Oscars 2026 Winners LIVE Updates: Sinners (R) clinched 16 nominations this time, while One Battle After Another follows closely behind with 13. (Credit: IMDb) Oscars 2026 Winners LIVE Updates: Amid the ongoing attacks by the US and Israel on Iran and escalating geopolitical turmoil, the 98th Academy Awards ceremony is currently underway at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. While director Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which made history by receiving the most nominations (16) for a film ever, is leading the pack this time, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another follows closely behind with 13 nods. The battle for Best Picture is between Sinners, One Battle After Another, Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, and Train Dreams, while Ryan Coogler (Sinners), Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another), Chloé Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), and Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) are in the fray for the Academy Award for Best Director. Story continues below this ad In the Best Actor category, Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), …