Live blog of the 98th Academy Awards
Oscars 2026: Biggest winners of the night
The 98th Academy Awards have concluded.
One Battle After Another clinched Best Picture, and Paul Thomas Anderson picked up Best Director.
Best Actor went to Michael B Jordan for Sinners, while Jessie Buckley was recognized as the Best Actress for Hamnet.
Best Visual Effects was won by Avatar: Fire and Ash, and Best Casting was bagged by One Battle After Another.
In India, the ceremony streamed on JioHotstar.
Best Picture
The biggest honor of the night, Best Picture, goes to Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another.
The film won 6 awards at the ceremony!
F1, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, Train Dreams, and Sinners, among others, were also competing for the award.
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) has won the Academy Award for Best Actress!
Emma Stone (Bugonia), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), and Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You) were also nominated.
Best Actor
The Best Actor Oscar goes to Michael B. Jordan for the supernatural horror drama Sinners.
He defeated Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, and Wagner Moura.
Watch the movie on JioHotstar.
Best Director
One of the biggest awards of the night, Best Director, goes to Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another.
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value), and Ryan Coogler (Sinners) were also nominated.
Music (Original Song)
Fan-favorite song Golden from KPop Demon Hunters wins the Oscar for Best Music (Original Song).
Watch the sensational animated film on Netflix.
Best International Feature Film
The Best International Feature Film Oscar goes to Sentimental Value.
It defeated The Secret Agent, It Was Just an Accident, Sirat, and The Voice of Hind Rajab.
Cinematography
The Best Cinematography Oscar has been bagged by Sinners.
Directed by Ryan Coogler, the supernatural drama is streaming on JioHotstar.
It stars Michael B Jordan in dual roles.
Film Editing
And the Oscar goes to...Andy Jurgensen for One Battle After Another.
He defeated Stephen Mirrione (F1), Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Olivier Bugge Coutté (Sentimental Value), and Michael Shawver (Sinners).
Best Sound
The Oscar for Best Sound goes to F1.
It was competing with Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners, and Sirât.
Music (Original Score)
And the Oscar goes to Sinners!
Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, and One Battle After Another were also nominated.
Documentary Feature Film
Mr. Nobody Against Putin has clinched the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film.
It triumphed over The Alabama Solution, Come See Me in the Good Light, Cutting Through Rocks, and The Perfect Neighbor.
Documentary Short
The Documentary Short Oscar has been picked up by All the Empty Rooms.
Other nominees were Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud, Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”, The Devil is Busy, and Perfectly a Strangeness.
Visual Effects
The Visual Effects Oscar goes to Avatar: Fire and Ash.
It defeated F1, Jurassic World Rebirth, The Lost Bus, and Sinners.
Production Design
The Production Design Oscar goes to the gothic drama Frankenstein.
The movie is streaming on Netflix.
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Ryan Coogler has clinched the Oscar for Original Screenplay for Sinners.
He defeated Robert Kaplow (Blue Moon), Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident), Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), and Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt (Sentimental Value).
Watch the acclaimed horror film on JioHotstar.
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Oscar goes to Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another.
Other nominees were Will Tracy (Bugonia), Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein), Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet), and Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Train Dreams).
The movie is streaming on JioHotstar.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sean Penn has won the Supporting Actor Oscar for One Battle After Another.
He defeated Benicio Del Toro, Jacob Elordi, Delroy Lindo, and Stellan Skarsgård.
Best Live-Action Short
It's a tie!
The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva have won the Oscars for Best Live-Action Short.
Best Casting
The first-ever Academy Award for Best Casting goes to One Battle After Another.
The acclaimed movie, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, is streaming on JioHotstar.