Overview
- Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another took Best Picture, with Anderson also winning Best Director and Adapted Screenplay after a season of mixed signals.
- Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor for Sinners, while Jessie Buckley earned Best Actress for Hamnet, becoming the first Irish woman to receive the honor.
- Autumn Durald Arkapaw won Cinematography for Sinners, the first woman and first person of color reported to win the category, drawing a standing ovation backstage.
- The Academy introduced Best Casting with Cassandra Kulukundis (One Battle After Another) as the inaugural winner, and a rare tie occurred in Live Action Short for The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva.
- Standout moments included a Bridesmaids reunion, tributes in In Memoriam by Billy Crystal, Rachel McAdams and Barbra Streisand, and Conan O’Brien’s host monologue acknowledging the ceremony’s global resonance.