This year’s Oscar nominees are generally well selected, but I couldn’t help but mourn the timeline where Josh O’Connor, Jennifer Lawrence, Jafar Panahi and Gwyneth Paltrow also earned nominations.
So I wrote about them! As well as predicted the likely winners of the major categories at year’s ceremony…
Oscars 2026: Who will win, who should win, and who shoulda had a look-in
Are we set for a ‘Sinners’ sweep? Or is ‘One Battle After Another’ going to win the war? Has Jessie Buckley’s anti-cat crusade ruined her chances? Or have we all been thinking about the Oscars too long? Adam White predicts who will reign supreme in the show’s major categories
Adam White14 March 2026 14:55
Hello! And welcome to our live blog for this year’s Academy Awards! This is Adam and I’ll be guiding you initially through Hollywood’s most important night of the year, before being joined by my colleagues as we inch closer to the ceremony itself.
The Oscars kick off at 7pm EST in the US on Sunday night, and 10.30pm in the UK, where it’ll be broadcast on ITV.
As for the blog, let’s kick off with our big guide to this year’s nominees! Sinners leads the pack with 16, including Best Picture, Best Director for Ryan Coogler and Best Actor for Michael B Jordan – it’s also the most nominated film in Oscar history, which is quite mad! Close behind is One Battle After Another with 13 nods, and Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value tied for third spot with nine nods each.
Adam White14 March 2026 14:10
