Conan O’Brien hosts the 98th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and AEG announce a landmark multi-year partnership that includes L.A. LIVE becoming the new home of the Oscars®, beginning with the 101st Oscars ceremony in 2029 and continuing through 2039. The Oscars ceremony will be held in the venue currently known as Peacock Theater.
AEG – the leader in sports and live entertainment and the developer and owner of some of the world’s most iconic venues – owns and operates L.A. LIVE, the internationally renowned 23-acre/4-million-square-foot sports and entertainment district in downtown Los Angeles adjacent to Crypto.com Arena.
As part of this partnership, AEG will undertake comprehensive enhancements to the theater, including upgrades to its stage, sound and lighting systems, lobbies, backstage facilities and additional production-critical areas. AEG will collaborate closely with the Academy to incorporate bespoke design elements needed to accommodate the Oscars ceremony.
Additionally, L.A. LIVE’s recently expanded plaza will host red carpet arrivals and activities, and the theater will be the first venue to host the Oscars when it becomes available on YouTube through an exclusive global rights deal with the Academy, which also begins in 2029.
“We are thrilled to partner with a global powerhouse like AEG. Their track record for building and operating technologically sophisticated live performance venues is unrivaled,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor. “For the 101st Oscars and beyond, the Academy looks forward to closely collaborating with AEG to make L.A. LIVE the perfect backdrop for our global celebration of cinema, both for our live in-theater audience and for film fans around the world.”
“L.A. LIVE was built to host the moments that define culture, and there is no greater global stage than the Oscars,” said Todd Goldstein, Chief Revenue Officer, AEG. “We’re proud to partner with the Academy to reimagine what the Oscars can look and feel like in the years ahead. Together, we will create an environment that celebrates creativity, honors excellence, and delivers an unforgettable experience for movie fans everywhere.”
Since the opening of Crypto.com Arena (formerly STAPLES Center) in 1999 and L.A. LIVE in 2007, the collection of venues, hotels (including The Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott), restaurants, clubs and numerous hospitality spaces have hosted thousands of sports and entertainment events.
The Oscars will continue to be held at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide through the 100th Oscars in 2028.
The red carpet of The 90th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, March 4, 2018.
Paul Thomas Anderson, Sarah Murphy, Anthony Carlino, Will Weiske, Andy Jurgensen, Teyana Taylor, Michael Bauman, Cassandra Kulukundis, Regina Hall, Shayna McHale aka Junglepussy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti and Benicio del Toro accept the Oscar® for Best Picture, presented by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman during the 98th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
Three Warner Bros. films took home 11 golden statues at the 98th Academy Awards, including 6 for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, 4 for SINNERS and one for WEAPONS.
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER won Best Picture, Best Director, Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Adapted Screenplay, Paul Thomas Anderson – Based on the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, Best Supporting Actor, Sean Penn, and Best Film Editing, Andy Jurgensen. It also included the first-time Casting Oscar for Cassandra Kulukundis.
Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Goransson, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Michael B. Jordan pose backstage with their respective Oscars® during the 98th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
SINNERS took home 4 Academy Awards after being nominated for a record 16 Oscar nominations. THIS was the TRUE win of Sunday night!
Ryan Coogler won for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor went to Michael B. Jordan, Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman in history to win Best Cinematography, and Ludwig Göransson won his third Oscar for the film’s score.
And Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Aunt Gladys in WEAPONS.
Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN won 3 for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling,
It was remarkable night for these three horror films.
Michael B. Jordan with his Oscar® for Actor in a Leading Role during the 98th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio One Battle after Another
Ethan Hawke Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan Sinners – WINNER
Wagner Moura The Secret Agent
Listen to the cheering in the pressroom!
Actor in a Supporting Role
Benicio Del Toro One Battle after Another
Jacob Elordi Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo Sinners
Sean Penn One Battle after Another – WINNER
Stellan Skarsgård Sentimental Value
Jessie Buckley with her Oscar® for Actress in a Leading Role during the 98th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessie Buckley Hamnet – WINNER
Rose Byrne If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve Sentimental Value
Emma Stone Bugonia
Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan Weapons – WINNER
Wunmi Mosaku Sinners
Teyana Taylor One Battle after Another
Animated Feature Film
Arco Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
Elio Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
KPop Demon Hunters Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong – WINNER
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
Zootopia 2 Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino
Animated Short Film
Butterfly Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
Forevergreen Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
The Girl Who Cried Pearls Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski – WINNER
Retirement Plan John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
The Three Sisters Konstantin Bronzit
Casting
Hamnet Nina Gold
Marty Supreme Jennifer Venditti
One Battle after Another Cassandra Kulukundis – WINNER
The Secret Agent Gabriel Domingues
Sinners Francine Maisler
Cinematography
Frankenstein Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme Darius Khondji
One Battle after Another Michael Bauman
Sinners Autumn Durald Arkapaw – WINNER
Train Dreams Adolpho Veloso
Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash Deborah L. Scott
Frankenstein Kate Hawley – WINNER
Hamnet Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners Ruth E. Carter
Directing
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
One Battle after Another Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Paul Thomas Anderson accepts the Oscar® for Best Picture during the 98th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
Come See Me in the Good Light Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
Cutting through Rocks Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
Mr. Nobody against Putin David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková – WINNER
The Perfect Neighbor Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee
Documentary Short Film
All the Empty Rooms Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones – WINNER
WAMG asked the filmmakers about their film…
Q: Congratulations on your win. As a human being and a parent, this film was beautiful and devastating. So how did you navigate making it just that, and not a pity party, or making it seem like exploitive of what these parents went through?
A: [Joshua Seftel] Yeah, that was a big thing. Do you want to start that one? [Conall Jones] You can. [Joshua Seftel] One of the things that helped us was that all the parents that participated in our film, which were four families, they all very much wanted to tell the stories of their children. And so we were working together as collaborators in a sense, in that we wanted to tell their stories and they wanted to, the parents wanted to share their stories because they do not want their children to be forgotten. That’s the most important thing in their lives. And so by focusing on the kids and on the empty bedrooms, and on the absence of these children, we felt that that could be a powerful way to talk about gun violence. We don’t mention the word gun in this film, not once, but we didn’t think we needed to because you learn about these children, and you feel how wrong this is, what’s happening in our society. And ideally, people will do things to try to create change, and we’ve already seen that as a result of the film.
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
The Devil Is Busy Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
Perfectly a Strangeness Alison McAlpine
Andy Jurgensen accepts the Oscar® for Film Editing during the 98th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
Film Editing
F1 Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
One Battle after Another Andy Jurgensen – WINNER
Sentimental Value Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners Michael P. Shawver
International Feature Film
Brazil The Secret Agent
France It Was Just an Accident
Norway Sentimental Value – WINNER
Spain Sirāt
Tunisia The Voice of Hind Rajab
Live Action Short Film
Butcher’s Stain Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
A Friend of Dorothy Lee Knight and James Dean
Jane Austen’s Period Drama Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
The Singers Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt – WINNER
Two People Exchanging Saliva Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata – WINNER
Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey – WINNER
Kokuho Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Sinners Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
The Smashing Machine Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
The Ugly Stepsister Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Golden from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park – WINNER
I Lied To You from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
Sweet Dreams Of Joy from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
Train Dreams from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave
Best Picture
Bugonia Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers
F1 Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
Hamnet Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
Marty Supreme Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
One Battle after Another Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers – WINNER
The Secret Agent Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
Sentimental Value Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
Sinners Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
Train Dreams Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers
Production Design
Frankenstein Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau – WINNER
Hamnet Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
Marty Supreme Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
One Battle after Another Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
Sinners Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Sound
F1 Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta – WINNER
Frankenstein Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
One Battle after Another José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
Sinners Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
Sirāt Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett – WINNER
F1 Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
Jurassic World Rebirth David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
The Lost Bus Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
Sinners Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Bugonia Screenplay by Will Tracy
Frankenstein Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
One Battle after Another Written by Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
Train Dreams Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Ryan Coogler poses backstage with the Oscar® for Original Screenplay during the 98th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Blue Moon Written by Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
Marty Supreme Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Sinners Written by Ryan Coogler – WINNER
Contributed by Michelle McCue and Melissa Thompson
Since 2010, We Are Movie Geeks has been among the global journalists invited by The Academy in the pressroom as the winners make their way backstage with their statues for their first interviews.
When supplying the Media Guide, The Academy told the outlets, “we greatly appreciate your time, attention, and the effort you and your teams dedicate to helping us share the Oscars with the world. Your work plays a critical role in telling our story and we are incredibly grateful. We look forward to working alongside you and appreciate all that you do.”
You are welcome AMPAS and 16 years later, we’ll be there for the big show!
Here’s the staff’s final predictions:
Cate Marquis:
Best Picture Who Will win: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Who Should win: SINNERS
Best Director Who Will win: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Who Should win: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Actor Who Will win: Michael B Jordan, SINNERS Who Should win: Michael B Jordan, SINNERS
Best Actress Who Will win: Jessie Buckley, HAMNET Who Should win: Jessie Buckley, HAMNET
Best Supporting Actor Who Will win: Delroy Lindo, SINNERS Who Should win: Sean Penn, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Supporting Actress Who Will win: Wunmi Mosaku, SINNERS Who Should win: Wunmi Mosaku, SINNERS
Melissa Thompson:
Best Picture Who Will win: HAMNET Who Should win: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Director Who Will win: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Who Should win: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Actor Who Will win: Leonardo DiCaprio, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Who Should win: Leonardo DiCaprio, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Actress Who Will win: Jessie Buckley, HAMNET Who Should win: Jessie Buckley, HAMNET
Best Supporting Actor Who Will win: Sean Penn, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Who Should win: Sean Penn, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Supporting Actress Who Will win: Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Who Should win: Amy Madigan, WEAPONS
Michelle McCue:
Best Picture Who Will win: SINNERS Who Should win: SINNERS
Best Director Who Will win: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Who Should win: Ryan Coogler, SINNERS
Best Actor Who Will win: Michael B Jordan, SINNERS Who Should win: Michael B Jordan, SINNERS
Best Actress Who Will win: Jessie Buckley, HAMNET Who Should win: Jessie Buckley, HAMNET
Best Supporting Actor Who Will win: Stellan Skarsgård, SENTIMENTAL VALUE Who Should win: Delroy Lindo, SINNERS
Best Supporting Actress Who Will win: Amy Madigan, WEAPONS Who Should win: Amy Madigan, WEAPONS
Gary Salem: “Will Win”
Best Picture – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Director – Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Actor – Michael B Jordan, SINNERS
Best Actress – Jessie Buckley, HAMNET
Best Supporting Actor – Sean Penn, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Supporting Actress – Amy Madigan, WEAPONS
Jim Batts:
Best Picture Who will win: SINNERS Who Should Win: One Battle After Another
Best Director Who Will Win: Ryan Coogler SINNERS Who Should Win: Paul Thomas Anderson ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Actor Who Will Win: Michael B. Jordan SINNERS Who Should Win: Ethan Hawke BLUE MOON
Best Actress Who Will Win: Jesse Buckley HAMNET Who Should Win: Jesse Buckley HAMNET
Best Supporting Actor Who Will Win: Stellan Skarsgard SENTIMENTAL VALUE Who Should Win: Sean Penn ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Supporting Actress Who Will Win: Amy Madigan WEAPONS Who Should Win: Amy Madigan WEAPONS
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As you’re filling out your ballot, some tips and facts from The Academy –
With 16 nominations, Sinners sets the record for most nominations for a film. The previous record of 14 was shared by All about Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016). In the acting categories, 11 individuals are first-time nominees (Rose Byrne, Jacob Elordi, Elle Fanning, Michael B. Jordan, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku, Wagner Moura, Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård and Teyana Taylor). Four are previous acting winners (Benicio Del Toro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Emma Stone). Timothée Chalamet is the only acting nominee who was also nominated last year. Amy Madigan’s acting nomination for Weapons comes 40 years after her first nomination for her supporting role in Twice in a Lifetime (1985), which is the third-longest span between acting nominations, after Judd Hirsch (42 years) and Henry Fonda (41).
A record four non-English language performances are nominated this year (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Wagner Moura, Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård). The previous record of three was set in 1976 (Marie-Christine Barrault, Giancarlo Giannini and Liv Ullmann).
The Secret Agent and Sentimental Value are the 12th and 13th non-English language films to be nominated for both International Feature Film and Best Picture in the same year. To date, Parasite is the only film to win both International Feature Film and Best Picture.
Rose Byrne, Nicole Kidman, Jimmy Kimmel, Delroy Lindo, Ewan McGregor, Wagner Moura, Pedro Pascal, Bill Pullman, Lewis Pullman, Channing Tatum and Sigourney Weaver will present at the 98th Oscars®, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan announced last week. Matt Berrywill serve as the announcer for this year’s show. Hosted by Conan O’Brien, the Oscars will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the official live red carpet show airing at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
Previously announced Oscars presenters include Will Arnett, Adrien Brody, Javier Bardem, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Kieran Culkin, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Anne Hathaway, Chase Infiniti, Mikey Madison, Paul Mescal, Demi Moore, Kumail Nanjiani, Gwyneth Paltrow, Maya Rudolph and Zoe Saldaña.
The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.
16 years ago, our “little website that could” did the unthinkable. We applied for press credentials for the Academy Awards. The Oscars! Hollywood’s Biggest Night! Who did we think we were? But we took a shot, all those years ago, and now here we are once again. An incredible journey for WAMG (We Are Movie Geeks)! Moving from a “little website” taking a leap of faith to becoming a mainstay in the Academy Awards pressroom is the ultimate Hollywood success story for an independent outlet.
As we head back for another year of coverage, here is a quick look at the milestones and the upcoming big night – The WAMG Evolution.
The Beginning (16 Years Ago): WAMG took the “shot” by applying for credentials as an independent film site.
The Early Grind: We started with the pre-dawn Nomination Morning coverage to establish a presence with the Academy.
The “Pressroom” Status: WAMG achieved one of the most coveted spots at the Oscars, where journalists interview winners immediately after they leave the stage.
On March 19, 1953, the Oscars presentation was first televised. The NBC TV and radio network carried the 25th Oscars ceremonies live from Hollywood, with Bob Hope as master of ceremonies. And now 73 years later, hosted by Conan O’Brien, the 98th Oscars will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
Here’s the latest Oscar News!
To ensure public safety, support security strategies and facilitate the production of this year’s Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the City of Los Angeles have finalized street closure plans around the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
To accommodate the construction of press risers and pre-show stages along the Oscars red carpet, all lanes of Hollywood Boulevard are closed from Orange Drive to Highland Avenue from 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, March 5, until 6 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
MTA will begin re-routing bus traffic and subway trains will bypass the Ovation Hollywood station after the last regularly scheduled train on Saturday, March 14, until the first scheduled train after 6 a.m. on Monday, March 16.
Between Sunday, March 1, and Oscars Sunday, March 15, additional streets and sidewalks will be closed for varying periods.
Details of the closures and maps of affected areas are available from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the Thirteenth District City Council field offices and on the Academy’s website at https://www.oscars.org/closures.
Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Cullen pose backstage with their Oscars® at the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
Returning to the Oscars stage after winning last year in their respective acting categories., Academy Award winners Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin, Mikey Madison and Zoe Saldaña will present at the 98th Oscars.
Javier Bardem, Chris Evans, Chase Infiniti, Demi Moore, Kumail Nanjiani and Maya Rudolph will also present.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced its Oscars® Season at the Academy Museum, running now through March 22. This season of public programming invites audiences to celebrate the 98th Oscars and immerse themselves in Academy Awards® history through rich, expansive, and one-of-a-kind Oscar-centered events and activities.
From March 7 to 14, leading up to the Oscars broadcast on March 15, guests can enjoy screenings of all Oscar-nominated documentary, live action and animated short films and attend Nominee Spotlights with this year’s nominated filmmakers in the Animated Short Film, Animated Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, Live Action Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Picture categories.
On the days of the Animated Short Film, Animated Feature Film, and Makeup and Hairstyling nominee programs, visitors can view a showcase of items from the nominated films in those award categories for free in the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby.
The Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-Oscars celebration, which will immediately follow the 98th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, March 15, returns for its 67th year. Wolfgang Puck Catering celebrates its 32nd year at the Governors Ball with a menu created by Wolfgang Puck and Eric Klein, and pastry design by Garry Larduinat and Kamel Guechida.
Check out our ballot for your own stellar party!
Achievements in up to 24 regular categories will be honored on March 15, 2026, at the 98th Oscars presentation. However, the Academy won’t know how many statuettes it will hand out until the envelopes are opened on Oscar Night. Although the number of categories will be known prior to the ceremony, the possibility of ties and multiple recipients sharing the prize in some categories makes the exact number of Oscar statuettes to be presented unpredictable. As in previous years, any surplus awards will be housed in the Academy’s vault until next year’s even
The official live red carpet show airing at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
Nominees for the 98th Oscars® were celebrated at the Nominee Luncheon held in the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
Contributed by Michelle McCue and Melissa Thompson
Oscar®-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and actor Lewis Pullman announced the 98th Oscars® nominations today (Thursday, January 22, 2026), live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills via a global livestream on Oscars.org, Oscar.com and the Academy’s digital platforms, ABC’s Good Morning America and ABC News Live, Disney+, Hulu, broadcast media and an international satellite feed.
With 16 nominations, SINNERS (released in cinemas on April 17) set the record for most nominations for a film. The previous record of 14 was shared by All about Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016). ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER saw 13 nominations while FRANKENSTEIN, MARTY SUPREME and SENTIMENTAL VALUE each saw 9. HAMNET received 8 nods. Chloé Zhao’s nomination for HAMNET is the 11th Directing nomination for a woman. She is the second woman to receive multiple directing nominations, following Jane Campion. Steven Spielberg received his 14th nomination for Best Picture, a record for an individual producer (since 1951 when producers were first named as nominees).
Warner Bros. saw the most nominations for a studio with 30.
With some nominees still to be determined, a record 74 women are currently nominated this year. The previous record of 71 was set in 2023.
Brooks and Pullman announced the nominees in two groups starting at 5:30 a.m. PT, followed by the remaining categories at 5:41 a.m. PT.
Academy members from each of the 19 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, costume designers nominate costume designers, etc. In the Animated Feature Film, Animated Short Film, International Feature Film and Live Action Short Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of members from all branches who opt in to participate and have met the eligibility requirements. All active members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. Members submitted nomination ballots from 88 countries.
Twenty-four categories will be awarded at the 98th Oscars. Each category has five nominees, except for Best Picture, which has 10. Active members of the Academy must view all nominated films to be eligible to vote.
Finals voting begins on Thursday, February 26, 2026, and concludes on Thursday, March 5, 2026. Visit https://www.oscars.org/oscars/voting for more information.
All rounds of Oscars voting are conducted by secret online ballot, tabulated by the independent accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.
Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks host the announcement of the 98th Oscars® nominations, on Tuesday, January 22, 2026.
Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees Timothée Chalamet Marty Supreme
Nominees Leonardo DiCaprio One Battle after Another
Nominees Ethan Hawke Blue Moon
Nominees Michael B. Jordan Sinners
Nominees Wagner Moura The Secret Agent
Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees Benicio Del Toro One Battle after Another
Nominees Jacob Elordi Frankenstein
Nominees Delroy Lindo Sinners
Nominees Sean Penn One Battle after Another
Nominees Stellan Skarsgård Sentimental Value
Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees Jessie Buckley Hamnet
Nominees Rose Byrne If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Nominees Kate Hudson Song Sung Blue
Nominees Renate Reinsve Sentimental Value
Nominees Emma Stone Bugonia
Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees Elle Fanning Sentimental Value
Nominees Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas Sentimental Value
Nominees Amy Madigan Weapons
Nominees Wunmi Mosaku Sinners
Nominees Teyana Taylor One Battle after Another
Animated Feature Film
Nominees Arco Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
Nominees Elio Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
Nominees KPop Demon Hunters Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong
Nominees Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
Nominees Zootopia 2 Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino
Animated Short Film
Nominees Butterfly Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
Nominees Forevergreen Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
Nominees The Girl Who Cried Pearls Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Nominees Retirement Plan John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
Nominees The Three Sisters Konstantin Bronzit
Casting
Nominees Hamnet Nina Gold
Nominees Marty Supreme Jennifer Venditti
Nominees One Battle after Another Cassandra Kulukundis
Nominees The Secret Agent Gabriel Domingues
Nominees Sinners Francine Maisler
Cinematography
Nominees Frankenstein Dan Laustsen
Nominees Marty Supreme Darius Khondji
Nominees One Battle after Another Michael Bauman
Nominees Sinners Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Nominees Train Dreams Adolpho Veloso
Costume Design
Nominees Avatar: Fire and Ash Deborah L. Scott
Nominees Frankenstein Kate Hawley
Nominees Hamnet Malgosia Turzanska
Nominees Marty Supreme Miyako Bellizzi
Nominees Sinners Ruth E. Carter
Directing
Nominees Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Nominees Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Nominees One Battle after Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Nominees Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Nominees Sinners Ryan Coogler
Documentary Feature Film
Nominees The Alabama Solution Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
Nominees Come See Me in the Good Light Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
Nominees Cutting through Rocks Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
Nominees Mr. Nobody against Putin Nominees to be determined
Nominees The Perfect Neighbor Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee
Documentary Short Film
Nominees All the Empty Rooms Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
Nominees Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
Nominees Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
Nominees The Devil Is Busy Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
Nominees Perfectly a Strangeness Alison McAlpine
Film Editing
Nominees F1 Stephen Mirrione
Nominees Marty Supreme Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
Nominees One Battle after Another Andy Jurgensen
Nominees Sentimental Value Olivier Bugge Coutté
Nominees Sinners Michael P. Shawver
International Feature Film
Nominees Brazil The Secret Agent
Nominees France It Was Just an Accident
Nominees Norway Sentimental Value
Nominees Spain Sirāt
Nominees Tunisia The Voice of Hind Rajab
Live Action Short Film
Nominees Butcher’s Stain Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
Nominees A Friend of Dorothy Lee Knight and James Dean
Nominees Jane Austen’s Period Drama Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
Nominees The Singers Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
Nominees Two People Exchanging Saliva Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata
Makeup and Hairstyling
Nominees Frankenstein Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
Nominees Kokuho Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Nominees Sinners Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
Nominees The Smashing Machine Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
Nominees The Ugly Stepsister Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Music (Original Score)
Nominees Bugonia Jerskin Fendrix
Nominees Frankenstein Alexandre Desplat
Nominees Hamnet Max Richter
Nominees One Battle after Another Jonny Greenwood
Nominees Sinners Ludwig Goransson
Music (Original Song)
Nominees Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Nominees Golden from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park
Nominees I Lied To You from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
Nominees Sweet Dreams Of Joy from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
Nominees Train Dreams from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave
Best Picture
Nominees Bugonia Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers Nominees
F1 Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
Nominees Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
Nominees Hamnet Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
Nominees Marty Supreme Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
Nominees One Battle after Another Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
Nominees The Secret Agent Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
Nominees Sentimental Value Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
Nominees Sinners Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
Nominees Train Dreams Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers
Production Design
Nominees Frankenstein Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Nominees Hamnet Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
Nominees Marty Supreme Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
Nominees One Battle after Another Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
Nominees Sinners Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Sound
Nominees F1 Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
Nominees Frankenstein Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
Nominees One Battle after Another José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
Nominees Sinners Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
Nominees Sirāt Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
Visual Effects
Nominees Avatar: Fire and Ash Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
Nominees F1 Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
Nominees Jurassic World Rebirth David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
Nominees The Lost Bus Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
Nominees Sinners Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Nominees Bugonia Screenplay by Will Tracy
Nominees Frankenstein Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
Nominees Hamnet Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
Nominees One Battle after Another Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Nominees Train Dreams Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Nominees Blue Moon Written by Robert Kaplow
Nominees It Was Just an Accident Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
Nominees Marty Supreme Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Nominees Sentimental Value Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
On the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
Contributed by Melissa Thompson and Michelle McCue
Oscar fever, which was at its highest in years, has died down, the red carpet and tents from Hollywood and Highland have been rolled up, tourists are back strolling in front of the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and the ratings are in.
According to ABC, “Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards ceremony drew an estimated 19.69 million viewers, delivering a five-year high in total viewers and rating among adults ages 18-49. The number of viewers marks a 1% increase over last year’s show, according to Nielsen’s ratings data. Younger people watching on mobile devices and personal computers helped drive viewership. Also, more people 18-34 tuned in this year over last year.”
For those of you who did watch from your couches at home, the 2025 Oscars red carpet delivered a stunning array of fashion moments, with celebrities showcasing a mix of classic elegance and bold, contemporary styles.
Bold reds and classic blacks remained popular choices. Pops of pink, especially baby pink, were prominent. Custom couture gowns from designers like Schiaparelli, Dior, Chanel, and Valentino were prevalent. Givenchy, Armani Privé, and Louis Vuitton also featured heavily.
Overall, the 2025 Oscars red carpet was a showcase of high fashion, with celebrities embracing both timeless elegance and modern trends.
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Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announced the 97th Oscars nominations today (January 23), live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater via a global live stream.
Emilia Pérez sets the record for most nominations for a non-English language film at 13. Previous record holders, with 10 nominations each, were Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Roma (2018).
The Brutalist and Wicked saw 10 nominations each, while A Complete Unknown and Conclave each received eight nods. Best Picture nominations for Emilia Pérez and Wicked mark the first time two musicals have been nominated in the category since 1968 (Oliver! and Funny Girl were two of the five nominated films that year).
The breakdown of studio nominations is Netflix with 16, A24 with 14, Universal has 13, Focus Features with 12, Searchlight at 10 and Neon with 7.
Conan O’Brien will host the 97th Oscars® on March 2 at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and air live in more than 200 territories worldwide.
Best Motion Picture of the Year:
Anora (Neon) – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, producers – This is the first Best Picture nomination for all three.
The Brutalist (A24) – Nominees to be determined.
A Complete Unknown (Searchlight) – Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, producers – This is the second Best Picture nomination for Fred Berger. He was nominated for La La Land (2016). This is the second Best Picture nomination for James Mangold. He was nominated for Ford v Ferrari (2019). This is the first nomination for Alex Heineman.
Conclave (Focus Features) – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, producers – This is the first Best Picture nomination for all three.
Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.) – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, producers – This is the third Best Picture nomination for Mary Parent and the second for Cale Boyter and Denis Villeneuve. Together they were nominated for Dune (2021). Parent was also nominated for The Revenant (2015). This is the first nomination for Tanya Lapointe.
Emilia Pérez (Netflix) – Nominees to be determined.
I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics) – Nominees to be determined.
Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) – Nominees to be determined.
The Substance (MUBI) – Nominees to be determined.
Wicked (Universal) – Marc Platt, producer – This is his fourth Best Picture nomination. He was nominated for Bridge of Spies (2015), La La Land (2016) and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).
Achievement in Directing:
Anora – Sean Baker – This is his fourth nomination, including his nominations this year for Best Picture, Original Screenplay and Film Editing.
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet – This is his second nomination, including his nomination this year for Original Screenplay.
A Complete Unknown – James Mangold – This is his fifth nomination, including his nominations this year for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay. He was also nominated for his adapted screenplay for Logan (2017) and for Best Picture for Ford v Ferrari (2019).
Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard – This is his third nomination, including his nominations this year for Adapted Screenplay and Original Song.
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat – This is her second nomination, including her nomination this year for Original Screenplay.
Adrien Brody (center) in THE BRUTALIST. Courtesy of A24
Best Actor
Adrien Brody in “The Brutalist” (A24) Timothée Chalamet in “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight) Colman Domingo in “Sing Sing” (A24) Ralph Fiennes in “Conclave” (Focus Features) Sebastian Stan in “The Apprentice” (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)
Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo in “Wicked” (Universal) Karla Sofía Gascón in “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Mikey Madison in “Anora” (Neon) Demi Moore in “The Substance” (MUBI) Fernanda Torres in “I’m Still Here” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov in “Anora” (Neon) Kieran Culkin in “A Real Pain” (Searchlight) Edward Norton in “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight) Guy Pearce in “The Brutalist” (A24) Jeremy Strong in “The Apprentice” (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)
Best Supporting Actress
Monica Barbaro in “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight) Ariana Grande in “Wicked” (Universal) Felicity Jones in “The Brutalist” (A24) Isabella Rossellini in “Conclave” (Focus Features) Zoe Saldaña in “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)
(from left) Roz (Lupita N’yongo), and Brightbill (Kit Connor) in DreamWorks Animation’s Wild Robot, directed by Chris Sanders.
Best animated feature film of the year
“Flow” (Sideshow/Janus Films) Nominees to be determined – Flow becomes the third animated film to be nominated for International Feature Film (Waltz with Bashir, 2008; Flee, 2021) and the second animated film to be nominated for both Animated Feature Film and International Feature Film (Flee, 2021). “Inside Out 2” (Walt Disney) Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen “Memoir of a Snail” (IFC Films) Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Netflix) Nominees to be determined “The Wild Robot” (Universal) Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann
Best animated short film
“Beautiful Men” (Miyu Distribution) Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande “In the Shadow of the Cypress” Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi “Magic Candies” (Toei Animation) Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio “Wander to Wonder” (Miyu Distribution) Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper “Yuck!” (Miyu Distribution) Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet
Achievement in cinematography
“The Brutalist” (A24) Lol Crawley “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) Greig Fraser “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Paul Guilhaume “Maria” (Netflix) Ed Lachman “Nosferatu” (Focus Features) Jarin Blaschke
Achievement in costume design
“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight) Arianne Phillips “Conclave” (Focus Features) Lisy Christl “Gladiator II” (Paramount) Janty Yates and Dave Crossman “Nosferatu” (Focus Features) Linda Muir “Wicked” (Universal) Paul Tazewell
L to R: Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in WICKED, directed by Jon M. Chu
Best documentary feature film
“Black Box Diaries” (MTV Documentary Films) A Hanashi Films/Cineric Creative/Star Sands Production Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin “No Other Land” An Antipode Films Production Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham “Porcelain War” (Picturehouse) A Songbird Studios/Imaginary Lane Production Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (Kino Lorber) An Onomatopee Films/Warboys Films Production Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety “Sugarcane” (National Geographic Documentary Films) A Hedgehog Films/Kassie Films/Impact Partners/Fit Via Vi Production Nominees to be determined
Best documentary short film
“Death by Numbers” Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard “I Am Ready, Warden” (MTV Documentary Films) Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp “Incident” (The New Yorker) Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven “Instruments of a Beating Heart” (The New York Times OpDocs/Cineric Creative) Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari “The Only Girl in the Orchestra” (Netflix) Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington
Achievement in film editing
“Anora” (Neon) Sean Baker “The Brutalist” (A24) David Jancso “Conclave” (Focus Features) Nick Emerson “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Juliette Welfling “Wicked” (Universal) Myron Kerstein
Best international feature film of the year “I’m Still Here” A VideoFilmes Produções Artísticas Production – Brazil “The Girl with the Needle” A Nordisk Film Creative Alliance Production – Denmark “Emilia Pérez” A Pathé Production – France “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” A Run Way Pictures Production – Germany “Flow” A Dream Well Studio Production – Latvia
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling “A Different Man” (A24) Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini “Nosferatu” (Focus Features) David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne StokesMunton “The Substance” (MUBI) Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli “Wicked” (Universal) Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) “The Brutalist” (A24) Daniel Blumberg “Conclave” (Focus Features) Volker Bertelmann “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Clément Ducol and Camille “Wicked” (Universal) John Powell and Stephen Schwartz “The Wild Robot” (Universal) Kris Bowers
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Music by Clément Ducol and Camille Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard “The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix) Music and Lyric by Diane Warren “Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing” (A24) Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada “Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol “Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” (Disney+) Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin
Achievement in production design “The Brutalist” (A24) Production Design: Judy Becker, Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia “Conclave” (Focus Features) Production Design: Suzie Davies, Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Patrice Vermette, Set Decoration: Shane Vieau “Nosferatu” (Focus Features) Production Design: Craig Lathrop, Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová “Wicked” (Universal) Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Best live action short film “A Lien” Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz “Anuja” Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai “I’m Not a Robot” (The New Yorker) Victoria Warmerdam and Trent “The Last Ranger” Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent” (Manifest) Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek
Achievement in sound “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight) Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta “Wicked” (Universal) Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis “The Wild Robot” (Universal) Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Leffert
Achievement in visual effects “Alien: Romulus” (20th Century) Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan “Better Man” (Paramount) Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century) Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke “Wicked” (Universal) Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould
Adapted screenplay “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight) Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks “Conclave” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Peter Straughan “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Screenplay by Jacques Audiard In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi “Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes “Sing Sing” (A24) Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield
Original screenplay “Anora” (Neon) Written by Sean Baker “The Brutalist” (A24) Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold “A Real Pain” (Searchlight) Written by Jesse Eisenberg “September 5” (Paramount) Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum Co-Written by Alex David “The Substance” (MUBI) Written by Coralie Fargeat
Contributed by Melissa Thompson and Michelle McCue
L to R: Director Jon M. Chu with Cynthia Erivo (as Elphaba) and Ariana Grande (as Glinda) on the set of WICKED
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM Fifteen films will advance in the Documentary Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred sixty-nine films were eligible in the category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“The Bibi Files” “Black Box Diaries” “Dahomey” “Daughters” “Eno” “Frida” “Hollywoodgate” “No Other Land” “Porcelain War” “Queendom” “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” “Sugarcane” “Union” “Will & Harper”
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM Fifteen films will advance in the Documentary Short Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred four films qualified in the category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Chasing Roo” “Death by Numbers” “Eternal Father” “I Am Ready, Warden” “Incident” “Instruments of a Beating Heart” “Keeper” “Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World” “Once upon a Time in Ukraine” “The Only Girl in the Orchestra” “Planetwalker” “The Quilters” “Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr” “A Swim Lesson” “Until He’s Back”
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM Fifteen films will advance to the next round of voting in the International Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. Films from 85 countries and regions were eligible in the category.
Academy members from all branches were invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting and must have met a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category.
In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:
Brazil, “I’m Still Here” Canada, “Universal Language” Czech Republic, “Waves” Denmark, “The Girl with the Needle” France, “Emilia Pérez” Germany, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” Iceland, “Touch” Ireland, “Kneecap” Italy, “Vermiglio” Latvia, “Flow” Norway, “Armand” Palestine, “From Ground Zero” Senegal, “Dahomey” Thailand, “How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies” United Kingdom, “Santosh”
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING Ten films will advance in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 97th Academy Awards. All members of the Academy’s Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar® consideration.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“The Apprentice” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” “A Different Man” “Dune: Part Two” “Emilia Pérez” “Maria” “Nosferatu” “The Substance” “Waltzing with Brando” “Wicked”
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) Twenty scores will advance in the Original Score category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred forty-five scores were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The scores, listed in alphabetical order by film title, are:
“Alien: Romulus” “Babygirl” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” “Blink Twice” “Blitz” “The Brutalist” “Challengers” “Conclave” “Emilia Pérez” “The Fire Inside” “Gladiator II” “Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1” “Inside Out 2” “Nosferatu” “The Room Next Door” “Sing Sing” “The Six Triple Eight” “Wicked” “The Wild Robot” “Young Woman and the Sea”
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) Fifteen songs will advance in the Original Song category for the 97th Academy Awards. Eighty-nine songs were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:
“Forbidden Road” from “Better Man” “Winter Coat” from “Blitz” “Compress/Repress” from “Challengers” “Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” “El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” “Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” “Sick In The Head” from “Kneecap” “Beyond” from “Moana 2” “Tell Me It’s You” from “Mufasa: The Lion King” “Piece By Piece” from “Piece by Piece” “Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing” “The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight” “Out Of Oklahoma” from “Twisters” “Kiss The Sky” from “The Wild Robot” “Harper And Will Go West” from “Will & Harper”
ANIMATED SHORT FILM Fifteen films will advance in the Animated Short Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. Eighty-eight films qualified in the category. Academy members from the Animation Branch and Short Films Branch were invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting and must have met a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category.
In the nominations round, Academy members from the Animation Branch and Short Films Branch are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Au Revoir Mon Monde” “A Bear Named Wojtek” “Beautiful Men” “Bottle George” “A Crab in the Pool” “In the Shadow of the Cypress” “Magic Candies” “Maybe Elephants” “Me” “Origami” “Percebes” “The 21” “Wander to Wonder” “The Wild-Tempered Clavier” “Yuck!”
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM Fifteen films will advance in the Live Action Short Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred eighty films qualified in the category. Academy members from all branches were invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting and must have met a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category.
In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Anuja” “Clodagh” “The Compatriot” “Crust” “Dovecote” “Edge of Space” “The Ice Cream Man” “I’m Not a Robot” “The Last Ranger” “A Lien” “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent” “The Masterpiece” “An Orange from Jaffa” “Paris 70” “Room Taken”
SOUND Ten films will advance in the Sound category for the 97th Academy Awards. All eligible members of the Sound Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. Academy members will be invited to view excerpts from each of the shortlisted films beginning Thursday, January 9, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay area, followed by London, Los Angeles and New York on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Alien: Romulus” “Blitz” “A Complete Unknown” “Deadpool & Wolverine” “Dune: Part Two” “Emilia Pérez” “Gladiator II” “Joker: Folie à Deux” “Wicked” “The Wild Robot”
VISUAL EFFECTS Ten films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 97th Academy Awards. The Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the shortlist. All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Alien: Romulus” “Better Man” “Civil War” “Deadpool & Wolverine” “Dune: Part Two” “Gladiator II” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” “Mufasa: The Lion King” “Twisters” “Wicked”
Nominations voting begins on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, and concludes on Sunday, January 12, 2025.
Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on Friday, January 17, 2025.
The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.
Michael G. Wilson & Barbara Broccoli (Credit Greg Williams)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Quincy Jones and Juliet Taylor, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Richard Curtis and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s Governors Awards event on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.
“The recipients of this year’s Governors Awards have set the bar incredibly high across their remarkable careers, and the Academy’s Board of Governors is thrilled to recognize them with Oscars,” said Academy President Janet Yang. “The selection of Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli is a testament to their success as producers of the fan-favorite Bond series and their contribution to the industry’s theatrical landscape. Richard Curtis is a brilliant comedic storyteller whose tremendous charitable efforts embody the meaning of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Quincy Jones’s artistic genius and relentless creativity have made him one of the most influential musical figures of all time. Juliet Taylor has cast iconic and beloved films and paved a new path for the field. Their profound love of cinema and indelible contribution to our art form make these five individuals truly deserving of these honors.”
Richard Curtis (Credit Rich Hardcastle-Comic Relief)
Curtis’s film credits include “Notting Hill,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” “Love Actually” and “About Time.” He earned an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” Curtis is the co-founder of Comic Relief UK and USA, and his fundraising work over 40 years has helped raise more than $2 billion and supported over 170 million people. In 2005, he co-created Make Poverty History and helped produce the Live 8 concerts. Most recently, he co-founded the group Project Everyone, giving practical support to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and established the ethical investment campaign Make My Money Matter, which has helped transfer £1.3 trillion into sustainable pensions.
Quincy Jones (Credit Greg Gorman)
A prominent figure with an illustrious musical career spanning seven decades, Jones has produced and composed an expansive body of work. His film credits include “In the Heat of the Night” and he has earned a total of seven Oscar nominations for his work on such films as “In Cold Blood,” “The Wiz” and “The Color Purple,” receiving a Best Picture nomination for the latter. In 1967, Jones was the first Black composer to be nominated in the Original Song category. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with Lesley Gore, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey, among others. Jones was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1994.
Taylor is a prolific casting director who is behind some of the most acclaimed casts in film history. Some notable credits from her 50-year career include “Taxi Driver,” “Annie Hall,” “Big,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Schindler’s List,” “Interview with the Vampire,” “Angela’s Ashes,” “Midnight in Paris” and “Blue Jasmine.” She has worked with directors including James L. Brooks, Nora Ephron, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, to name a few.
Casting Director Juliet Taylor prior to “Perfect Choice: the Art of the Casting Director” presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, on Wednesday, April 13, 2016.
Wilson and Broccoli of EON Productions are producers of the James Bond film series. They have produced some of the most successful 007 films ever including “Casino Royale,” “Quantum of Solace,” “Skyfall,” “Spectre” and “No Time to Die.” Wilson and Broccoli have produced and executive produced independent film projects such as “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” “Nancy,” “The Rhythm Section,” “Till” and “The Accidental Getaway Driver.” They are directors of the Broccoli Foundation, founded by Dana and Albert R. (Cubby) Broccoli to support the arts, medicine and education. Cubby Broccoli received the Thalberg Award in 1981. Barbara Broccoli is the second woman to receive the Thalberg Award.
The Honorary Award, an Oscar statuette, is given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences of any discipline, or for outstanding service to the Academy.”
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, also an Oscar statuette, is given “to an individual in the motion picture arts and sciences whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry by promoting human welfare and contributing to rectifying inequities.”
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, now an Oscar statuette, is presented to creative producers “whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production.”
The 15th Governors Awards is proudly supported by Rolex, the Exclusive Watch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Robert Downey, Jr., Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Stone, and Cillian Murphy pose backstage with the Oscar® for Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role and the Oscar® for Actor/Actress in a Leading Role during the live ABC telecast of the 96th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
The Oscars and awards season has officially ended for another year.
Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER was, as expected, the night’s big winner at the 96th Oscars ceremony. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin, the film was produced by Emma Thomas p.g.a. (Dunkirk, Inception), for Atlas Entertainment by Charles Roven p.g.a. (The Dark Knight trilogy, American Hustle), and Christopher Nolan p.g.a.
OPPENHEIMER was the year’s most-nominated film, with 13 total nominations, taking home 7 wins for Picture, Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography – Hoyte van Hoytema, Best Score – composer Ludwig Göransson and Best Film Editing – Jennifer Lame.
POOR THINGS won 4 Oscars.
The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and aired live on ABC.
Robert Downey, Jr. poses backstage with the Oscar® for Actor in a Supporting Role during the live ABC telecast of the 96th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
The classiest part of the evening was the return of the “Fab Five” format which features five former winners presenting each of the acting categories.
There wasn’t a dry eye at the Dolby Theatre when Paul Giamatti escorted his co-star to the stage.
When asked how important is it to constantly pay it forward, Randolph told reporters backstage:
“It’s imperative because the people who’ve done it before me allowed me to be in this position now. And so the type of work I do, my strive for authenticity, for quality allows there to be a new standard set where we can tell universal stories in black and brown bodies, and it can be accepted and enjoyed amongst the masses. It’s not just black TV or black movies or black people, but instead a universal performance that can be enjoyed by all.”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph poses backstage with the Oscar® for Actress in a Supporting Role during the live ABC telecast of the 96th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
Listen to the rest of the backstage interviews from Stone and Murphy. RDJ did not go to the pressroom after his win.
This was Stone’s second nomination and win in this category and her fifth overall, including her nomination for Best Picture. She won an Oscar for her leading role in La La Land (2016) and was nominated for her supporting roles in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and The Favourite (2018).
To embody the father of the atomic bomb, Christopher Nolan cast an actor who has appeared in five of his films (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, Dunkirk), but until now, never in a lead role: Cillian Murphy. This was his first nomination and Oscar win.
WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell was awarded Best Original Song. Eilish became the youngest person to win more than one Academy Award.
But the happiest highlight of the night was “I’m Just Ken” performed by Ryan Gosling, Mark Ronson, Slash & The Kens from the movie BARBIE.
As expected, Christopher Nolan was awarded Best Director for bringing to the screen his most ambitious work to date, OPPENHEIMER.
Nolan’s films, including Tenet, Dunkirk, Interstellar, Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy, have earned more than $5 billion at the global box office and have been awarded 11 Oscars and 36 nominations, including two Best Picture nominations.
As usual the final Oscar of the night was Best Picture. Announced by Oscar winner Al Pacino, the gold went to the remarkable OPPENHEIMER.
Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, and Charles Roven pose backstage with the Oscar® for Best Picture and Robert De Niro
during the live ABC telecast of the 96th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
As to the most memorable moment in making the film, the producers told the press backstage:
Christopher Nolan: You first.
Emma Thomas: I’m going first? All right. A.(Emma Thomas) Gosh, there were so many. One of the things I love about my job is that, you know, and our jobs is that we get to live with a film from the very, very beginning to the very end, and there were so many memorable moments along the way, whether it be, you know, those sort of moments in prep where Cillian agrees to play Oppenheimer, or where you start shooting, and you get to see Los Alamos as built and imagined by our incredible production designer, Ruth De Jong. I think probably for me, I will never forget the moment where I first saw the film, the first cut of the film, and I think it was the moment where I truly understood that this really worked, and I felt very good about, you know, the fact that it told a story that I felt was going to move audiences. You never quite know until you get to that point, and I think for me that was the moment where — that I’ll always remember the sort of the feeling at the end of that screening of sort of relief and excitement.
A.(Charles Roven) There’s a couple of moments in particular for me. The first time I drove over to Chris and Emma’s house to read the first draft that Chris wrote, and what he had done when he — with the character of Oppenheimer wrote him in the first person, which I had never read a screenplay before that had the character talking in the first person. But it was actually the thing that, I think, makes the movie so special is how you relate to Oppenheimer through all of his journey from, you know, trying to figure out how to deal with the bomb to all of his character journey as well. So that was a very, very important and meaningful and memorable experience. The second was, you know, seeing the first cut of the movie. It was really profound.
A.(Christopher Nolan) I think for me it was really the — actually, the first hair and makeup tests. There was something about seeing Cillian put that hat on and Robert Downey Jr. with his head shaved back and Emily Blunt in old-age makeup. We did all that on the first test. We shot it on the very first black-and-white IMAX film that had ever been made, and we projected it on an IMAX screen over at the Citywalk at Universal, and that was a very special moment, special to realize what the actors were going to do, and that the thing was going to work, and to see that technical side of things that Hoyte was bringing to the table with photography. It was remarkable and that will always stay with me.
Masaki Takahashi, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya and Tatsuji Nojima pose backstage with the Oscar® for Visual Effects during the live ABC telecast of the 96th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
Along with director Wes Anderson winning his first Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” one of the greatest victories of the night was the GODZILLA MINUS ONE Oscar win for Best Visual Effects.
Listen as WAMG contributor Gary Salem asked the winners a question about a streaming date, how the filmmakers wouldn’t be able to capitalize on the success and the award, and does it involve Legendary and Warner Bros:
“I understand there is a strategy or a plan for home video release in Japan right now. So hopefully the rest of the world is not too long after to follow. With regards to Legendary and Warner Bros. as I understand it, that’s a Toho. But despite that, they did their best to extend our theatrical run as long as physically possible. So we’re very grateful for that. Having said that, of course, if Godzilla Minus One was still in theaters right now that would be amazing for all the viewers out there. But I don’t want to hope for too much. I’m already holding an Oscar right now.”
“If I could have been there, I (along with Steven Rales) would have said “Thank you” to: the family of Roald Dahl, the team at Netflix, Benedict and Ralph and Ben Kingsley and Dev and Richard and Bob and Adam and Jeremy and John and Jim and Rich and Jim and Polly and more.
And also I would have said: if i had not met Owen Wilson in a corridor at the University of Texas between classes when I was 18 years old, I would certainly not be receiving this award tonight — but unfortunately Steven and I are in Germany and we start shooting our new movie early tomorrow morning, so I did not actually receive the award or get a chance to say any of that.”
— Wes Anderson on winning his first Oscar for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
"If I could have been there, I (along with Steven Rales) would have said "Thank you" to: the family of Roald Dahl, the team at Netflix, Benedict and Ralph and Ben Kingsley and Dev and Richard and Bob and Adam and Jeremy and John and Jim and Rich and Jim and Polly and more.
