The 98th Academy Awards are finally here! This year's ceremony is hosted by Conan O'Brien, who also hosted last year at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Sinners leads the nominations with a record-breaking 16 nods, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. The show can be seen live on ABC and CTV tonight, Sunday, March 15, 2026.
Some of Conan's best bits during his monologue included mocking Timothée Chalamet who dissed ballet and opera, saying "no one cares about" those forms of art anymore. He also quipped, "In Hamnet, Shakespeare’s wife gives birth by herself in the woods. Or what we call in America: Affordable health care" and "This year we added a new category, best casting. Which means tonight, one casting director won an Oscar and for the rest of you, we decided to go in another direction."
Amy Madigan won the first award handed out -- for Best Supporting Actress -- for her role in Weapons, in which she gave an incredible performance. The next award, for Animated Feature Film, went to KPop Demon Hunters, which has not only received critical acclaim, but was a huge box office hit. Frankenstein has won two crafts awards so far -- for Makeup and Hairstyling and Costume Design. Canada has made an appearance amongst the winners with the National Film Board of Canada's short film The Girl Who Cried Pearls.
Keep checking back as we give live updates during the proceedings. ~Alexandra Heilbron
See the full list of winners below:
Best Motion Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Emma Stone, Bugonia
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Actor in a Supporting Role
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons - WINNER
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters - WINNER
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Directing
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Bugonia, Will Tracy
Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams, Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi & Script Collaborators
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt
Sinners, Ryan Coogler
Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein - WINNER
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Film Editing
F1, Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value, Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners, Michael Shawver
Casting
Hamnet, Nina Gold
Marty Supreme, Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another, Cassandra Kulukundis - WINNER
The Secret Agent, Gabriel Domingues
Sinners, Francine Maisler
Music (Original Score)
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Music (Original Song)
“Dear Me” — Avatar: Fire and Ash
“Golden” — KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied To You” — Sinners
"Sweet Dreams of Joy" — Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams” — Train Dreams
Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât
Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein - WINNER
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Production Design
Frankenstein, Tamara Deverell
Hamnet, Fiona Crombie
Marty Supreme, Jack Fisk
One Battle After Another, Florencia Martin
Sinners, Hannah Beachler
Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
Documentary Short Film
All the Empty Rooms
Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness
Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls - WINNER
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Live Action Short Film
Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
International Feature Film
It Was Just an Accident — France
The Secret Agent — Brazil
Sentimental Value — Norway
Sirat — Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab — Tunisia