Overview
- The Academy confirmed ten Best Picture nominees: Bugonia, F1: The Movie, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, and Train Dreams.
- The Best Actor race remains unsettled after split precursor results for Timothée Chalamet, Robert Aramayo and Michael B. Jordan, even as betting markets currently favor Chalamet.
- Prediction markets list One Battle After Another as the slight favorite for Best Picture, with Sinners, Hamnet and Marty Supreme also in contention.
- The 98th Oscars will be held Sunday, March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, airing via ABC/Hulu in many territories and in Mexico on TNT, Max and Azteca 7, with red carpet at 2 p.m. and the ceremony at 5 p.m. local time.
- Nominations were unveiled in a live announcement hosted by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman, and coverage notes the debut of a casting category alongside five-nominee fields in all but Best Picture.