Overview
- Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another led the 98th Academy Awards with six wins, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
- Ryan Coogler’s Sinners earned four Oscars, highlighted by Michael B. Jordan’s Best Actor victory, Coogler’s Original Screenplay, and Autumn Durald Arkapaw’s first‑ever cinematography win for a woman and woman of color.
- Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamnet, and Sean Penn took Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another but did not attend the ceremony.
- The Academy’s new Best Casting category debuted with a win for One Battle After Another casting director Cassandra Kulukundis.
- Industry takeaways center on Warner Bros. as the night’s leading studio winner, continued category strength for streamers like Netflix in animation and craft races, and a future Oscars broadcast shift from ABC to YouTube beginning in 2029.