Oscars 2026 Highlights: Michael B Jordan, Jessie Buckley win Best Actors; One Battle After Another's big feat

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"No to war" and "Free Palestine", declared Javier Bardem as he presented the Oscar in the Best International Feature Film category at Oscar 2026. He was accompanied by Priyanka Chopra, who announced the winner,  Sentimental Value. 

While presenting the award, she said, "Visceral and engrossing, they remind us that international is never truly far away because every story sends a ripple far beyond where it begins."

One Battle After Another won the Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards.

Jessie Buckley won the Best Actress award at the Oscars 2026 for Hamnet. For the unversed, she won the Best Actress award at the Critics' Choice Awards and the Actors Awards (formerly known as the SAG Awards) for the same film.

Michael B Jordan won the Best Actor award for Sinners at the 98th Academy Awards. The actor got the loudest cheer and a standing ovation.

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, the actors who are gearing up for the release of their movie Drama, presented the awards to Paul Thomas Anderson.

Paul Thomas Anderson won the Best Director Oscar award for the critically acclaimed movie One Battle After Another.

Golden from K-pop Demon Hunters became the first Korean song to win an Academy Award. Winners Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Leem, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park were seen teary-eyed at the Oscar stage.

Sentimental Value from Norway won the Best International Feature award at the Oscars 2026.

Autumn Durald Arkapaw wins the Best Cinematography award for Sinners at the 98th Academy Awards.

Andy Jurgensen won the Academy Award in the Best Editing category for One Battle After Another.

F1's Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A Rizzo and Juan Peralta won the Best Sound award at the Oscars 2026.

Ludwig Goransson won the Best Original Score for Sinners at the 98th Academy Awards.

David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alzabeta Karaskova for Mr Nobody Against Putin won the Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature Film category.

The Oscar for the Best Documentary Short Film went to Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones for All the Empty Rooms.

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett for Avatar: Fire and Ash won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 98th edition of the Oscars.

Tamara Deverell and Shane Veuau won the Oscar for Best Production Design for the movie Frankenstein.

Conan O'Brien pays tribute to artists who died in 2025. This also included Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, Claudia Cardinale, Diane Ladd, Catherine O'Hara and Diane Keaton.

And the Oscar for the Best Original Screenplay goes to Sinners, written by Ryan Coogler. The filmmaker got a standing ovation at the Dolby Theatre.

Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr presented the Best Adapted Screenplay award to One Battle After Another written by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Sean Penn wins Best Supporting Actor for the movie One Battle After Another.

The Oscars 2026 for the Best Live Action Short Film saw a tie. Sam A Davis and Jack Piatt won it for The Singers and the second Oscar went to Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata for Two People Exchanging Saliva.

Cassandra Kulukundis wins the Academy Award for Best Casting for the film One Battle After Another. The category has been newly introduced at this edition of the Oscars.

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey won the Oscars in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for Frankenstein

The Oscar 2026 for the Best Costume Design goes to Kate Hawley for Frankenstein. Anne Hathaway presented this award.

The Girl Who Cried Pearls won the 98th Academy Award in the Animated Short Film category.

The winner of the Best Animated Feature Oscar 2026 award goes to K-Pop Demon Hunter.

Amy Madigan won the Best Actress in Supporting Role award for Weapons.

Host Conan O'Brien took a dig at Timothee Chalamet's controversial statement and the actor was seen laughing at the joke.