The Oscars are big a conversation for the 1.2 Million listeners of Channel 4, The UAE’s favorite English Radio station. Hosted by Conan O’Brien, the 98th Academy Awards was dominated by One Battle After Another, which won six awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson. Other major winners included Sinners, which secured key prizes including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan and Best Original Screenplay.

Elsewhere, Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamnet, Amy Madigan picked up Best Supporting Actress for Weapons, and Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another. Technical categories were shared between films including Frankenstein, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and F1, while the ceremony also introduced a brand-new category: Best Casting.

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Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture

  • One Battle After Another — WINNER
  • Sinners
  • Hamnet
  • Frankenstein
  • The Brutalist
  • Dune: Part Two
  • The Nickel Boys
  • Kinds of Kindness
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Challengers

Best Director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another — WINNER
  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners
  • Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
  • Yorgos Lanthimos – Kinds of Kindness
  • Brady Corbet – The Brutalist

Best Actor

  • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners — WINNER
  • Bradley Cooper – A Complete Unknown
  • Timothée Chalamet – Dune: Part Two
  • Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
  • Cillian Murphy – The Immortal Man

Best Actress

  • Jessie Buckley – Hamnet — WINNER
  • Emma Stone – Kinds of Kindness
  • Zendaya – Challengers
  • Saoirse Ronan – Blitz
  • Margot Robbie – Barbie: The Sequel

Best Supporting Actor

  • Sean Penn – One Battle After Another — WINNER
  • Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer
  • Paul Mescal – Gladiator II
  • Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things 2
  • Jeremy Allen White – The Iron Claw

Best Supporting Actress

  • Amy Madigan – Weapons — WINNER
  • Florence Pugh – Dune: Part Two
  • Jodie Comer – The Bikeriders
  • Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
  • America Ferrera – Barbie: The Sequel

Best Original Screenplay

  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners — WINNER
  • Challengers
  • Kinds of Kindness
  • Past Lives 2
  • The Brutalist

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another — WINNER
  • The Nickel Boys
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Hamnet
  • A Complete Unknown

Best Cinematography

  • Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners — WINNER
  • Dune: Part Two
  • The Brutalist
  • Challengers
  • Kinds of Kindness

Best Film Editing

  • Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another — WINNER
  • Sinners
  • Dune: Part Two
  • The Brutalist
  • Challengers

Best Production Design

  • Frankenstein — WINNER
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Barbie: The Sequel
  • Gladiator II
  • Wonka

Best Costume Design

  • Frankenstein — WINNER
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Barbie: The Sequel
  • Wonka
  • Gladiator II

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Frankenstein — WINNER
  • Dune: Part Two
  • The Penguin
  • Maestro
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Best Original Score

  • Ludwig Göransson – Sinners — WINNER
  • Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
  • Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
  • Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker: Folie à Deux

Best Original Song

  • “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters — WINNER
  • “Dance Through the Fire” – Wonka
  • “Love Again” – Challengers
  • “Rise Up” – The Color Purple
  • “Into the Blue” – Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Sound

  • F1 — WINNER
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • The Creator
  • Gladiator II

Best Visual Effects

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash — WINNER
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Godzilla x Kong
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  • Rebel Moon

Best Animated Feature

  • KPop Demon Hunters — WINNER
  • Inside Out 2
  • Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
  • Despicable Me 4
  • The Wild Robot

Best International Feature Film

  • Sentimental Value (Norway) — WINNER
  • Perfect Days (Japan)
  • The Taste of Things (France)
  • Society of the Snow (Spain)
  • Io Capitano (Italy)

Best Animated Short Film

  • The Girl Who Cried Pearls — WINNER
  • Ninety-Five Senses
  • War Is Over!
  • Letter to a Pig
  • Our Uniform

Best Live-Action Short Film

  • The Singers — WINNER
  • Two People Exchanging Saliva — WINNER (tie)
  • Red, White and Blue
  • The After
  • Knight of Fortune

Best Casting (New Category)

  • Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another — WINNER
  • Challengers
  • Sinners
  • Dune: Part Two
  • The Nickel Boys

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