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The 98th Oscars audience slipped to a four-year low this year with 17.86 million viewers across ABC and Hulu on Sunday. via: Variety The 98th annual Academy Awards drew 17.86 million viewers on ABC and Hulu, which makes it the least-watched Oscars telecast since 2022. The number is down 9% from last year’s 19.7 million viewers, which had been a five-year high for the telecast. The telecast averaged a 3.92 rating among adults 18-49, down from last year’s 4.54 but up from 2024’

The Oscars expanded the In Memoriam segment for this year’s ceremony due to the large number of notable deaths over the past year, including Robert Redford, Diane Keaton and Rob Reiner. via: THR The In Memoriam segment of the 2026 Oscars on Sunday night paid moving tribute to the late Hollywood icon Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner, among many Hollywood legends lost this year. Oscars producers had signaled prior to Sunday’s telecast that the In Memoriam segment would

The blood ran thick on the red carpet as Horror haunted the 2026 Academy Awards in an historic night. via: Variety When Amy Madigan accepted the first Oscar of the night during the March 15 ceremony, she shouted out her “Weapons” writer and director Zach Cregger for creating her witchy role of Aunt Gladys, saying he “wrote a dream part, and he let me just grab it by the throat.” It seems that, after decades of being othered and ignored at the Academy Awards, horror films are

Months of festival jockeying, ever-changing prognosticator predictions, and front-running contenders shading art forms like opera and ballet along the awards trail led to Hollywood's biggest night, as the 2026 Oscars winners were announced at Sunday's live ceremony. via: Variety “One Battle After Another,” a political thriller set in a police state version of America, triumphed at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, winning six Oscars, including best picture. Paul Thomas Ander

The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards are out — and this year's list has plenty of snubs and surprises. via: Variety See some of the morning’s biggest snubs and surprises below. SNUB: “Wicked” left in the cold Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo seemed like shoo-ins for a nod, as well as one of Stephen Schwartz’s two new songs written for the film, but they were all snubbed. SNUB: Chase Infiniti didn’t secure a nomination One of the season’s breakout stars couldn’t secure

Warner Bros made the Oscar history books with the just-revealed nominations for the 98th Academy Awards. Sinners with a whopping 16 just set the all-time record for nominations. It is up for Picture, Actor Michael B. Jordan, Supporting Actress Wunmi Mosaku, Supporting Actor Delroy Lindo, Director and Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler, Music Score, Song “I Lied To You”, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Sound , Editing, Makeup & Hair, Casting, and Visual Ef

On the heels of a critically acclaimed 2025 ceremony that attracted the highest ratings for an Oscars telecast in five years, executive...