Conan O’Brien returns to host Hollywood’s biggest night, where Timothée Chalamet and Michael B. Jordan will duel for Best Actor and “Sinners” aims for Best Picture.

Oscars 2026 winners announced: See the full list (updating live)

Conan O'Brien returns to host Hollywood's biggest night, where Timothée Chalamet and Michael B. Jordan will duel for Best Actor and "Sinners" aims for Best Picture.

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- The 2026 Oscar winners will be announced, as Timothée Chalamet and Michael B. Jordan face off for Best Actor.

- Dolly Parton, Tom Cruise, Debbie Allen, and Wynn Thomas previously accepted honorary prizes at the Governors Awards.

- Conan O'Brien returns to host this year's Academy Awards ceremony, broadcasting Sunday night on ABC.

Months of festival jockeying, ever-changing prognosticator predictions, and front-running contenders shading art forms like opera and ballet along the awards trail have led to Hollywood's biggest night, as the 2026 Oscars winners will be announced at Sunday's live ceremony.

Major stars will converge inside Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre, where returning host Conan O'Brien is set to preside over the evening's festivities.

High-profile matchups include the two-movie Best Picture race between Ryan Coogler's *Sinners* and Paul Thomas Anderson's *One Battle After Another, *a* *Best Supporting Actress showdown between first-time nominees (Teyana Taylor in *One Battle After Another, *Wunmi Mosaku in *Sinners*) and veteran actress Amy Madigan (*Weapons*), as well as the long-awaited conclusion to the tense Best Actor clash that's seen prior frontrunner Timothée Chalamet's (*Marty Supreme*) early lead crumble amid the rise of dual-role *Sinners* standout Michael B. Jordan.

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In recent weeks, Chalamet — once thought to be a shoo-in to take Best Actor — has suffered significant setbacks in his campaign, after many took issue with perceived smugness in his bid for awards glory. Speaking to ** on condition of anonymity, one voting Academy member even told us that they "lost a lot of respect" for the 30-year-old over his campaign comments.

Conversely, *Sinners* has ticked up in the race. In addition to shattering the record for the most Oscar nominations for a single film, Jordan won Best Actor at SAG's Actor Awards earlier this month. With the film also taking the awards body's ensemble prize, all eyes are on the project to repeat at the Oscars, as SAG (the largest union in Hollywood) shares significant voting membership with the Academy.

Tom Cruise; Oscar statue; Dolly Parton.

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As previously announced, the Academy bestowed special awards upon several Hollywood professionals late last year, ahead of the 2026 ceremony. Industry staple Dolly Parton received her Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award via video message at the Governors Awards event in November. The 80-year-old earned the accolade for a career dedicated to philanthropic efforts — including the Dollywood Foundation and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which has donated around 285 million books to kids.

Superstar actor Tom Cruise, actress and choreographer Debbie Allen, and production designer Wynn Thomas also received Academy Honorary Awards at the aforementioned event.

See the full list of winners at the 98th Academy Awards below, updating live throughout Sunday's ceremony on ABC and Hulu,

Best Picture

*Bugonia**F1**Frankenstein**Hamnet**Marty Supreme**One Battle After Another**The Secret Agent**Sentimental Value**Sinners**Train Dreams*

Best Director

Chloé Zhao, *Hamnet***Josh Safdie, *Marty Supreme***Paul Thomas Anderson, *One Battle After Another***Joachim Trier, *Sentimental Value***Ryan Coogler, *Sinners*

Timothée Chalamet, *Marty Supreme***Leonardo DiCaprio, *One Battle After Another***Ethan Hawke, *Blue Moon***Michael B. Jordan, *Sinners***Wagner Moura, *The Secret Agent*

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley, *Hamnet***Rose Byrne, *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You***Kate Hudson, *Song Sung Blue***Renate Reinsve, *Sentimental Value***Emma Stone, *Bugonia*

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio Del Toro, *One Battle After Another***Jacob Elordi, *Frankenstein***Delroy Lindo, *Sinners***Sean Penn, *One Battle After Another***Stellan Skarsgård, *Sentimental Value*

Best Supporting Actress

Elle Fanning, *Sentimental Value***Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, *Sentimental Value***Amy Madigan, *Weapons***Wunmi Mosaku, *Sinners***Teyana Taylor, *One Battle After Another*

Best International Feature

*The Secret Agent *(Brazil)***It Was Just an Accident *(France)***Sentimental Value *(Norway)***Sirât *(Spain)***The Voice of Hind Rajab *(Tunisia)

Best Animated Feature

*Arco**Elio**KPop Demon Hunters**Little Amélie or the Character of Rain**Zootopia 2*

Best Documentary Feature

*The Alabama Solution**Come See Me in the Good Light**Cutting Through Rocks**Mr Nobody Against Putin**The Perfect Neighbor*

Best Original Screenplay

Robert Kaplow, *Blue Moon***Jafar Panahi (script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian), *It Was Just an Accident***Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, *Marty Supreme***Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier, *Sentimental Value***Ryan Coogler, *Sinners*

Best Adapted Screenplay

Will Tracy,* Bugonia***Guillermo del Toro,* Frankenstein***Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell,* Hamnet***Paul Thomas Anderson, *One Battle After Another***Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, *Train Dreams*

Best Casting

Nina Gold, *Hamnet***Jennifer Venditti, *Marty Supreme***Cassandra Kulukundis, *One Battle After Another***Gabriel Domingues, *The Secret Agent***Francine Maisler, *Sinners*

Best Film Editing

Stephen Mirrione, *F1***Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, *Marty Supreme***Andy Jurgensen, *One Battle After Another***Olivier Bugge Coutté,* Sentimental Value***Michael P. Shawver, *Sinners*

Best Cinematography

Dan Laustsen,* Frankenstein***Darius Khondji, *Marty Supreme***Michael Bauman, *One Battle After Another***Autumn Durald Arkapaw, *Sinners***Adolpho Veloso, *Train Dreams*

Best Production Design

Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, *Frankenstein***Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton, *Hamnet***Jack Fisk, Adam Willis, *Marty Supreme***Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino, *One Battle After Another***Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne, *Sinners*

Best Costume Design

Deborah L. Scott, *Avatar: Fire and Ash***Kate Hawley,* Frankenstein***Malgosia Turzanska, *Hamnet***Miyako Bellizzi, *Marty Supreme***Ruth E. Carter,* Sinners*

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey,* Frankenstein***Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, Tadashi Nishimatsu,* Kokuho***Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry, *Sinners***Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, Bjoern Rehbein, *The Smashing Machine***Thomas Foldberg, Anne Cathrine Sauerberg, *The Ugly Stepsister*

Best Original Song

"Dear Me," *Diane Warren: Relentless *(music and lyrics by Diane Warren)****"Golden," *KPop Demon Hunters *(music and lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon, Teddy Park)****"I Lied to You," *Sinners *(music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson)****"Sweet Dreams of Joy," *Viva Verdi! *(music and lyrics by Nicholas Pike)****"Train Dreams," *Train Dreams *(music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; lyrics by Nick Cave)

Best Original Score

Jerskin Fendrix, *Bugonia***Alexandre Desplat, *Frankenstein***Max Richter, *Hamnet***Jonny Greenwood, *One Battle After Another***Ludwig Goransson, *Sinners*

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, *F1***Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, *Frankenstein***José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor, *One Battle After Another***Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, *Sinners***Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas, *Sirât*

Best Visual Effects

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett, *Avatar: Fire and Ash***Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, Keith Dawson, *F1***David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould, *Jurassic World: Rebirth***Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin, *The Lost Bus***Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean, *Sinners***

Best Live-Action Short

*Butcher's Stain**A Friend of Dorothy**Jane Austen's Period Drama**The Singers**Two People Exchanging Saliva*

Best Animated Short

*Butterfly**Forevergreen**The Girl Who Cried Pearls**Retirement Plan**The Three Sisters*

Best Documentary Short

*All the Empty Rooms**Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud**Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"**The Devil Is Busy**Perfectly a Strangeness*

Academy Honorary Awards

Tom Cruise**Debbie Allen**Wynn Thomas

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

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