98th Academy Awards (2026): Live thread

Best Picture nominees: Bugonia / F1: The Movie / Frankenstein / Hamnet / Marty Supreme / One Battle After Another / The Secret Agent / Sentimental Value / Sinners / Train Dreams

WELCOME to the live thread for the 98th Academy Awards Awards! This is your space to sound-off during the annual Oscar ceremony as well as the red carpet arrival, if you arrive early and have thoughts on the fashion. Together we will get through another overly-long Hollywood award ceremony. Winners will be announced in the comment stream (gifs included) and will also be intermittently added to The Winner's Guide section below. So let's get to it!

ABOUT TONIGHT

Host: Conan O'Brien
Top Nominees: Sinners (16); One Battle After Another (13); Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value (9); Hamnet (8); Bugonia, F1: The Movie, The Secret Agent, Train Dreams (4)

THE SCHEDULE

4 p.m.: E! Live from the Red Carpet (E!)
5 p.m.: CNN & Variety Red Carpet Live (CNN & TBS)
6:30 p.m.: The Oscars Red Carpet Show (ABC & Hulu)
6:30 p.m.: Red Carpet Rundown (E!)
7 p.m.: 98th Academy Awards (ABC & Hulu)
10:30 p.m.: E! After Party (E!)

THE WINNER'S GUIDE

Here is the handy-dandy guide to all the awards tonight. Winners will be in the comment stream, but refresh the page because this guide will (tentatively) be updated during commercial breaks. (A nominees sheet can be found below.)

Above the Line

Picture: One Battle After Another
Directing: One Battle After Another
Actor: Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Actress: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Supporting Actor: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan, Weapons
Adapted Screenplay: One Battle After Another
Original Screenplay: Sinners

Below the Line

Casting(!): One Battle After Another
Cinematography: Sinners
Costume Design: Frankenstein
Film Editing: One Battle After Another
Makeup & Hairstyling: Frankenstein
Original Score: Sinners
Original Song: "Golden," KPop Demon Hunters
Production Design: Frankenstein
Sound: F1: The Movie
Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash

Specialty

Animated Feature: KPop Demon Hunters
Animated Short: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Live Action Short: The Singers; Two People Exchanging Saliva (tie)
International Feature: Sentimental Value
Documentary Feature: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Documentary Short: All the Empty Rooms

THE NOMINEES