US EditionOscars 2026: 17 facts you need to know about the nominees from Hamnet to Sinners
- On March 15, the 98th Academy Awards will take place with top Hollywood nominees gathering for a red-carpet ceremony amid an unusually tight race.
- Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another built early momentum at guild shows, while Ryan Coogler's Sinners surged late after winning best ensemble at the Actor Awards on March 1.
- Emma Stone set two nomination records this year, becoming the youngest woman to reach seven Oscar nominations at age 37 and the only actress whose first five nominations were for best-picture films.
- Several contenders could notch career-defining firsts on Sunday as Jessie Buckley, actress, may become Ireland's first Best Actress winner after sweeping major precursors, while Paul Thomas Anderson, filmmaker, could claim rare triple wins for writing, directing and producing.
- Box-Office heavyweights like Zootopia 2 bring commercial clout to the nominees, with the film earning $1.86bn worldwide while F1 scored a Best Picture nod despite no directing or acting nominations.
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Variety Says 'Sinners' Should Win Oscar For Best Director Because The Director Is Black
The Academy Awards is Sunday, and while a majority of the country doesn't care, thanks to years of effort by Hollywood to make them not care, they still carry weight within the industry. Awards shows, and especially the Oscars, are nominally supposed to reward the best, highest quality achievements in film making from the past year. For some reason, three and a half months after last year ended, but I digress. Still, in theory, it's supposed to …
This year's Oscars will be held on Monday, March 16th, at dawn, and unlike in previous years, there will be no Hungarian nominees. The Sinners has collected a record number of sixteen nominations, but what about the other films? Is there another Frankenstein? Is Hamnet really not misspelled? So what's the name of that ping-pong guy, Marty Supreme? What the hell is Sirāt? Will they really award the best cast this year? Everything will be revealed…
The 2026 Oscar nominees and their best sports roles, from ‘Creed’ to ‘Field of Dreams’
Before Michael B. Jordan played the dual roles of Smoke and Stack in “Sinners,” he was Adonis in the boxing ring – and before that, a Kekamba on the baseball diamond. Emma Stone channeled Billie Jean King years ahead of her Auxolith CEO turn in “Bugonia.” And Leonardo DiCaprio doesn’t get to “One Battle After Another” without Jim Carroll’s deflated hoop dream.
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