Australia will be watching closely as the 98th Academy Awards get underway, with several local names in contention on Hollywood’s biggest night.
The ceremony, hosted by Conan O’Brien, is airing in Australia on Channel 7 and 7Plus. If you can’t enjoy the Oscars live – don’t fret. An encore broadcast will air at 9pm on both platforms.
Some of Australia’s biggest stars are up for awards today. Rose Byrne could take home Best Actress for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”, which she won the Golden Globe for last month, while Jacob Elordi has scored a Best Supporting Actor nomination for “Frankenstein”.
Music legend Nick Cave is up for Best Original Song – “Train Dreams” for the Netflix film which stars fellow Australian Joel Edgerton, who missed out on a Best Actor nomination. Fiona Crombie is nominated for Best Production Design for her work on “Hamnet”, while Guido Wolter, who worked on “Sinners”, is up for Best Visual Effects.
“Sinners” made Oscars history with a remarkable 16 nominations, while “One Battle After Another” came in right behind with 13. In Best Picture, the two films are up against “Bugonia”, “F1”, “Frankenstein”, “Hamnet”, “Marty Supreme”, “The Secret Agent”, “Sentimental Value”, and “Train Dreams”. See Variety‘s predictions on today’s winners here.
Follow along with Variety AU/NZ today as we provide live updates on the winners (in bold) of the 2026 Academy Awards:
Best Picture
“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”
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Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Best Director
Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
Best Original Score
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
Best Original Song
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters”
“I Lied to You” from “Sinners”
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!”
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”
Best Original Screenplay
“Blue Moon”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Train Dreams”
Best Documentary Feature
“The Alabama Solution”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Cutting Through Rocks”
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
Best Documentary Short
“All the Empty Rooms”
“Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
“Children NO More: “Were and Are Gone””
“The Devil Is Busy”
“Perfectly a Strangeness”
Best Animated Feature
“Arco”
“Elio”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”
Best International Feature
“The Secret Agent”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sirât”
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“Frankenstein”
“Kokuho”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“The Ugly Stepsister”
Best Live Action Short
“Butcher’s Stain”
“A Friend of Dorothy”
“Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
“The Singers” (TIE)
“Two People Exchanging Saliva” (TIE)
Best Animated Short
“Butterfly”
“Forevergreen”
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls”
“Retirement Plan”
“The Three Sisters”
Best Casting
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sinners”
Best Costume Design
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”
Best Production Design
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
Best Film Editing
“F1”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
Best Sound
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
Best Visual Effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
“The Lost Bus”
“Sinners”
Best Cinematography
“Frankenstein”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”