Anderson wins for film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as an ex-revolutionary, taking Oscar in this category for the first time Paul Thomas Anderson has won the Oscar for best director for One Battle After Another at the 98th Academy Awards. This marks the much-admired director’s second ever Oscar, following his win earlier in the evening for best adapted screenplay. He has been nominated three times previously for best director, for There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread and Licorice Pizza. “There will always be some doubt in your heart that you deserve it,” said Anderson, “but there is no question at the pleasure of having it for myself.” He added: “I’m here because of people’s faith in me – that give me their faith and their time, and that’s the best part about being on a film crew, is being with people. We need each other. This is a wonderful gift, and I’m so happy to call the movies home. This is really terrific. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love it.” Anderson, 55, defeated a strong field of Ryan Coogler for Sinners, Chloé Zhao for Hamnet, Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme, and Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value. A loose adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland, One
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It has become a popular internet pastime for people to speculate about what work a female celebrity has had done. Wrinkle-free, taut and glowing visages are analyzed by experts and non-experts alike, often resulting in…
Read original at CNN →Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-winning counterculture caper with Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn is breathless fun, while Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones star in a 50s-set drama about passion and identity Paul Thomas…
Read original at The Guardian →Sean Penn finally got his hands on his third Oscar⦠sort of. The âOne Battle After Anotherâ star, who was a no-show at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday when he won the best supporting actor Oscar for…
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Read original at CNET →Netflix was handed seven statuettes including two for KPop Demon Hunters. Ahead of its acquisition by Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. dominated the 2026 Oscars with 11 wins primarily for Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Paul…
Read original at Engadget →Paul Thomas Anderson’s revolutionary epic took home six awards while Sinners scored four including for best actor In pictures: Jessie Buckley, Michael B Jordan and Jacob Elordi at the afterparties Paul Thomas Anderson’s…
Read original at The Guardian →Jordan is the sixth black actor to take the award – and the first person to take the prize for portraying twins Michael B Jordan has won the best actor Oscar for Sinners at the 98th Academy Awards. This is Jordan’s…
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