While Sean Penn didn't attend the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday — and wasn't present to accept his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "One Battle After Another" — Ukrainian officials stepped in to recognize the actor's commitment to supporting them through its war with Russia by gifting him a mock Oscar crafted with steel from railways destroyed by Russian missiles.

Here are 25 songs that have set records in the Oscars' best original song category since it was introduced in 1935.

Once the Oscar telecast ends, the partying starts. After the Governors Ball, some Oscar attendees headed to the more exclusive Vanity Fair party at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

In five categories, the film favored by traders on Kalshi and Polymarket ultimately did not win the Oscar.

If there's one thing that Oscar Week 2026 will be remembered for, it's seeing the "Sinners" cast take over the town, in a joyous (and continuous) celebration of Ryan Coogler's history-making triumph.

Michael B. Jordan won his first Oscar on Sunday, for playing the twins Smoke and Stack in “Sinners,” Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster vampire allegory about race in America. It was also Jordan’s first Oscar nomination.

It would be obtuse to not consider the racial factor, but Ryan Coogler's career still mirrors filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson and Steven Spielberg, who took their time to win the Best Director Oscar.

Some stars are said to be fuming over the magazine's red carpet photo fiasco. "One actress looked like a Diane Arbus character!" snipes a VF insider. "She went home and cried herself to sleep."

Autumn Durald Arkapaw just made Oscars history. The director of photography "Sinners" became the first woman to win an Oscar for cinematography.