Oscar 2026 nominations announcement LIVE: Homebound could grab a nomination at the Academy Awards.Oscars 2026 nominations announcement LIVE Updates: The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards was announced on Thursday. While Indian audience were on the edge of their seats as Homebound had made it to the top 15 of the Oscars shortlist, the Neeraj Ghaywan film couldn’t make it to the nominations list. Instead, the films nominated in Best International Feature Film were The Secret Agent (Brazil), It Was Just an Accident (France), Sentimental Value (Norway), Sirât (Spain) and The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia).
Dharma Productions’ Homebound, starring Vishal Jethwa and Ishaan Khatter, was India’s official submission to the Oscars this year. If Homebound had succeeded to bag a nomination, it would have been the first film since Aamir Khan’s Lagaan that made it to the Best International Feature Film category, which was previously known as Best Foreign Language Film.
Meanwhile, Director Ryan Coogler’s Sinners walked away with 16 nominations, which is the highest in the history of the Oscars. Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another walked away with 10 and 12 nods each.
A big surprise for many came through the nomination of Delroy Lindo in the Best Supporting Actor category. However, Paul Mescal didn’t make the cut for his brilliant performance in Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet. Mescal’s performance in the film was a recurring factor in almost all the positive reviews for Hamnet. Read More Here.
Universal Pictures’ Wicked 2, which made $522 million worldwide, didn’t get nominated for a single award. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo missed out on Best Actress and Best Actress in a Supporting Role, respectively, and the film didn’t get any nominations for visual effects, screenplay, score, or song.
With nominations this year for Best Picture, Film Editing, and Original Screenplay, Josh Safdie now has four Oscar nominations overall, including his first in Best Director category.
With nominations this year for Best Picture and Original Screenplay, Ryan Coogler now has five Oscar nominations overall, including his first in the Best Director category. He was previously nominated in the Best Picture race for Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) and for the original song “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).
Including his nominations this year for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay, Paul Thomas Anderson now has 14 Oscar nominations in total, with four coming in the Best Director category. He was previously nominated for Best Picture and Best Director for There Will Be Blood (2007), Phantom Thread (2017) and Licorice Pizza (2021).
He has also been recognised for his screenwriting, earning nominations for Original Screenplay for Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999) and Licorice Pizza (2021), and for Adapted Screenplay for There Will Be Blood (2007) and Inherent Vice (2014).
Jessie Buckley, recognised for her role as Agnes in Hamnet, has earned her second Oscar nomination and her first in the Best Actress category. She was previously nominated for her supporting role in The Lost Daughter (2021).
Kate Hudson also secures her second nomination, and her first in the Best Actress category, for playing Claire in Song Sung Blue. Her earlier nomination came for her supporting role in Almost Famous (2000).
Rose Byrne and Renate Reinsve have earned their first Oscar nominations for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and Sentimental Value, respectively.
Emma Stone has landed a Best Actress nomination for her performance as Michelle in Bugonia. This marks her third nomination in the category and seventh overall. Emma is a two-time Oscar winner, having taken home the award for her lead performances in La La Land (2016) and Poor Things (2023). She has also earned nominations for her supporting turns in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and The Favourite (2018), and received a Best Picture nomination for Poor Things (2023).
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Michael B. Jordan (Sinners), and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent) have earned their first Best Actor nominations.
Leonardo DiCaprio has landed a Best Actor nomination for his performance as Bob in One Battle After Another. This marks his sixth nomination in the category and eighth overall. DiCaprio won the Oscar for his lead role in The Revenant (2015). He was previously nominated for leading performances in The Aviator (2004), Blood Diamond (2006), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019), as well as for his supporting role in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). He also earned a Best Picture nomination as a producer for The Wolf of Wall Street.
Timothee Chalamet has bagged a Best Actor nomination for his performance in Marty Supreme. This marks his third nomination in the category. He was previously nominated for his lead roles in Call Me by Your Name (2017) and last year’s A Complete Unknown (2024).
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The 2026 Oscars nominations announcement has begun. Actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman are announcing the nominations.
X user @bensond wrote, “Oscars nominations drop in an hour. It can either ruin my day or make it way better, no in between.”
User @vannjimenezz posted on X, "Maybe an unpopular opinion, but DiCaprio deserves the Oscar more than Chalamet." While Timothee Chalamet is expected to land a Best Actor nomination for his performance in Marty Supreme, Leonardo DiCaprio is also eyeing a nod in the same category for his turn in One Battle After Another.
Just one hour remains until the 2026 Oscars nominations are announced live on the Academy Awards’ official YouTube channel.
User @avi_nash_jha_ wrote on X, "Fingers crossed for #homebound to make it to #oscarnominations today #oscar."
Almost a month ago, when Homebound made it to the Best International Feature Film shortlist at the 98th Academy Awards, producer Karan Johar celebrated the milestone with a note of pride. Sharing the update, he wrote, “We made the shortlist. Way to go team Homebound.” The film was among the 15 titles that advanced to the Academy’s shortlisted lineup in the category.
According to Variety’s final Oscar predictions, Ryan Coogler’s vampire drama Sinners is forecast to make Academy Awards history with a staggering 15 nominations—a tally that would surpass the all-time record of 14, currently held by All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997), and La La Land (2016). The forecast also places Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another close behind with an expected 13 nominations.
There will be five nominees in every Oscar category, apart from Best Picture, which will field 10.
This year’s Oscars, scheduled to be held on March 15, will be hosted by television host and comedian Conan O’Brien for the second consecutive year.
Amanda Seyfried, who is expected to garner an Oscar nomination for The Testament of Ann Lee, said in an interview with The New Yorker, “Do you remember who won in the past ten years? Now, do I need one in a week or two or whenever? No, of course, I don't. Would it be great? Of course it would, for every reason – but it isn't necessary.”
Going by current awards-season chatter and prediction trends, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners are widely seen as the strongest contenders to lead the nominations, with momentum across key categories like Best Picture, directing, acting, and screenplay.
Fans of Indian cinema will be closely watching the announcement for the International Feature Film category. Among the 15 shortlisted titles is Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound. Starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, and Janhvi Kapoor, the film earned its spot on the shortlist from a pool of 86 submissions from around the world.
Other big names in the category are Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent (Brazil), Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value (Norway), Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia), and Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice (South Korea). Homebound is trying to make it onto the list of nominees with films that have been celebrated throughout this award show season
In India, the nominations announcement will be streamed on the Academy Awards' YouTube channel. The announcement is scheduled for 7 pm IST.
Actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman will announce the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards at 7 pm (IST) today.
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