Key takeaways from Oscars 2026: horror wins, tech loses and politics is hard to ignore

This year saw some Chalamet exhaustion, wins for Warner Bros and memorable music while one winner was nowhere to be seen One Battle After Another sweeps the Oscars as Michael B Jordan and Jessie Buckley win big Oscars 2026 winners: the full list It was always going to be a banner Oscars year for Warner Bros, leading the race with the two major films of the season – Sinners and One Battle After Another – the perfect end to a perfect year of critical and commercial hits for the studio. But w...

By Adrian Horton, Benjamin Lee and Owen Myers