{"id":36607,"date":"2026-03-16T10:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=36607"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:29:38","slug":"oscars-2026-live-updates-from-the-98th-academy-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=36607","title":{"rendered":"Oscars 2026: live updates from the 98th Academy Awards ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/16\/3cef8f84-7d76-4252-8fdb-0b40eb135824_37ca2056.jpg?itok=J0_WZb-W&amp;v=1773627889\" \/><\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">After months of expensive campaigns, the Oscars finally arrive on March 15, with all eyes on <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">the race between <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">One Battle After Another<\/em> and <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Sinners<\/em> for best picture<\/span>, Hollywood\u2019s most coveted prize. Both films have won their first awards of the night, with <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">One Battle After Another<\/em>\u2019s Paul Thomas Anderson winning for best adapted screenplay, while <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Sinners<\/em>\u2019 Ryan Coogler took home the Oscar for best original screenplay.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">Ahead of the star-packed gala, pundits say the Leonardo DiCaprio-starring political thriller <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">One Battle<\/em> is neck and neck with Michael B. Jordan\u2019s bluesy vampire horror <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Sinners<\/em>, while several acting prizes are similarly impossible to call.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3346693\/oscars-2026-live-updates-98th-academy-awards-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of expensive campaigns, the Oscars finally arrive on March 15, with all eyes on the race between One Battle After Another and Sinners&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[18185,3115,21,12534,2204,11344,3948],"class_list":["post-36607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-98th","tag-academy","tag-awards","tag-ceremony","tag-live","tag-oscars","tag-updates","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}