<h4>98th Academy Awards</h4>
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<p><strong><a href="https://openlife.ng/">OpenLife Nigeria</a></strong> reports that the organisers of the 98th <strong><a href="https://openlife.ng/">Academy Awards</a></strong> announced the initial slate of nominations for the 2026 Oscars on Thursday, with actors Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks revealing the full list across all 24 categories.</p>
<p>Leading the pack as early frontrunners are Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, which secured 13 nominations, and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which broke Oscar history with a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most ever for a single film, surpassing the previous tie of 14 held by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land.</p>
<p>The 98th Oscars ceremony is scheduled for March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Ovation Hollywood, with Conan O’Brien returning as host.</p>
<p><strong>Below is the full list of categories and nominees:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Best Picture</strong><br />
Bugonia<br />
F1: The Movie<br />
Frankenstein<br />
Hamnet<br />
Marty Supreme<br />
One Battle After Another<br />
The Secret Agent<br />
Sentimental Value<br />
Sinners<br />
Train Dreams</p>
<p><strong>Best Actor</strong></p>
<p>Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme<br />
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another<br />
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon<br />
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners<br />
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent</p>
<p><strong>Best Actress</strong></p>
<p>Jessie Buckley, Hamnet<br />
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You<br />
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue<br />
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value<br />
Emma Stone, Bugonia</p>
<p><strong>Best Supporting Actor</strong></p>
<p>Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another<br />
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein<br />
Delroy Lindo, Sinners<br />
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another<br />
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value</p>
<p><strong>Best Supporting Actress</strong></p>
<p>Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value<br />
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value<br />
Amy Madigan, Weapons<br />
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners<br />
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another</p>
<p><strong>Best Director</strong></p>
<p>Chloé Zhao, Hamnet<br />
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme<br />
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another<br />
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value<br />
Ryan Coogler, Sinners</p>
<p><strong>Original Screenplay</strong></p>
<p>Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon<br />
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident<br />
Ronald Bronstein &; <a href="https://www.vanguardngr.com/">Josh Safdie,</a> Marty Supreme<br />
Eskil Vogt &; Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value<br />
Ryan Coogler, Sinners</p>
<p><strong>Adapted Screenplay</strong></p>
<p>Will Tracy, Bugonia<br />
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein<br />
Chloé Zhao &; Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet<br />
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another<br />
Clint Bentley &; Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams</p>
<p><strong>Animated Feature</strong></p>
<p>Arco<br />
Elio<br />
KPop Demon Hunters<br />
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain<br />
Zootopia 2</p>
<p><strong>Documentary Feature</strong></p>
<p>The Alabama Solution<br />
Come See Me in the Good Light<br />
Cutting Through Rocks<br />
Mr Nobody Against Putin<br />
The Perfect Neighbor</p>
<p><strong>International Feature</strong></p>
<p>The Secret Agent, Brazil<br />
It Was Just an Accident, France<br />
Sentimental Value, Norway<br />
Sirāt, Spain<br />
The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia</p>
<p><strong>Editing</strong></p>
<p>Stephen Mirrione, F1: The Movie<br />
Ronald Bronstein &; Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme<br />
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another<br />
Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value<br />
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners</p>
<p><strong>Cinematography</strong></p>
<p>Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein<br />
Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme<br />
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another<br />
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners<br />
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams</p>
<p><strong>Original Score</strong></p>
<p>Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia<br />
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein<br />
Max Richter, Hamnet<br />
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another<br />
Ludwig Goransson, Sinners</p>
<p><strong>Casting</strong></p>
<p>Hamnet</p>
<p>Marty Supreme<br />
One Battle After Another<br />
The Secret Agent<br />
Sinners</p>
<p><strong>Production Design</strong></p>
<p>Frankenstein<br />
Hamnet<br />
Marty Supreme<br />
One Battle After Another<br />
Sinners</p>
<p><strong>Costume Design</strong></p>
<p>Avatar: Fire and Ash<br />
Frankenstein<br />
Hamnet<br />
Marty Supreme<br />
Sinners</p>
<p><strong>Visual Effects</strong></p>
<p>Avatar: Fire and Ash<br />
F1: The Movie<br />
Jurassic World Rebirth<br />
The Lost Bus<br />
Sinners</p>
<p><strong>Sound</strong></p>
<p>F1: The Movie<br />
Frankenstein<br />
One Battle After Another<br />
Sinners<br />
Sirât<br />
Makeup and Hairstyling<br />
Frankenstein<br />
Kokuho<br />
Sinners<br />
The Smashing Machine<br />
The Ugly Stepsister<br />
<strong>Original Song</strong><br />
Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren<br />
Golden<br />
from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon, and Teddy Park<br />
I Lied to You from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson<br />
Sweet Dreams of Joy from Viva Verdi; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike<br />
Train Dreams from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave</p>
<p><strong>Live-Action Short</strong></p>
<p>Butcher’s Stain<br />
A Friend of Dorothy<br />
Jane Austen’s Period Drama<br />
The Singers<br />
Two People Exchanging Saliva</p>
<p><strong>Documentary short</strong></p>
<p>All the Empty Rooms<br />
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud<br />
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”<br />
The Devil Is Busy<br />
Perfectly a Strangeness</p>
<p><strong>Animated Short</strong></p>
<p>Butterfly<br />
Forevergreen<br />
The Girl Who Cried Pearls<br />
Retirement Plan<br />
The Three Sisters</p>
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