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The 98th Academy Awards Overview
The 98th Academy Awards honor the highest movies of 2025 on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Conan O’Brien hosts for the second straight yr, following Jimmy Kimmel. The ceremony begins at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT), broadcasting stay on ABC and streaming on Hulu, Hulu + Stay TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV, and FuboTV.
Report-Breaking Nominations Led by Sinners
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners dominates with a history-making 16 nominations, together with Finest Image and Finest Actor for Michael B. Jordan. Set in Nineteen Thirties Mississippi, the horror movie follows twin brothers, each portrayed by Jordan, confronting supernatural evil. Different Finest Image contenders embrace Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After One other, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Worth, and Prepare Goals.
Finest Actor Competitors Heats Up
Michael B. Jordan faces stiff competitors from Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After One other), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent). Chalamet leads early awards just like the Golden Globes and Critics’ Selection, however Jordan good points floor with a win on the Actor Awards. Latest controversy surrounds Chalamet’s remarks dismissing curiosity in ballet and opera.
Marty Supreme, directed by Josh Safdie, follows a ping-pong prodigy in Nineteen Fifties New York whose ambitions pressure relationships.
Finest Actress Frontrunners
Jessie Buckley leads for Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao, reimagining Shakespeare’s household life and his son’s loss of life inspiring Hamnet. Opponents embrace Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You), Kate Hudson (Track Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Worth), and Emma Stone (Bugonia).
Different Main Classes
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After One other secures 13 nominations, together with Finest Director, Finest Actor for DiCaprio, and Supporting nods for Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn. The movie depicts an ex-revolutionary rescuing his daughter from a corrupt officer.
Marty Supreme earns 9 nods, Frankenstein and Sentimental Worth every 9. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein reimagines the traditional with Jacob Elordi because the Creature. Sentimental Worth explores sisters reconciling with their father.
Supporting Classes
- Finest Supporting Actor: Benicio del Toro (One Battle After One other), Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Sean Penn (One Battle After One other), Delroy Lindo (Sinners), Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Worth). Notable snubs: Paul Mescal, Adam Sandler, Jesse Plemons.
- Finest Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning (Sentimental Worth), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Worth), Amy Madigan (Weapons), Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners), Teyana Taylor (One Battle After One other).
Snubs spark backlash: Ariana Grande ignored for Depraved: For Good, regardless of Cynthia Erivo’s praised position and new songs. Gwyneth Paltrow misses for Marty Supreme. Depraved: For Good receives no nominations.
New Finest Casting Award
Inaugural nominees: Nina Gold (Hamnet), Jennifer Venditti (Marty Supreme), Cassandra Kulukundis (One Battle After One other), Gabriel Domingues (The Secret Agent), Francine Maisler (Sinners).
Full 2026 Oscar Nominees
Finest Image
Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After One other, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Worth, Sinners, Prepare Goals.
Finest Director
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After One other), Joachim Trier (Sentimental Worth), Ryan Coogler (Sinners).
Finest Unique Screenplay
Robert Kaplow (Blue Moon), Jafar Panahi (It Was Simply an Accident), Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier (Sentimental Worth), Ryan Coogler (Sinners).
Finest Worldwide Function Movie
The Secret Agent (Brazil), It Was Simply an Accident (France), Sentimental Worth (Norway), Sirat (Spain), The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia).
Further classes embrace Finest Tailored Screenplay, Finest Animated Function, Finest Cinematography, Finest Unique Rating, Finest Unique Track, Finest Manufacturing Design, Finest Visible Results, Finest Modifying, Finest Sound, Finest Make-up and Hairstyling, Finest Costume Design, Finest Stay-Motion Quick, Finest Animated Quick, Finest Documentary Function and Quick, and extra detailed lists accessible by way of official Oscar channels.
