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Conan O’Brien will host the 98th Academy Awards as red-carpet coverage begins at 5:30 p.m. ET; the night centers on Sinners’ record 16 nominations, followed by Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another with 13 and Sentimental Value with nine, with the ceremony kicking off at 7 p.m. ET and a spotlight on potential historic wins across directing, cinematography and acting.
Sen. Thom Tillis, retiring and frustrated with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, warned during her Senate Judiciary Committee testimony that he would use procedural holds to block nominations and even deny quorum to push for answers about a Charlotte immigration crackdown, a rare intra-party escalation that could disrupt Senate operations.
Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammys with nine nominations, followed by Lady Gaga, producers, and a slate of top contenders like Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter. The ceremony returns to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, airing on CBS/Paramount+ with Trevor Noah hosting for the sixth and final time, as the article outlines nominees across major categories (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year) and a broad range of genres from pop to rap, Latin to classical, signaling historic firsts and lasts for music’s biggest night.
Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammy nominations as the awards approach, with guidance on where to watch and what to expect from the show.
One Battle After Another leads the 2026 Bafta nominations with 14 nods, followed by Sinners and Hamnet, across major film categories and acting honours, with stars including Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio among the nominees, as the ceremony is set for February 22 at London's Royal Festival Hall.
Nominees for the 2026 Writers Guild Awards have been released, with original nominees Black Bag, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Marty Supreme, Sinners and Weapons, and adapted nominees Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another and Train Dreams. In TV, Andor, Pluribus, The Pitt and The Studio lead with multiple nominations. Winners will be announced March 8 in New York and Los Angeles, with Atsuko Okatsuka hosting the LA ceremony; Don Reo will receive the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award and Stephen Colbert will be honored with the Walter Bernstein Award.
The 2026 Writers Guild Awards nominations are led by Sinners and Marty Supreme in the original screenplay race, with Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet and Train Dreams in adaptation contention. Pluribus tops TV nominations with four nods, followed by The Pitt and The Studio with three apiece, as winners will be announced March 8 in Los Angeles and New York across multiple categories including drama, comedy, and documentary writing.
The 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards nominations crown One Battle After Another with 14 nods, narrowly ahead of Sinners (13) and giving Hamnet and Marty Supreme 11 nominations each. The Best Film lineup features Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, and Sinners, while Outstanding British Film contenders include titles such as 28 Years Later, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Die My Love, H Is for Hawk, Hamnet, I Swear, Mr Burton, Pillion and Steve. First-time BAFTA nominees span actors like Robert Aramayo, Odessa A’zion, Rose Byrne, Chase Infiniti, Michael B. Jordan, and Stellan Skarsgård. Alan Cumming will host the ceremony on February 22, 2026 at London’s Royal Festival Hall."
Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another leads the BAFTA film nominations with 14, followed by Sinners on 13 and Hamnet and Marty Supreme on 11 each. Hamnet sets a record as the most-nominated film directed by a woman (Chloé Zhao), underscoring ongoing gender-balance debates in directing. DiCaprio also ties the all-time Bafta leading-actor record with seven nominations, while Paul Mescal earns a Supporting Actor nod; Jessie Buckley tops Best Actress chatter for Hamnet. The ceremony airs in February with Alan Cumming hosting.
Bafta nominations for 2026 crown One Battle After Another, Hamnet and Sinners as frontrunners, with KPop Demon Hunters ineligible due to no theatrical release; the ceremony emphasizes more British representation and offers six slots per category, and Alan Cumming will host. Longlists also flag notable omissions and suggest Bafta may hint at Oscar outcomes, though overlaps aren’t guaranteed.
The piece highlights five shocks in the 2026 Oscar nominations: Elle Fanning earned a Supporting Actress nod for Sentimental Value, Delroy Lindo surprised in Supporting Actor for Sinners, Avatar: Fire and Ash somehow landed a Best Costume Design nomination, two international films—Kokuho and The Ugly Stepsister—entered Makeup and Hairstyling, and Viva Verdi!’s Sweet Dreams of Joy was nominated for Best Original Song, each explained by precursors, voting splits, and genre/industry surprises as the Oscar race pivots.
The 2026 Oscar nominations delivered a rollercoaster of surprises and omissions: Elle Fanning earned her first Oscar nod for Sentimental Value, Kate Hudson surprised with Song Sung Blue, while Ariana Grande was snubbed for Wicked and Paul Mescal missed for Hamnet. Sinners led with a record 16 nominations, including Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo in supporting categories. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein earned multiple nominations but did not land a Best Director bid, and international/genre contenders like It Was Just an Accident, Bugonia, F1, and Hind Rajab’s The Voice of Hind Rajab also shaped the lineup.
The 98th Academy Awards nominations were announced, unveiling 11 first-time acting nominees—including Jacob Elordi, Elle Fanning, Michael B. Jordan and Teyana Taylor—with Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leading with 16 nominations across major categories; Mosaku and Delroy Lindo are among other first-time nominees, and the ceremony will air March 15 on ABC/Hulu, hosted by Conan O’Brien.
The 2026 Oscar nominations show a historic tilt toward world cinema, with a record share of non-English-language noms and about a quarter of Academy members living abroad. This internationalization broadens the slate across categories (including multiple non-English Best Picture contenders and several acting nominations), though precursors remain uneven predictors of the final winners, underscoring the Academy’s shift away from a US-centric taste.
The 2026 Oscar nominations crown Sinners as the most-nominated film in Oscar history with 16 nods, including Best Picture for producers Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian, and Best Director/Original Screenplay for Coogler. Kate Hudson earns a lead-acting nod for Song Sung Blue, Ethan Hawke is cited for Blue Moon, and Teyana Taylor is up for Supporting Actress in One Battle After Another. Chloé Zhao is nominated for Hamnet, while Sentimental Value collects multiple nominations for its ensemble (Stellan Skarsgård, Renate Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning). The slate also includes Amy Madigan, Wunmi Mosaku, and a pair of animated-feature nods for Zootopia 2 and Kpop Demon Hunters, with the latter’s song Golden by Ejae. Sev Ohanian is noted as the first Armenian American nominated for Best Picture.