‘One Battle After Another’ takes best picture prize at the Oscars

March 16, 2026 10:28 AM

‘One Battle After Another’ takes best picture prize at the Oscars

The darkly comic thriller “One Battle After Another” won best picture at the Academy Awards, leading a haul of six trophies on a Sunday night when Hollywood handed its top movie honors to unconventional stories. The offbeat tale of political resistance traded wins with the vampire story “Sinners,” setting up a fight to the end at the Dolby Theatre. "Let's have a martini! This is pretty amazing," director Paul Thomas Anderson said on stage after his "One Battle" was announced the recipi...

Vampire thriller ‘Sinners’ makes Oscars history with record 16 nominations

January 23, 2026 9:13 AM

Vampire thriller ‘Sinners’ makes Oscars history with record 16 nominations

Vampire thriller “Sinners” stormed into Oscars history on Thursday with a record 16 nominations, positioning the Warner Bros film as the frontrunner for best picture and pitting star Michael B. Jordan against Timothee Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio as rivals for best actor. "Sinners," a celebration of blues music and Black culture in the Segregation-era U.S. South, will face off against "One Battle After Another," "Frankenstein," "Hamnet," "Marty Supreme" and more for the coveted best pi...