One Battle After Another won Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, delivering one of the most decisive victories in recent years. Paul Thomas Anderson's action-thriller took home six Oscars total, including Best Supporting Actor, Best Directing, and Best Picture. The 98th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night, as Hollywood's biggest names gathered to celebrate the year's top films and performances.
Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor for Sinners and Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamnet, becoming the first Irish winner of that category. Jordan won for his dual role as twins Smoke and Stack, and in his acceptance speech, Jordan thanked the Black actors who came before him. Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor for his work on One Battle After Another, but he couldn't be there to accept it in person — he arrived in Kyiv on Monday where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who posted a photo thanking Penn for his support. Penn becomes the fourth male actor to win three acting Oscars, joining Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson, and Walter Brennan.
Timothée Chalamet was the frontrunner for Best Actor for most of awards season for Marty Supreme, but went home empty-handed. Marty Supreme ended up going 0-for-9 at the Oscars, a stunning collapse for the heavily hyped film. The Best Actor race itself was a nail-biter between Chalamet and Michael B. Jordan, with most observers having predicted a Chalamet win going in. Chalamet was a good sport when Jordan won, jumping to his feet to cheer him on as the Sinners star took the stage.
Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier's quiet Norwegian film, became the first Norwegian winner of Best International Feature Film. Conan O'Brien returned to host the ceremony for the second year in a row, and his monologue was entertainingly sharp, with digs at Ted Sarandos, AI, and an inevitable jab at Chalamet's comments about ballet and opera. For more on the night's biggest Hollywood moments, check out our coverage of the major reunions that happened at the Oscars.