Oscar nominations 2026 – live: Shock as F1 nominated for Best Picture alongside record-breaking Sinners

Today, Timothée Chalamet became the youngest actor since Marlon Brando to receive three Best Actor nominations at the Academy Awards.

The actor’s new role as ping-pong prodigy Marty Mauser has seen him emerge as the Best Actor frontrunner this awards season, and he’s already bagged a win at the Golden Globes.

It’s a watershed moment for a star whose ascendant career has not been without its teething issues, writes Xan Brooks:

Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley is considered the comfortable frontrunner to win Best Actress at this year’s Oscars, but it wasn’t so long ago she was starring in one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s reality shows.

Katie Rosseinsky charts her rise from being body shamed in the “messed-up world of reality TV” to becoming the toast of Hollywood:

As was widely predicted, Teyana Taylor received her first Oscar nomination today for her supporting role in One Battle After Another.

Impressively, she’s also up for a Grammy next month.

Here’s more on the Golden Globe-winner’s singular journey to stardom:

Ryan Coogler has commented that his film Sinners receiving 16 Oscar nominations is “pretty crazy.”

The impressive haul breaks the record for nominations, placing it ahead of awards-dominating films like All About Eve, La La Land and Titanic.

Speaking to Deadline, Coogler remained modest and said: “I did not have any expectations when it came to the recognition of what they [the team] did.

“For me, people just showing up to the movies and having a good time, that would’ve been enough. That is worth all the effort. But that people would consider the craft and the achievements that went into it individually. It’s so rewarding.”

Sentimental Value picked up acting nominations for all four of its lead cast members - yet somehow wasn’t nominated for Best Casting.

Late last year, Annabel Nugent spoke to Stellan Skarsgård, Renate Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Elle Fanning about making Joachim Trier’s powerful family drama:

Yes, Chase Infiniti, Amanda Seyfried and Jennifer Lawrence warranted slots in the fiercely competitive Best Actress category, too – but the perennially underrated ‘Almost Famous’ star doesn’t deserve to have metaphorical fruits and vegetables thrown at her.

Here’s The Independent’s Adam White arguing why:

Remember last year’s festival season, when everyone predicted Dwayne Johnson would get an Oscar nomination for his role in The Smashing Machine? Well, that very much didn’t happen. The film received just one nod, for Makeup and Hairstyling.

Meanwhile, director Benny Safdie’s brother Josh Safdie received a Best Director nomination for his film, Marty Supreme, which amassed nine in total. Let’s hope the gloating is kept to a minimum.

With his nomination for Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet has become the youngest actor since Marlon Brando to receive three Best Actor nods.

Both actors were 30 when they reached the milestone; Chalamet previously starred in Call Me By Your Name and A Complete Unknown, while Brando got his nominations for A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata! and Julius Caesar.

Been seeing quite a bit of grumbling about F1’s Best Picture nomination.

The Brad Pitt racing thriller certainly wasn’t to everyone’s taste: in a two-star review last year, The Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey likened it to a bad version of Top Gun: Maverick.

Iranian film It Was Just an Accident is in the running for two major awards: Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay.

The Independent spoke to its director, Jafar Panahi, last month.