This week, Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) and Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) Hollywood's biggest night. We're talking all about the 98th Academy Awards. The montages, the tributes, the history-making awards. Entertaining presenters and great speeches. All around, it was a good night to be a fan of the Oscars.
Complete list of winners:
- Best Picture - One Battle After Another
- Best Director - Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Best Actor - Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
- Best Actress - Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
- Best Supporting Actor - Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
- Best Supporting Actress - Amy Madigan, Weapons
- Original Screenplay - Ryan Coogler, Sinners
- Adapted Screenplay - Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Animated Feature - KPop Demon Hunters
- Animated Short - The Girl Who Cried Pearls
- Documentary Feature - Mr. Nobody Against Putin
- Documentary Short - All the Empty Rooms
- Live Action Short - {TIE} The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva
- International Feature - Sentimental Value, Norway
- Casting - Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another
- Cinematography - Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
- Costume Design - Kate Hawley, Frankenstein
- Film Editing - Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
- Makeup and Hairstyling - Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey, Frankenstein
- Music (Original Score) - Ludwig Goransson, Sinners
- Music (Original Song) - "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park
- Production Design - Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau, Frankenstein
- Sound - Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta, F1
- Visual Effects - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett, Avatar: Fire and Ash
*Featured Image Credit: Paul Thomas Anderson, Sarah Murphy, Anthony Carlino, Will Weiske, Andy Jurgensen, Teyana Taylor, Michael Bauman, Cassandra Kulukundis, Regina Hall, Shayna McHale aka Junglepussy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti and Benicio del Toro accept the Oscar® for Best Picture during the 98th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026. Trae Patton / The Academy. ©A.M.P.A.S.
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