Oscars 2026: Pete Hammond's Category-by-Category Predictions
Deadline Hollywood's Pete Hammond delivers a category-by-category forecast for the 98th Academy Awards, predicting One Battle After Another to win Best Picture, Michael B. Jordan as a likely Best Actor winner for Sinners, Jessie Buckley for Best Actress for Hamnet, and Paul Thomas Anderson to take Best Director; the piece also assigns wins across acting, screenplay, and technical categories, while noting that new voting rules requiring voters to attest they’ve seen all nominees could affect turnout.