It's 'Sinners' vs 'One Battle' as the Oscars Begin
One Battle After Another secured six Oscars amid a tight competition with Sinners, highlighting shifting studio dynamics and industry tensions during the awards.
- This year, the Oscars began with the Times live chat as Cassandra Kulukundis won for One Battle After Another amid a tight best-picture race with Sinners.
- Amid awards-season chatter, Sinners premiered in April, raising concerns about losing momentum while Conan O'Brien, host, presided amid Netflix turmoil involving Ted Sarandos and Ellison.
- At about 4:50 p.m., an onstage iPhone bit felt uncomfortably real, and Frankenstein won costume design and makeup and hairstyling awards at 4:56 p.m.
- Early in the telecast, Amy Madigan won supporting actress at 4:22 p.m., the night’s first prize, while no British actors were nominated in lead roles for the first time since 2012.
- The ceremony also featured a first casting Oscar special, with Wintour stumping for The Devil Wears Prada 2 while presenting makeup and hairstyling, amid Hollywood weather at 85 degrees.
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'One Battle After Another' takes top prize at the Oscars
The darkly comic thriller “One Battle After Another” won best picture at the Academy Awards, leading a haul of six trophies on a Sunday night when Hollywood handed its top movie honors to unconventional stories. The offbeat tale of political resistance traded wins with the vampire story “Sinners,” setting up a fight to the end at the Dolby Theatre.
Technically brilliant, with stellar performances and impeccable cinematography, One Battle After Another rose this Sunday as the great winner of the Oscars 2026. In addition to being recognized as the best film, she won another five awards in the 98th edition of the awards of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of the United States. Critics of the BBC had already branded it “masterwork” and “astonishingly current”; Michelle Goldberg…
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Oscars Wins By Film And Studio At The Academy Awards
Warner Bros as expected came out on top in the 98th Oscar studio race Sunday, scoring a leading 11 wins thanks to its dynamic duo of six-time winner One Battle After Another (including Best Picture) and four-time winner Sinners, along with Amy Madigan’s win for Weapons. The Burbank studio had a leading 30 nominations coming into this year’s Oscars, with Sinners breaking a record with its 16 noms and One Battle second overall with 13. Paul Thom…
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