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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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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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What was that secret revolutionary password of One Battle After Another? Ah, yes: “Time does not exist, but it controls us anyway.” Words appropriate for this year’s Oscars, especially when Adrien Brody was speaking. The 98th edition of the Academy Awards was the first ceremony in years where the triples had real stakes in a clash between Sinners and One Battle After Another, two ambitious trips throughout American history. Both films were great…

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