Oscar Winners 2026


Conan O’Brien once again did a very good job hosting the Oscars for the second year in a row. His opening act, dressed up like the evil Witch in “Weapons” being chased by children – that happened at the end of the movie was as funny and brilliant as any opening segment that Billy Crystal used to perform when he hosted the Oscars. O’Brien just might host next year’s show as well.

Both of the top two most nominated movies this year, One Battle After Another and Sinners, were more strange than good, with Sinners winning the a record number of nominations at sixteen, but only winning four Oscars, which makes sense, as Sinners degraded into a Zombie/Vampire movie.

Michael B Jordan won for best actor, which he deserved because I did not think that Timothée Chalamet’s performance was deserving enough for Best Actor this year, especially because of the humiliating scene that he did with Kevin O’Leary, which was made fun of by Conan O’Brien. Jordan has paid major dues as an actor, especially due to his impressive athletic performances in the three Creed movies.

This year, there was a tie for best Live Action Short Film. One of those Films is called: “Two People Exchanging Saliva” – which is hard to believe is even a movie title.

In the Memoriam segment, Eric Dane, Brigitte Bardot, and James Van Der Beek were all omitted, which is a major mistake on this year’s Oscar telecast.

As predicted, Jessie Buckley was the runaway favorite winner for Best Actress for “Hamnet”.

Diane Warren lost her sixteenth Oscar nomination in a row for best original song. This record is more cruel than idiotic.

“One Battle After Another” won six Oscars, including best picture and best supporting actor Sean Penn, who did not attend the ceremony. This was Penn’s third Oscar. Only eight actors have won three or more Oscars:

  • Daniel Day-Lewis — 3 Best Actor
  • Meryl Streep — 2 Best Actress + 1 Supporting
  • Ingrid Bergman — 2 Best Actress + 1 Supporting
  • Jack Nicholson — 2 Best Actor + 1 Supporting
  • Walter Brennan — 3 Supporting Actor
  • Frances McDormand — 3 Best Actress
  • Sean Penn — 2 Best Actor + 1 Supporting
  • Katherine Hepburn — 4 Best Actress


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

Best Actor in a Leading Role
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 in a Leading Role
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 Actor in a Supporting Role
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

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

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Blue Moon
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners, Ryan Coogler 

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams

Best Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners

Best Music (Original Song)
“Dear Me,” Diane Warren: Relentless
“Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied to You,” Sinners
“Sweet Dreams of Joy,” Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams,” Train Dreams

Best Music (Original Score)
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinner
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister

Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners

Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât

Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

Best Live Action Short Film
Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers (Tie)
Two People Exchanging Saliva (Tie)

Best Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

Best Documentary Short Film
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

Best International Feature Film
The Secret Agent, Brazil
It Was Just an Accident, France
Sentimental Value, Norway
Sirât, Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia

Movie Review: Highest 2 Lowest


The new movie “Highest 2 Lowest” is the latest Spike Lee-directed movie. His last film was five years ago, “Da 5 Bloods”, released in 2020 on Netflix. This is the 5th collaboration between Spike Lee and Denzel Washington who stars in this film as a music mogul in New York City named David King, who is a major risk taker and has built a music empire that is either doing well or about to collapse from bankruptcy.

There are several speeches in this film about risk, success, and failure that are very well written, all ultimately about what is most important in life: how hard it is to succeed, and how easy it can be to lose everything are some of the best parts of this story.

There is a huge deal that David King is trying to make with this company that surprisingly turns into a kidnapping of David’s son, Trey, played by Aubrey Joseph, and a mistake by the kidnappers that adds many story twists and impossible decisions, making this movie a standout kidnapping story.

The acting is outstanding, including David King’s best friend, Paul Christopher, played by Jeffrey Wright, and his wife, Pam King, played by Ilfenesh Hadera. Former NBA player Rick Fox plays himself as a high school basketball coach, and there are several references to his time in the NBA and especially the great playoff matchups with the Boston Celtics.

The twists towards the end of this story and the ending are very well done and never predictable, with my only negative comment involving the too-long music montage fillers at certain parts of this film.

The rap star A$AP Rocky is great in his role as Yung Felon, with some of his arguments and speeches with Denzel Washington at the end of this movie performed very impressively. The singer Sunni Valentine plays an aspiring singer Julie Tucker, with her only appearance at the end of this film, with a great performance of her song “Highest to Lowest”, trying to convince David King to sign her to a music contract.

The Rotten Tomatoes consensus of 90% is correct this time. I agree with this rating and highly recommend this film.

Golden Globe Winners: 2024


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

  • Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez” — Winner
  • Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
  • Selena Gomez, “Emilia Pérez”
  • Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
  • Margaret Qualley, “The Substance”
  • Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy

  • Jean Smart, “Hacks” — Winner
  • Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
  • Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
  • Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
  • Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
  • Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha All Along”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

  • Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” — Winner
  • Yura Borisov, “Anora”
  • Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
  • Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
  • Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
  • Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama

  • Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun” — Winner
  • Donald Glover, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
  • Jake Gyllenhaal, “Presumed Innocent”
  • Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
  • Eddie Redmayne, “The Day of the Jackal”
  • Billy Bob Thornton, “Landman”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series

  • Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer” — Winner
  • Liza Colon-Zayas, “The Bear”
  • Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
  • Dakota Fanning, “Ripley”
  • Allison Janney, “The Diplomat”
  • Kali Reis, “True Detective: Night Country”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Television Series

  • Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun” — Winner
  • Javier Bardem, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
  • Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”
  • Jack Lowden, “Slow Horses”
  • Diego Luna, “La Maquina”
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy

  • Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear” — Winner
  • Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
  • Ted Danson, “A Man on the Inside”
  • Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
  • Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
  • Jason Segel, “Shrinking”

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture

  • Peter Straughan, “Conclave” — Winner
  • Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez” 
  • Sean Baker, “Anora”
  • Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, “The Brutalist”
  • Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
  • Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

  • Ali Wong, “Single Lady” — Winner
  • Jamie Foxx, “What Had Happened Was”
  • Nikki Glaser, “Someday You’ll Die”
  • Seth Meyers, “Dad Man Walking”
  • Adam Sandler, “Love You”
  • Ramy Youssef, “More Feelings”

Best Motion Picture — Non-English Language

  • “Emilia Pérez” — Winner
  • “All We Imagine as Light”
  • “The Girl with the Needle”
  • “I’m Still Here”
  • “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
  • “Vermiglio”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Colin Farrell, “The Penguin” — Winner
  • Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”
  • Kevin Kline, “Disclaimer”
  • Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
  • Ewan McGregor, “A Gentleman in Moscow”
  • Andrew Scott, “Ripley”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country” — Winner
  • Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer”
  • Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”
  • Sofia Vergara, “Griselda”
  • Naomi Watts, “Feud: Capote vs. The swans”
  • Kate Winslet, “The Regime”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

  • Demi Moore, “The Substance” — Winner
  • Amy Adams, “Nightbitch”
  • Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
  • Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
  • Zendaya, “Challengers”
  • Mikey Madison, “Anora”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

  • Sebastian Stan, “A Different Man” — Winner
  • Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
  • Hugh Grant, “Heretic”
  • Gabriel LaBelle, “Saturday Night”
  • Jesse Plemons, “Kinds of Kindness”
  • Glen Powell, “Hit Man”

Best Motion Picture — Animated

  • “Flow” — Winner
  • “Inside Out 2”
  • “Memoir of a Snail”
  • “Moana 2”
  • “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
  • “The Wild Robot”

Best Director — Motion Picture

  • Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist” — Winner
  • Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
  • Sean Baker, “Anora”
  • Edward Berger, “Conclave”
  • Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
  • Payal Kapadia, “All We Imagine as Light”

Best Original Score — Motion Picture

  • Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, “Challengers” — Winner
  • Volker Bertelmann, “Conclave”
  • Daniel Blumberg, “The Brutalist”
  • Kris Bowers, “The Wild Robot”
  • Clément Ducol, Camille, “Emilia Pérez”
  • Hans Zimmer, “Dune: Part Two”

Best Original Song — Motion Picture

  • “El Mal,” by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard (from “Emilia Pérez”) — Winner
  • “Beautiful That Way,” by Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt (from “The Last Showgirl”)
  • “Compress/Repress,” by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Luca Guadagnino (from “Challengers”)
  • “Forbidden Road,” by Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek (“Better Man”)
  • “Kiss The Sky,” by Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack & Ali Tamposi (from “The Wild Robot”)
  • “Mi Camino,” by Clément Ducol and Camille (from “Emilia Pérez”)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

  • “Wicked” — Winner
  • “Alien: Romulus”
  • “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
  • “Deadpool & Wolverine”
  • “Gladiator II”
  • “Inside Out 2”
  • “Twisters”
  • “The Wild Robot”

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • “Baby Reindeer” — Winner
  • “Disclaimer”
  • “Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story”
  • “The Penguin”
  • “Ripley”
  • “True Detective: Night Country”

Best Television Series — Comedy Or Musical

  • “Hacks” — Winner
  • “Abbott Elementary”
  • “The Bear”
  • “The Gentlemen”
  • “Nobody Wants This”
  • “Only Murders in the Building”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama

  • Anna Sawai, “Shōgun” — Winner
  • Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
  • Emma D’Arcy, “House of the Dragon”
  • Maya Erskine, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
  • Keira Knightley, “Black Doves”
  • Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”

Best Television Series — Drama

  • “Shōgun” — Winner
  • “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
  • “The Diplomat”
  • “Squid Game”
  • “Slow Horses”
  • “The Day of the Jackal”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama

  • Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here” — Winner
  • Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl”
  • Angelina Jolie, “Maria”
  • Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl”
  • Tilda Swinton, “The Room Next Door”
  • Kate Winslet, “Lee”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama

  • Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” — Winner
  • Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
  • Daniel Craig, “Queer”
  • Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
  • Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
  • Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

Best Motion Picture — Drama

  • “The Brutalist” — Winner
  • “A Complete Unknown”
  • “Conclave”
  • “Dune: Part Two”
  • “Nickel Boys”
  • “September 5”

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

  • “Emilia Pérez” — Winner
  • “Anora”
  • “Challengers”
  • “A Real Pain”
  • “The Substance”
  • “Wicked”