Oscar nominations are announced on Thursday. The politically charged thriller One Battle After Another, directed by Leonardo DiCaprio, is expected to be the best picture.
The one for 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.”
The Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor have also been announced:
- Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”;
- Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”;
- Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”;
- Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”;
- Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value.”
Best Original Screenplay:
- “Blue Moon”;
- “It Was Just an Accident”;
- “Marty Supreme”;
- “Sentimental Value”;
- “Sinners”.
The ceremony went into a commercial break and continues after that with the nominations for the most coveted statuettes.
Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2026:
- 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”.
Nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture:
Among the favorites for the Best Picture Oscar is “One Battle After Another,” in which Leonardo DiCaprio plays a fugitive rebel
Vampire horror film “Sinners” is also considered a strong contender, even though it only won the Golden Globes for Best Soundtrack and Best Cinematography and Box Office. “Sinners” keeps its chances at the Oscars because Hollywood votes for them, while a jury made up of international journalists votes for the Golden Globes, less inclined to reward a production with such an American-centric theme, the BBC announces.
“Marty Supreme”, “Frankenstein”, “Sentimental Value”, “Bugonia” and “The Secret Agent” are considered favorites for the nominations, when they will be announced starting at 13:30 GMT, 15:30 Romanian time. The full list will probably be known only an hour later.
Two of last year’s biggest box office hits were “Wicked: For Good” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” but it looks like both sequels will get fewer nominations than the feature films they followed.
The second installment of “Wicked” was far more poorly received than the first film, while the third “Avatar” film may have less traction due to franchise fatigue and director James Cameron’s nonchalant approach to the Oscar campaign.
“You can play the awards game or you can play the game that I like, which is to make movies that people actually go to,” Cameron said last month.
Acclaimed American director Paul Thomas Anderson, affectionately known by the acronym PTA, has never won an Oscar despite 11 career nominations for films such as “Phantom Thread,” “Licorice Pizza” and “There Will Be Blood.”
But this year, things could change as his latest film, the aforementioned “One Battle After Another,” was the hottest title at the start of the Hollywood awards season and could win him Oscars as a screenwriter, director and producer.
The film, which has struggled to become a commercial success despite enthusiastic reviews, follows a former revolutionary who reunites with his old team to try to recover his daughter after she is kidnapped by a group of white supremacists.
He is also likely to lead the competition by a margin due to the sheer number of film actors in the running – no fewer than 25% of the available acting nominations could go to Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro.
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The Best Actor race is particularly loaded with big names this year – DiCaprio faces strong competition from Timothée Chalamet (“Marty Supreme”) in a race that also includes names such as Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”), Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”) and Jesse Plemons (“Bugonia”).
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The horror film “Weapons” may not be a traditional Oscar favorite, but Amy Madigan could be up for best supporting actress for her portrayal of an eccentric aunt who arrives in a US town shortly before the local school students disappear.
It’s been 40 years since the 75-year-old actress’ first (and last) Oscar nomination for Twice in a Lifetime, which now seems suggestive given her new feature.
Elsewhere, “Kate Hudson” could be nominated for “Song Sung Blue,” which would be her first nomination since 25 years ago for “Almost Famous,” while a potential nomination for Benicio del Toro would be her first in 22 years.
Nominations will be announced by “The Color Purple” actress Danielle Brooks, herself a past nominee, and “Thunderbolts” and “Top Gun: Maverick” star Lewis Pullman.
