Considering its number of record-breaking moments and long-awaited wins, the 2026 Oscars will go down in film history.
Last night, the 98th annual Academy Awards arrived to cap off a long and exciting awards season. (You can thank the Winter Olympics for the slight extension.) The nominees marked a year of wins for representation, with diverse films like Sinners and KPop Demon Hunters as frontrunners; triumphal returns for auteurs like Paul Thomas Anderson and Chloé Zhao; and huge strides for international films, as Hollywood's most-coveted awards became truly global.
