Amy Madigan took home the first award at the Oscars 2026 on Sunday night.
The 75-year-old veteran actress
It was one of the most contentious categories of the night as she was up against - Sentimental Value, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value, Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners, and Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another.
The synopsis of the film reads: 'When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.'
In it Madigan portrays Gladys who is the elderly relative of Cary Christopher's character Alex Lilly who is the only child who did not disappear.
Just before that Conan O'Brien, 62, returned to host the show for a second consecutive year after taking over the role from .
He started off the show with a hilarious pre-taped segment where he channeled Amy Madigan's character from Weapons and was chased by children while making cameos in several Oscar-nominated films including Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, and Sinners.
He went on to do his monologue as he joked about AI, Netflix's Ted Sarandos, and the year in film.
Amy Madigan took home the first award at the Oscars 2026 on Sunday night
The 98th are celebrating the best films of 2025, with the glitzy ceremony taking place at the Dolby Theatre in .
Ryan Coogler's Sinners
The horror flick is one of the ten films up for Best Picture alongside Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams.
Sinners star Michael B. Jordan faces a stacked Best Actor category, competing against fellow nominees (Marty Supreme), Leonardo (One Battle After Another), (Blue Moon), and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent).
Set in 1930s , Sinners follows twin brothers (both played by Jordan) who return to their hometown only to face a supernatural evil.
The 75-year-old veteran actress earned Best Supporting Actress for her work in Zach Creggar supernatural mystery horror film Weapons
The synopsis of the film reads: 'When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance'
Just before that Conan O'Brien, 62, returned to host the show for a second consecutive year after taking over the role from Jimmy Kimmel
The Best Actor race is currently a dead heat. While Chalamet dominated the early season with wins at the Golden Globes and Critics' Choice Awards, the momentum shifted after Jordan won at the Actor Awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards.
Adding to the tension, the ceremony arrives on the heels of Chalamet's controversial comments about how 'no one cares' about ballet or opera, which sparked a wave of backlash from the arts community.
, Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme stars Chalamet as a table tennis prodigy in 1950s New York whose ambition to become world champion jeopardizes his personal relationships.
She faces a star-studded field including Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I would Kick You), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), and Emma Stone (Bugonia).
Timothee Chalamet was seen arriving to his seat with girlfriend Kylie Jenner
Kylie stunned in a shimmering red-number
She could be seen shaking hands with fellow atendees
Helmed by 2021's Best Director winner Chloe Zhao, Hamnet dives into the reimagined story of William Shakespeare's home life and how the death of his 11-year-old son .
Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another earned 13 nominations.
Along with a Best Director nod, the film also
The black comedy action-thriller follows a washed-up ex-revolutionary (DiCaprio) who is forced to come out from hiding to rescue his daughter, after she is targeted by his former nemesis, a corrupt military officer (Penn).
Ryan Coogler's Sinners leads the pack with a record-breaking 16 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan
Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another landed in second place with 13 nominations, including Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Supporting Actor nods for Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, as well as a Supporting Actress nomination for Teyana Taylor
Marty Supreme, directed by Josh Safdie, netted nine Oscar nods, with leading man Timothee Chalamet up for Best Actor and the movie nominated for Best Picture
Irish star Jessie Buckley is the frontrunner in the Best Actress category for her work in Chloe Zhao's Hamnet, which is also up for Best Picture
Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia earned a Best Actress nod for Emma Stone
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein secured nine nominations. Leading the film's acting honors is Jacob Elordi, who earned a Best Supporting Actor nod for his portrayal of the Creature
Aside from Penn and del Toro, the Best Supporting Actor category
Paul Mescal (Hamnet), Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly), and Jesse Plemons (Bugonia) were the most notable snubs from the category.
Frankenstein and Sentimental Value both earned nine nominations at this year's ceremony.
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is a lavish reimagining of Mary Shelley's classic, .
Meanwhile, Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value follows two sisters forced to reconcile with their estranged filmmaker father.
Nominees for Best Supporting Actress include Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value), Amy Madigan (Weapons), Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) and Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another).
There
She had been nominated last year for her work in the first film of the musical franchise.
Conan O'Brien, 62, is returning to host the show for a second consecutive year after taking over the role from Jimmy Kimmel; Pictured in 2025
Wicked: For Good was completely This came despite an acclaimed leading performance by Cynthia Erivo, as well as new songs written for the film, including No Place Like Home and The Girl In The Bubble.
Gwyneth Paltrow was also left off the list in the category for her work in Marty Supreme.
There was a new award announced this year for Best Casting as the inaugural field includes: Nina Gold - Hamnet, Jennifer Venditti - Marty Supreme, Cassandra Kulukundis - One Battle After Another, Gabriel Domingues - The Secret Agent, and Francine Maisler - Sinners.
The ceremony kicks off at 7pm ET/ 4pm PT, airing live on ABC and streaming live on Hulu. It will also be streaming via Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV and FuboTV.
