Overview
- Presenter Kieran Culkin accepted Penn’s statuette onstage and joked about the actor’s no-show.
- Multiple outlets, citing The New York Times, reported Penn was in Europe planning a Ukraine visit, with his itinerary not independently confirmed.
- The win makes Penn the fourth male actor to earn three acting Oscars, joining Walter Brennan, Jack Nicholson and Daniel Day‑Lewis.
- Paul Thomas Anderson secured his first Academy Awards with Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for One Battle After Another.
- The film topped the 98th Academy Awards with six trophies, including Best Picture and the inaugural Best Casting award for Cassandra Kulukundis.