Winners, Sinners and record breakers: Fun facts about dis year Oscars
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- Author, Steven McIntosh
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Hollywood don reveal di nominations for dis year Oscars, wey go honour di feem industry finest stars and movies from di past 12 months.
Di movie Sinners dey lead di way wit record of 16 nominations, breaking di record for di most Oscar nominations, wey dey previously held by All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016).
One Battle After Another na next wit 13 nominations, while Marty Supreme, Frankenstein and Sentimental Value na di next wit nine, and Hamnet get eight.
Di Oscar awards go take place on 15 March, to be hosted by US comedian Conan O'Brien.
We don put togeda fun facts to get you started ahead of dis year Academy Awards on Sunday.
Facts about 2026 Oscars awards
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1. Zootopia 2 na dis year highest-grossing nominated film, as e get$1.86bn (£1.39bn) worldwide.
But di animated franchise get different title for Europe - Zootropolis. Dat na becos of Givskud Zoo in Denmark, wey register di trademark "Zootopia" for di EU for 2009, seven years bifor dem release di first movie.
2. Emma Stone break two records dis year.
Aged 37, di Bugonia star na di youngest woman eva to earn seven Oscar nominations, overtaking Meryl Streep, wey be 38.
Stone don also become di only actress wey her first five Oscar nominations na all for films wey also dey nominated for best picture.
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3. Frankenstein na two centuries in di making.
E get 207-year gap between Mary Shelley 1818 novel and Guillermo del Toro 2025 film adaptation for Netflix.
Dat na one of di biggest gaps between source material and film adaptation for di history of di best picture category.
4. Chase Infiniti get cinema for her blood.
DI breakout star of One Battle After Another dey destined for film career since dem born her.
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5. Miriam Margolyes dey get some long overdue Oscars recognition.
Di British actress stars as di titular character for A Friend of Dorothy, nominated for best live action short. But Margolyes neva get nomination as actress.
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6. Several nominees are very loyal to their directors.
Four of dis year lead acting nominees dey recognised for films wey dey directed by dia long-term collaborator. Di four inseparable pairs na:
- Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater (dem make nine films togeda)
- Michael B Jordan and Ryan Coogler (five)
- Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos (five)
- Renate Reinsve and Joachim Trier (three)
7. Jessie Buckley fit become di first Irish winner of best actress.
Previous nominees from Ireland include Saoirse Ronan and Ruth Negga, while Brenda Fricker win best supporting actress for 1989. But no Irish star don win di leading actress category.
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8. Brad Pitt break 35-year trend.
Di US actor racing thriller F1 appear for several technical categories, but also score surprise best picture nomination.
Di film make am into di top category despite say e no get any corresponding nods for directing, screenplay or acting.
Di last film to do dis na Beauty and di Beast for 1991.
9. KPop Demon Hunters dey go for (double) gold.
Di Netflix smash hit na di favourite to win two categories - best animated feature and best original song for Golden, performed by di movie girl group Huntr/x.
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10. Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson and Amy Madigan dey fly solo.
All three actresses score di only nomination for dia respective movies - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Song Sung Blue and Weapons.
11. Timothée Chalamet na di youngest actor since Marlon Brando to score three Oscar nominations for acting.
Brando na 30, di same age as Chalamet, wen e achieve im third nomination for 1954.
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12. Only three Norwegian actors don eva get nomination for Oscar - and two of dem na from dis year.
Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas dey nominated for dia performances for family drama Sentimental Value.
Di only oda Norwegian actor recognised by di Academy na Liv Ullmann wey dey nominated for both The Emigrants (1972) and Face to Face (1976).
13. One Battle After Another na Leonardo DiCaprio 12th movie to be nominated for best picture - draw level wit Robert de Niro.
The Godfather Part II (1974) na de Niro first appearance for di top category, bifor e kontinue wit films such as Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Joker and The Irishman.
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14. Wagner Moura don join exclusive club.
The Secret Agent star join di select group of best actor nominees from films wey dey entirely speak languages oda dan English.
15. Hamnet dey follow for EastEnders footsteps.
Despite say na mostly original score e get, Hamnet director Chloe Zhao chose 20-year-old piece of music for di film emotional final scene.
Full nominees list for Oscars 2026
Best picture
Bugonia
Frankenstein
F1
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
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 actress
Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan - Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
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 director
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao - Hamnet
Best adapted screenplay
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Best original screenplay
Blue Moon
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best original song
Dear Me - Diane Warren: Relentless
Golden - KPop Demon Hunters
I Lied to You - Sinners
Sweet Dreams of Joy - Viva Verdi!
Train Dreams - Train Dreams
Best original score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best international feature
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Sirât
The Secret Agent
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best animated feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best documentary feature
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through the Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Alabama Solution
The Perfect Neighbor
Best costume design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Best make-up and hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Best production design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best sound
Frankenstein
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât
Best film editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best visual effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
Sinners
The Lost Bus
Best live action short
A Friend of Dorothy
Butcher's Stain
Jane Austen's Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best animated short
Butterfly
Forevergreen
Retirement Plan
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
The Three Sisters
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 casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
The Secret Agent
