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Oscars 2026: The records ready (and likely) to be broken at the 98th Academy Awards

Only a few more days before awards season comes to a close... Euronews Culture looks at some of the potential record-breaking moments that could make the 2026 Oscars one for the history books.

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Why Hamnet should win Best Picture

THE BATTLE FOR BEST PICTURE: Chloé Zhao’s grief-stricken Shakespeare film is emotionally traumatising yet quietly extraordinary, argues Jessie Thompson, and more than worthy of taking home the biggest prize at this year’s Academy Awards

The Independent UK

Oscars 2026: Ranking every Best Picture winner of the last 15 years

From 'The King’s Speech' to 'Anora', Euronews Culture ranks all the Best Picture Oscar winners since 2010. Who will be joining the illustrious list on Sunday?

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10 Fun Facts About Jessie Buckley: From Irish Roots to Dominant 2026 Awards Run for 'Hamnet' Best Actress Win

Irish actress Jessie Buckley cemented her status as the awards season's standout performer on March 1, 2026, winning Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role at the Actor Awards for her heartbreaking portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare in Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet."

International Business Times

BAFTA 2026: 'One Battle After Another' takes six awards, 'Sinners' and 'Frankenstein' win three each

The big BAFTA favourite 'One Battle After Another' took six prizes including Best Picture and Best Director while the period vampire epic 'Sinners' and gothic horror 'Frankenstein' both won three awards.

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One Battle After Another defeats Hamnet and Sinners at Baftas, as I Swear’s Robert Aramayo takes best actor

Paul Thomas Anderson drama scores six awards, as Jessie Buckley becomes first Irish woman to win leading actress prize

The Guardian - UK

Stars descend on the BAFTA film awards, with 'One Battle' and 'Sinners' leading the race

The BAFTA Film Awards have a tight race, with “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners” leading the nominations

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Sarah Michelle Gellar's Stunning Cut-Out Dress Post Isn't For The Buffy Reboot, But Fans Can't Stop Making Comparisons

She's Buffy forever!

Cinemablend

A movie that takes liberties with 'Wuthering Heights'? Scholars are OK with that

Emerald Fennell’s new “Wuthering Heights” sparked a familiar fight about book adaptations, but some Brontë experts say it still works

The Independent UK

Alan Cumming says he ‘won’t be too mean’ when presenting Bafta Film Awards

The Scottish actor has previously hosted the TV awards for the British Academy.

Evening Standard

Shakespeare expert Ian McKellen brands Hamnet ‘improbable’ fiction: ‘I don’t quite get it’

‘I’m not very interested in trying to work out where Shakespeare’s imagination came from, but it certainly didn’t just come from family life,’ the British thespian said

The Independent UK

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Hamnet' - To weep, or not to weep

The multi-Oscar nominated Hamnet is a moving ode to agonising loss and the possibility that healing can come through art. But you may find the emotions so signposted that your heartstrings feel more yanked than tugged.

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Hideo Kojima reckons Eternals director Chloe Zhao "must be a witch" after being blown away by her new Oscar-nominated drama: "Has the power to rewrite cinema"

Hamnet "lays bare the miracle of movies", says everyone's favorite film critic Hideo Kojima

Total Film

Eternals Wasn’t A Major Priority For Marvel. How Chloé Zhao Made It One

Chloé Zhao is always a priority in my book.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Begging my boyfriend to get one’: Paul Mescal inspires yet another fashion craze with Hamnet earring

The Night Manager’s Diego Calva and James Norton are also helping to build hype around small singular hoops

Total Film

Chloé Zhao says Eternals wasn't high on Marvel's priority list: "It [was] only on their list of potential players"

The director was chosen because of her immense passion for the project

Euronews

BAFTA nominations 2026: 'One Battle After Another' and 'Sinners' lead the charge

As expected, Paul Thomas Anderson’s 'One Battle After Another' and Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' go head-to-head with the most BAFTA nominations, while 'I Swear', 'Pillion' and 'The Ballad of Wallis Island' lead the charge for best British productions. Here's the breakdown of this year's nominations.

The Independent UK

One Battle After Another leads Sinners in Bafta 2026 nominations

Paul Thomas Anderson’s caper received one more nod than Ryan Coogler’s vampire blockbuster

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Ethan Hawke’s vow to Robert Redford at emotional Sundance gala recognizing filmmaker’s mentorship

Sundance Film Festival regular Hawke recounted his first audition in front of Redford for the 1992 period drama

Total Film

Oscars 2026 predictions: who will win Best Picture, Best Director, and the major acting awards?

Here's what we think you can expect from this year's Oscars

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Where To Watch Every Oscars 2026 Best Picture Nominee So You Can Cram Before The Awards Show

If you want to stay in the pop culture loop, here’s how you can watch all 10 Best Picture nominees before the Oscars on March 15.

The Conversation

Academy Awards 2026: How ‘Hamnet’ will help me lead Shakespeare classes about ‘Hamlet’s’ Ophelia

When I teach Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, many students love the character Ophelia, and so do I. But the play seems to silence her just when readers need to know more about how she sees the world and her place in it — especially the young women in my classes.

Euronews

Oscar nominations 2026: ‘Sinners’ makes history with record-breaking 16 nods

The record in the Academy Awards' 98-year history was 14 nominations, and Ryan Coogler's vampire horror 'Sinners' has shattered that achievement. Here's everything you need to know about this year's Oscar nominations.

Evening Standard

Hamnet star Bodhi Rae Breathnach has ‘fingers crossed’ as Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal tipped for Oscar nods

The literary adaptation has been widely tipped for Oscars recognition

The Conversation

Shakespeare reinvented: how Chloé Zhao blends East and West philosophies in Hamnet

In Hamnet, Agnes Hathaway (Jessie Buckley) asks William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) to introduce himself by telling her a story. It is her way of seeing who this man really is.

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