Spotlight 98th Academy Awards | Predictions Who will win this year’s Oscars? ‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ square off Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Mar 10, 2026 Mar 10, 2026 Updated Mar 16, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save "Hamnet” should win. “Sinners” could win. "One Battle After Another” will win.kAm%92E’D 9@H E96 q6DE !:4EFC6 4@>A6E:E:@? 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E96 4C27E 42E68@C:6Dj “pG2E2Ci u:C6 2?5 pD9” 2?5 “u`” H:== H:? :? E649?:42= 42E68@C:6Dj 2?5 “$:??6CD” 2?5 “~?6 q2EE=6 p7E6C p?@E96C” D9@F=5 DA=:E E96 HC:E:?8 AC:K6D]k^Am k2D:56 4=2DDlQE?4>D\:?=:?6\C6=4@?E6?EQmk^2D:56m Movies & TV How to watch this year's Oscar-nominated films Movies & TV 'Sinners' takes top prize at the Actor Awards, setting up an Oscar showdown JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Movies & TV What to Stream: 'Zootopia 2,' Oscars, Kim Gordon, 'One Piece' and 'Scarpetta' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 0 Comments Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Review: Great ending saves ‘Reminders of Him’ "Reminders of Him," based on the Colleen Hoover book of the same name, is out in theaters Friday. 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Movies & TV 'Sinners' takes top prize at the Actor Awards, setting up an Oscar showdown JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
Movies & TV What to Stream: 'Zootopia 2,' Oscars, Kim Gordon, 'One Piece' and 'Scarpetta' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Review: Great ending saves ‘Reminders of Him’ "Reminders of Him," based on the Colleen Hoover book of the same name, is out in theaters Friday.
Review: Too many films inspire janky ‘Bride!’ In her latest, “The Bride!,” it’s easy to see director Maggie Gyllenhaal is an old movie buff.
