatre lobby in her safety pin-emblazoned dress with exaggerated hips.
“I am the only one from my department here but I would not be here without everyone from the costume department,” she said. “These safety pins are representing all the hands that touch the costumes to make a whole.”
There was another meaning to the ensemble too: When you start a new project, you open up a fresh box of safety pins. That process is so full of hope and promise, she said.
Also accessorizing her outfit: an ICE out pin. Turzanska, an immigrant from Poland, said wearing it was one small way to send a message. Much like opening the fresh box of safety pins, her arrival in the U.S. was full of hopeful dreams. Now, she said, she and other immigrants no longer feel welcome.
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Wagner Moura walks the red carpet
Sandra Delgado and “The Secret Agent” star and leading actor nominee Wagner Moura arrive on the red carpet at the 98th Academy Awards.
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Brazilian actor and “The Secret Agent” star Wagner Moura has arrived on the red carpet. He’s up for the leading actor Oscar.
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Rose Byrne and Paul Feig share a ‘Bridesmaids’ reunion before the show
Rose Byrne waves as she arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Annual Academy Awards.
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Mingling in the lobby before the show, Rose Byrne — a lead actress nominee for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” — bumped into comedy filmmaker Paul Feig, who directed her in one of her early breakthrough roles in 2011’s “Bridesmaids.”
As Byrne’s partner, Bobby Cannavale, chatted with Feig’s wife, Laurie, Byrne and the director — showing his usual flair for fashion in a fuchsia tuxedo jacket and black bow tie — shared a hug and reminisced about their time working together on 2015’s “Spy.”
“So many people ask me about that movie and tell me they think it’s hilarious,” Byrne said, laughing.
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Anyone who says the Oscars have gotten ‘too political’ hasn’t watched the Oscars
In 2015, “Boyhood” star Patricia Arquette used most of her Oscars supporting actress speech to demand equal wages for women. But political speeches are consistently few and far between.
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Twenty-three years ago, the Oscars were in turmoil. President George W. Bush had just begun an invasion of Iraq after the Sept. 11 attacks, and as the nation’s TV screens filled with the “shock and awe” campaign, many did not know quite how to proceed with Hollywood’s biggest night.
ABC wanted to postpone, presenters begged off, Jack Nicholson urged his fellow actor nominees to boycott (animated feature winner Hayao Miyazaki did), documentary winner Michael Moore attempted to directly shame Bush from the stage (to loud boos) and many of the acceptance speeches acknowledged the war and included pleas for peace.
First-time actors celebrate their first time at the Oscars
Aidan Delbis, cousin Don in “Bugonia,” and Luke Manley, Dion in “Marty Supreme,” hung out in the Dolby Theatre lobby as attendees started flowing into the Academy Awards.
Both recently made their film debuts — and those films just happened to be nominated for several Oscars.
“The whole thing is insane,” Manley said, taking in the moment. He works as a cable operator coordinator in New York and said his employer has been flexible throughout awards season. “This is so surreal.”
In “Marty Supreme,” his character bankrolls Marty’s competitive efforts (he paid for those orange ping-pong balls), and many of his lines were improvised with Timothée Chalamet.
Manley gushed over meeting Shaboozey and Josh Groban on the red carpet.
“Who knows if I’m ever here again ever,” Manley said.
Meanwhile, Delbis was also absorbing “the big setting.” His mom, Katy Delbis, had brought Goldfish snacks just in case. She need not have worried, though, as servers busily passed out hors d’oeuvres such as carrot hummus on pumpernickel and miso tuna in a sesame cone.
When he had to pick a plus-one, Aidan said it wasn’t hard to choose his mother.
“She particularly insisted on being here,” he said.
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‘I make a lot of money’: Meet the auctioneer who dazzles Elton John’s Oscar party
Lydia Fenet, right, speaks onstage during the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s Oscars watch party in 2024.
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“What you’re looking for as an auctioneer is someone who’s truly fearless onstage,” says auctioneer Lydia Fenet. Except when they’re onstage next to Elton John, who hosts his eponymous AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party and fundraiser annually, for which Fenet has been the auctioneer for the last four years.
The former Christie’s auctioneer, author, podcaster and motivational speaker is normally unflappable on the podium.
Lead actress nominee Rose Byrne walks the carpet in a floral gown
Rose Byrne, who’s nominated for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Annual Academy Awards.
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Rose Byrne, one of the nominees for actress in a leading role for her performance in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” walked the red carpet on Sunday.
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Even those walking the red carpet can’t resist a selfie
Danny Chung, SamUIL Lee, Danny Chung, Neckwav and Kevin Woo from “KPop Demon Hunters” snap a selfie on the red carpet of the Oscars.
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Stars arrive while the red carpet is hot, literally
Chase Infiniti arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Annual Academy Awards.
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Shortly before 2 p.m., under the gaze of the Ripley’s Believe It or Not!’s cartoonish T. rex figure that keeps watch over Hollywood Boulevard, stars like “One Battle After Another’s” Chase Infiniti — energetically shuffling in a lilac dress with the help of handlers lifting her train to ease her stride — Tig Notaro and Felicity Jones arrived to begin their red carpet journey.
It starts with a labyrinth of black velvet ropes that filters attendees by nominees and presenters, academy special guests and regular guests.
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Kevin O’Leary embraces the glitz of the Oscars
“Shark Tank” star and investor Kevin O’Leary, who acted in “Marty Supreme,” arrives on the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday.
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They lost their Oscars in the wildfires. What happens next?
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When last year’s wildfires forced Colleen Atwood to evacuate her home in Pacific Palisades, the Oscar-winning costume designer grabbed a few photographs, gathered her pets and left. She didn’t spend much time deciding what to take. She couldn’t imagine that her house on Aderno Way, where she’d lived for more than 30 years, would burn.
“I had to do a runner,” Atwood jokes, describing her hurried exit on a recent morning phone call from Australia, where she’s been working on Tom Hanks’ World War II drama “Greyhound 2.” “I didn’t really believe it was real.”
Josh Groban stops by the red carpet
Natalie McQueen, left, and Josh Groban arrive on the red carpet at the 98th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
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Everything you need to know about the Oscars’ new casting award
Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio Del Toro in “One Battle After Another.”
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When Oscar nominations were announced Thursday morning, there was a newcomer on the list of familiar categories: achievement in casting.
The nominees — Nina Gold for “Hamnet,” Jennifer Venditti for “Marty Supreme,” Cassandra Kulukundis for “One Battle After Another,” Gabriel Domingues for “The Secret Agent” and Francine Maisler for “Sinners” — landed alongside best picture and the acting races, formally elevating a part of the filmmaking process that usually happens long before a movie reaches the screen. It’s the first new Oscar category introduced since animated feature was added in 2001.
Oscars host Conan O’Brien says ‘we will find the right tone’ for ceremony amid Iran war
Conan O’Brien said his job will be about balancing “entertaining people and also acknowledging some of the realities” of the time.
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The big question surrounding last year’s Academy Awards was whether the show would address the L.A. wildfires, which had rattled the city mere months prior.
This year, the elephant in the room is the ongoing Iran war, which like last year’s wildfires, puts a celebration like the Oscars in sharp relief. But for Conan O’Brien, balancing gravity and levity is part of his job description as host.
The Oscars red carpet is officially open
Ken Jeong arrives on the red carpet at the 98th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday.
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The red carpet for the 98th Academy Awards is underway. One of the early sightings is actor and comedian Ken Jeong.
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‘Sinners’ makeup dept. head Ken Diaz is a three-time Oscar nominee. His journey merits its own movie
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Makeup artist Ken Diaz’s life is worthy of its own Hollywood story — or better yet, a Chicano epic.
At 16, Diaz was caught sneaking into the Paramount sound stage, just to see where they shot the “Brady Bunch.” Years later, he swept the floors of Universal Studios before wrangling ostriches and chasing lions on the set of the 1981 film “Roar.” The wild animals mauled and injured multiple cast members; in one instance, Diaz had to stop director Noel Marshall from internally bleeding.
A hat worthy of Oscar
Vivian Robinson, an Oscars superfan, snaps a selfie around the entrance to the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on the Friday before the 98th Academy Awards.
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A stunts category is coming to the Oscars in 2028
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After a racial slur and an underdog narrative, ‘Sinners’ elevated its chances for Oscar gold
The cast of “Sinners” onstage at the 32nd Actor Awards on March 1 after winning outstanding performance by a cast.
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Delroy Lindo flashed a grateful smile as he and “Sinners’ producer-writer-director Ryan Coogler took in a rousing standing ovation at last month’s NAACP Image Awards.
“We appreciate all the support we’ve been shown in the aftermath of what happened last weekend,” the veteran actor said in his first public appearance following the uproar that erupted when he and fellow “Sinners” star Michael B. Jordan were confronted with a racial slur at the BAFTA Awards six days prior.
One stress-loving composer, 125 nominees: What it takes to score the Oscars
Chris Walden writes upward of 120 pieces of music each year for the Academy Awards ceremony.
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Chris Walden, the Hamburg, Germany-born composer who has served as the lead music arranger of the Academy Awards for seven years, was recording on a scoring stage in Cologne more than 30 years ago when a German film executive peeked in and quipped, “That sounds like Hollywood.”
That moment confirmed two things for Walden: “First, I can actually write that music,” the composer said in a recent interview at his Franklin Hills home while in the thick of Oscars prep. “And secondly, it’s not wanted here.”
Being at the Oscars is still ‘mental.’ But Amelia Dimoldenberg is thinking even bigger
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Despite the awkward persona Amelia Dimoldenberg projects in her decade-old YouTube interview show “Chicken Shop Date,” the 32-year-old Londoner expresses wonderment that her little web series that could has taken her all the way to the Academy Awards red carpet, where she’ll be returning as a correspondent for the third year in a row.
“I do often take moments to be like, it’s mental,” Dimoldenberg exclaims via Zoom two months out from the March 15 ceremony, a period she’ll be using to cram the Oscar contenders in order to come up with hundreds of questions to have in the metaphorical back pocket of her designer gown.
Delroy Lindo’s ‘Sinners’ monologue was almost cut. Then he pulled Ryan Coogler aside
Delroy Lindo, who just received his first Oscar nomination for ‘Sinners,’ in West Hollywood.
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Six months and 16 Oscar nominations ago, Delroy Lindo hopped on a Zoom call with the awards consultants running the campaign for Ryan Coogler’s genre-defying American horror story, “Sinners.” Actors don’t often participate in these meetings. But Lindo had received so much love for his turn as bluesman Delta Slim since “Sinners” premiered in April, he figured, “Why not sit in?” Mostly, he just wanted to ask one simple question: How can we make the most of this moment?
Making Oscar shine
On Saturday, workers polished a decorative Oscar statue on the red carpet during preparations for Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre.
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Palestinian star of Oscars contender ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ to miss ceremony due to travel ban
“The Voice of Hind Rajab” actor Motaz Malhees, center, said on social media that he is “not allowed to enter the United States because of my Palestinian citizenship.”
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“The Voice of Hind Rajab,” a heartbreaking retelling of the efforts to save a 6-year-old Palestinian girl amid Israel’s attacks on Gaza, will be honored at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday — without one of its star players.
Actor Motaz Malhees, who stars in the film as Red Crescent dispatcher Omar, confirmed Thursday that he will be absent from the festivities because of President Trump’s travel ban against Palestinians. “I had the honor of playing one of the lead roles in a story the world needed to hear,” Malhees said on Instagram, “but I will not be there.”
Don’t call her first Oscar nod in 25 years a comeback. Kate Hudson never left
Kate Hudson, a lead actress Oscar nominee for her role in “Song Sung Blue.”
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What does one do on the morning of the Academy Award nominations? Wake up early? Try to sleep in? Wait for your publicist to call?
What it looks like before the celebrities arrive on the red carpet
What does the Oscars red carpet look like the day before the celebrities arrive? Here’s a look as workers and media members made preparations on Saturday ahead of Sunday night’s Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre.
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Amy Madigan opens up about ‘crazy-making’ fire recovery, Elia Kazan’s Oscar and more
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In this episode of The Envelope podcast, the “Weapons” star discusses finding viral fame with her Oscar-nominated role as Aunt Gladys after years of ups and downs.
Oscars fashion: What every winner wore since 2000
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How has Oscars style evolved over the years? Our archival gallery features the looks of all of the lead actress, lead actor, supporting actress and supporting actor winners since the turn of the century.
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For ‘The Secret Agent’ star Wagner Moura, art and politics ‘shouldn’t be separate’
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Wagner Moura’s riveting star turn in “The Secret Agent” made him the first Brazilian man nominated for an Academy Award for lead actor. So in addition to the usual congratulations from friends and family, Brazil itself took joy in the announcement. “It was a big thing in Brazil, which makes me so excited,” Moura says, sitting in a conference room at The Times after a photo shoot. “I’m so happy that Brazilians are embracing culture and art as something that they’re proud of, particularly this film and [international feature winner] ‘I’m Still Here’ last year, which was also a political film that takes place during the dictatorship.”
Brazil’s brutal military dictatorship lasted from 1964 to 1985. “The Secret Agent,” set primarily in 1977, centers on Moura’s character Marcelo, who goes into hiding because a villainous businessman wants to kill him.
Teyana Taylor loves the debate over her ‘One Battle’ character: ‘Get it off your chest’
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In this episode of The Envelope video podcast, Teyana Taylor describes the “slingshot” of success that’s come with “One Battle After Another” and shares her insights as to why fictional revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills does what she does in the film.
Standing in for celebrities
Stand-ins walk around with signs of their respective talent during preparations on Friday, two days before the 98th Academy Awards.
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The stories behind all 5 Oscar-nominated original songs
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The 2026 original song contenders come from deep inside the characters singing them: a simple man wistfully looking back on his ordinary life; a budding bluesman with talent to burn down the house; a 17-time Oscar nominee; a demon-hunting K-pop star channeling the real-life singer-songwriter behind her; and a joyous expression of life from inside a documentary’s main “character,” a retirement home for musicians.
‘Dear Me’ from ‘Diane Warren: Relentless’
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Elle Fanning breaks down what makes her movie star tick in ‘Sentimental Value’
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In this episode of The Envelope podcast, the “Sentimental Value” star reflects on growing up onscreen and following in big sister Dakota Fanning’s footsteps.
An exclusive look behind the scenes as Dolby Theatre transforms for the Oscars
Sound mixers, stagehands, electricians and camera operators have spent the last three weeks preparing the Dolby Theatre for the 2026 Oscars.
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Eight months ago, production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley began proposing new ideas for the 2026 Academy Awards stage. Three months ago, contracted companies started building sets for the show. Three weeks ago, the Oscars production team loaded its equipment into the Dolby Theatre: more than 800 lighting fixtures, a custom PA system and massive fiber optic cables that run underground. Now, with less than 72 hours until the ceremony, Oscars co-executive producer Rob Paine said their “circus” is finally camera-ready.
Electricians run cables through underground manholes at the Dolby Theatre to power generators for broadcast trucks.
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2026 Oscars predictions: Our expert’s picks in every category
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Tears have been shed. Heads have been shaved. Blimps have been moored.
The movie that broke the all-time record for nominations came out nearly a year ago, while the favorite to win best picture hit theaters in September.
So, yes, it’s time for both a reset and a coronation, time to (finally) close the book on an awards season that, until recently, felt short on surprises and long on … well, just plain long.
An oral history of the ‘Sinners’ musical sequence: Inside the year’s best scene
Ryan Coogler, writer and director of “Sinners,” describes its showstopping six-minute musical sequence as “maybe the most important scene in the movie.”
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Ryan Coogler was deep into writing “Sinners” when he realized the movie was missing something: He needed a moment that would jolt the audience and plunge them into a different space.
“Instead of watching the rest of the movie from here,” Coogler tells me, pointing to his head, “you take them here,” he says, patting his heart. “Like ripping you out of one movie and dropping you into another.”
‘Sinners’ made Oscar history and the ceremony hasn’t even begun
Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” starring Michael B. Jordan, has made Oscar history.
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Ryan Coogler’s period vampire drama “Sinners” set an Oscar record Thursday morning, earning 16 nominations, the most ever received by a single film.
The total surpassed the previous high of 14 nominations, a milestone shared by “All About Eve” (1950), “Titanic” (1997) and “La La Land” (2016).
Rose Byrne may ‘regret’ her Golden Globes speech, but she’s embracing her Oscars moment
Rose Byrne, nominated for an Oscar for lead actress for her performance as a mother at her wits’ end in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”
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When Rose Byrne won a Golden Globe last month for her starring role as a mother on the verge of a nervous breakdown in Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” her acceptance speech briefly threatened to overshadow the actual honor. In it, she explained that her longtime partner, Bobby Cannavale, was absent from the ceremony because he was at a reptile convention in New Jersey, where he hoped to fulfill their children’s dreams by purchasing a bearded dragon.
It was a charming and funny aside that some users of social media naturally used to criticize Cannavale and try to gin up a controversy. (Insert eye-roll emoji here.) Byrne, now an Oscar nominee for the same role, found herself having to explain that parenthood almost always comes with scheduling conflicts and answer follow-up questions about the reptilian addition to her family.
‘Sentimental Value’ isn’t a critique of Netflix. ‘It’s an encouragement’
Actor Stellan Skarsgård, left, with writer-director Joachim Trier of “Sentimental Value,” the year’s most Oscar-nominated international feature.
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Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” is nominated for an impressive nine Academy Awards, among them the first best picture nod for a Norwegian film and the auteur himself for both directing and co-writing (with longtime collaborator Eskil Vogt) the family drama’s original screenplay.
But perhaps the film’s most remarkable achievement, Oscar-wise, is four first-time acting nominations.
Are Oscar voters following the new rule to watch everything? We asked around
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To vote for the Oscars, you have to watch all the nominated movies.
This may seem obvious. But until this year, the motion picture academy operated entirely on the honor system, strongly encouraging members to see everything before voting.
Now voters have to show their work — up to a point.
How to watch the 2026 Oscars and everything else you need to know
Conan O’Brien will host the 2026 Academy Awards, which will air Sunday on ABC.
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The 2026 Oscars are just hours away.
The 98th Academy Awards will be held Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where Hollywood’s biggest names will celebrate the best films of the year for a final time.
Getting ready for the 98th Oscars
Chance Gugler touches up the red carpet backdrop on Friday ahead of today’s 98th edition of the Academy Awards in Hollywood.
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What should win on Oscar night? And what should have been nominated? Our critic has thoughts
Clockwise from left, Joaquin Phonix in the movie “Eddington,” Diego Luna in “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” Benicio Del Toro in “The Phoenician Scheme” and Amanda Seyfried in “The Testament of Ann Lee.”
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If this year’s best picture nominees had a theme, it’s: Back off and let me do my work, whether it’s lady-bossing, creature-building, race-car driving, “Hamlet”-writing, ping-pong playing, revolution-stoking, juke-joint opening or logging the timber that built America. I dug moments in every one of them. But my work isn’t done until I pick the nominee I wish would win in each of these categories — and then shout out to the skipped films that deserved to be in the conversation.
The women of ‘One Battle After Another’ aren’t afraid to ‘shake the table’
Teyana Taylor, left, Chase Infiniti and Regina Hall of “One Battle After Another.”
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Teyana Taylor has ordered two plates of chicken wings for the table. After last night, she’s not taking any chances.
The rest of us do not know this when we meet inside a deserted restaurant at a West Hollywood boutique hotel. Chase Infiniti arrives first and slides into the middle of the booth we’ve picked out, thinking ahead so it’ll be easier for her two “One Battle After Another” co-stars to join us. Regina Hall and Taylor show up together a couple of minutes later, still talking about last night’s Governors Awards, which reunited the trio after a few weeks apart.
All the 2026 best picture Oscar nominees, ranked from worst to best
Michael B. Jordan, left, and Miles Caton in the movie “Sinners,” nominated for 16 Oscars — a new record.
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This was a year of big swings and I’m not just talking about Timothée Chalamet’s ping-pong serve. The Academy Awards feel like they’re in motion, too — a body less affixed to an idea of what a best picture contender is and more willing to race after talent from around the globe. But they can’t all be winners. Here’s my ranking of the 10 nominees, from whiff to smash.
10. ‘Hamnet’
‘Sinners’ and Michael B. Jordan scrambled the Oscar race with Actor Awards wins
The cast of “Sinners” with their Actor Awards for motion picture ensemble: from left, Li Jun Li, Omar Benson Miller, Wunmi Mosaku, Delroy Lindo, Michael B. Jordan, Jack O’Connell, Jayme Lawson, Miles Caton and Lola Kirke.
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The 32nd Actor Awards scrambled a best picture race that had felt settled after “One Battle After Another” won the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards.
We pay attention to the Actor Awards because the show takes place while Oscar ballots are out and are, for the most part, a reliable precursor to the Academy Awards. How trustworthy will they be for the acting winners this year? Let’s take a look.
Conan O’Brien unrolls the 2026 Oscars red carpet
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Oscars security tighter than ever: 1-mile police buffer amid Iran war
Workers move a decorative Oscar statue during preparations for Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony.
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It’s been more than two decades since the Oscars were celebrated as the United States was launching a war in the Middle East.
In 2003, the Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre occurred just days after U.S. troops invaded Iraq, elevating security concerns surrounding Hollywood’s biggest night so much that they tightened security like never before.
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“Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” lead the field of 2026 Oscar nominees with 16 and 13 nominations each, respectively.
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“Sinners” has made Oscars history.
The 98th Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday and Ryan Coogler’s musical horror earned 16 overall nominations, breaking the record for the most nominations for a film previously held by “All about Eve” (1950), “Titanic” (1997) and “La La Land” (2016). “Sinners’” nominations include best picture, directing, original screenplay and individual acting nods for stars Michael B. Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo.