Awards season is in the home stretch, with the crown jewel of film honors, the 98th Academy Awards, airing this Sunday, March 15.
The 2026 Oscars will celebrate the biggest achievements in cinema this year, with movies such as One Battle After Another, Sinners, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, and more competing at the ceremony. Film fans won’t want to miss out, either, as there have been several surprises and shakeups among the honorees at the prior award shows that have prognosticators stumped as to who’ll win in some of the major categories.
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