Paul Thomas Anderson’s black comedy thriller took home the Oscar’s top prize after a close race with Ryan Coogler’s Sinners.
The film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as washed-up revolutionary Bob Ferguson, won six awards as the legendary director finally got the nod for Oscar gold after fourteen nominations.
Anderson’s being awarded Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay meant he finally broke the duck, the film his sixth to have gained him individual nominations.
Sean Penn was also awarded his third Academy Award, his role as Colonel Lockjaw in One Battle saw him named Best Supporting Actor, although he was not in attendance.
The inaugural category for Best Casting also went home with One Battle; Cassandra Kulukundis was the namely recipient for the first-ever award.
Sinners’ big night and major categories
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners seemed to have run a very close second, with the most-nominated film ever leaving with four Oscars.
Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor ahead of the controversial Timothee Chalamet, who was just a few weeks ago seen as a substantial favourite to claim the Oscar.
His role as Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme was his fourth nomination and second in a row after last year’s A Complete Unknown.
Jordan, who played twins Smoke and Stack in Sinners, emotionally thanked a long list of names who came before him, including his father in attendance from Ghana.
Alongside Best Actor, Sinners also topped the lists for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Cinematography, with the latter’s winner, Autumn Durald Arkapaw the first female winner of the category.
Hamnet‘s Jessie Buckley was one of the more unsurprising winners of the evening after having comprehensively swept the awards season, her portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare already being described as a classic in the making.
Buckley is the first Irish actress to win an Academy Award in her category.
Weapons‘ Amy Madigan was a surprise winner for the evening, beating out names including Teyana Taylor and Elle Fanning to claim her first Oscar at 75 years old for Best Supporting Actress.
Madigan’s first nomination was in 1986 for Twice in a Lifetime, and sets a record of the longest gap between Academy Award nominations.
Shared victories and shock wins
An immensely rare occasion saw Live Action Short declared a tie between The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva, with announcer Kumail Nanjiani quipping that the “shorts will take twice as long”.
The event is one of seven in Oscars history, most recently happening in 2013 when Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty shared Best Sound Editing.
The Singers director Sam A Davis stated he was unaware that was possible, but both recipients seemed pleased enough to share the laurels.
Netflix’s yearly Oscars campaigns will need to wait for a Best Picture nod, but Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein saw itself looked upon favourably as the adaptation was awarded three Oscars: Hair & Makeup, Costume Design and Production Design.
Although a disappointing night on the whole for Sentimental Value, the nine-time nominee took home their lone win in the Best International Feature category after snubs across the board.
Tributes across the broadcast included Billy Crystal’s heartfelt speech for his friend, the late Rob Reiner, Barbara Streisand making a surprise appearance in honour of Robert Redford, and Rachel McAdams offering a heartfelt remembrance of her The Family Stone co-star Diane Keaton.
Kpop Demon Hunters stormed Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, the first K-Pop song to win an Oscar.
Notable disappointments for the night include the awards-less Bugonia, Train Dreams and The Secret Agent, although Jessie Buckley’s waltz across the finish line remained Hamnet‘s lone win amongst eight nominations.
The full list of winners from the 98th Academy Awards are as follows:
Best Supporting Actress –
Winner – Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Nominee – Inga Ibsdotter Lileaas (Sentimental Value)
Nominee – Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
Nominee – Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
Nominee – Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
Best Animated Feature
Winner – KPop Demon Hunters
Nominee – Arco
Nominee – Ello
Nominee – Little Amelie, or the Character of Rain
Nominee – Zootopia 2
Best Animated Short
Winner – The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Nominee – Butterfly
Nominee – Forevergreen
Nominee – Retirement Plan
Nominee – The Three Sisters
Best Costume Design
Winner – Frankenstein
Nominee – Avatar: Fire and Ash
Nominee – Hamnet
Nominee – Marty Supreme
Nominee – Sinners
Best Makeup & Hair Styling
Winner – Frankenstein
Nominee – Kokuho
Nominee – Sinners
Nominee – The Smashing Machine
Nominee – The Ugly Stepsister
Best Casting
Winner – One Battle After Another
Nominee – Hamnet
Nominee – Marty Supreme
Nominee – The Secret Agent
Nominee – Sinners
Best Live Action Short
Winner – Two People Exchanging Saliva
Winner – The Singers
Nominee – A Friend of Dorothy
Nominee – Butcher’s Stain
Nominee – Jane Austen’s Period Drama
Best Supporting Actor
Winner – Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
Nominee – Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
Nominee – Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Nominee – Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
Nominee – Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner – One Battle After Another
Nominee – Bugonia
Nominee – Frankenstein
Nominee – Hamnet
Nominee – Train Dreams
Best Original Screenplay
Winner – Sinners
Nominee – Sentimental Value
Nominee – Blue Moon
Nominee – It Was Just An Accident
Nominee – Marty Supreme
Best Production Design
Winner – Frankenstein
Nominee – Hamnet
Nominee – Marty Supreme
Nominee – One Battle After Another
Nominee – Sinners
Best Visual Effects
Winner – Avatar: Fire and Ash
Nominee – F1
Nominee – Jurassic World: Rebirth
Nominee – Sinners
Nominee – The Lost Bus
Best Documentary Short Film
Winner – All the Empty Rooms
Nominee – Armed Only With A Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Nominee – Children No More: Were and Are Gone
Nominee – The Devil is Busy
Nominee – Perfectly a Strangeness
Best Documentary Feature
Winner – Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Nominee – Come See Me in the Good Light
Nominee – Cutting Through the Rocks
Nominee – The Alabama Solution
Nominee – The Perfect Neighbour
Best Original Score
Winner – Sinners
Nominee – One Battle After Another
Nominee – Hamnet
Nominee – Bugonia
Nominee – Frankenstein
Best Sound
Winner – F1
Nominee – Frankenstein
Nominee – Sinners
Nominee – Sirat
Nominee – One Battle After Another
Best Film Editing
Winner – One Battle After Another
Nominee – F1
Nominee – Sinners
Nominee – Marty Supreme
Nominee – Sentimental Value
Best Cinematography
Winner – Sinners
Nominee – Train Dreams
Nominee – One Battle After Another
Nominee – Marty Supreme
Nominee – Frankenstein
Best International Feature
Winner – Sentimental Value
Nominee – It Was Just an Accident
Nominee – Sirat
Nominee – The Secret Agent
Nominee – The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Original Song
Winner – ‘Golden’ (Kpop Demon Hunters)
Nominee – ‘Dear Me’ (Diane Warren: Relentless)
Nominee – ‘I Lied to You’ (Sinners)
Nominee – ‘Sweet Dreams of Joy’ (Viva Verdi!)
Nominee – ‘Train Dreams’ (Train Dreams)
Best Director
Winner – Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Nominee – Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Nominee – Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Nominee – Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Nominee – Chloe Zhao (Hamnet)
Best Actor
Winner – Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Nominee – Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Nominee – Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Nominee – Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Nominee – Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
Best Actress
Winner – Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Nominee – Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Nominee – Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
Nominee – Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
Nominee – Emma Stone (Bugonia)
Best Picture
Winner – One Battle After Another
Nominee – F1
Nominee – Sinners
Nominee – Marty Supreme
Nominee – The Secret Agent
Nominee – Sentimental Value
Nominee – Frankenstein
Nominee – Hamnet
Nominee – Train Dreams
Nominee – Bugonia
