Oscars 2026: Spreading the Love Around

Oscars 2026: Spreading the love around

“The narrative of this year’s Oscars was: How to pick?” said David Sims in The Atlantic. Coming into awards night, two “majorly successful, critically beloved” studio releases led all contenders, with One Battle After Another carrying in 13 nominations and Sinners a record 16. But rather than celebrating one over the other, the 98th Academy Awards “did a good job making plenty of room to celebrate both movies sincerely.” One Battle took home six…

Greater implications from the 98th Academy Awards

The 98th Oscars remind Hollywood how to put on a show

Hollywood’s biggest night and the end of the 2025 awards season saw some much-deserved wins and a fair share of late-season hopefuls take the industry’s top prize, all while keeping the presentation short and entertaining — if not occasionally cringey.  Kicking off the night and breaking from recent tradition, this year’s host Conan O’Brien immediately set the stage with a digital short. Recreating one of the most iconic scenes of the past year …