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79th Academy Awards
The 79th Academy Awards, held February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre and hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, honored 2006 films; The Departed won Best Picture and Scorsese his first Directing Oscar, while Dreamgirls led nominations with eight.
82nd Academy Awards
The 82nd Academy Awards, March 7, 2010 at the Kodak Theatre, honored 2009 films. The Hurt Locker won six Oscars including Best Picture, defeating Avatar; Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win Best Director.
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards, held February 27, 2011 at the Kodak Theatre, honored 2010 films. The King's Speech won Best Picture and three more of its 12 nominations; Inception tied with four Oscars; Franco and Hathaway co-hosted to poor reviews.
84th Academy Awards
The 84th Academy Awards (2012 ceremony) honored 2011 films at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012. Billy Crystal hosted his ninth Oscars; The Artist won Best Picture, and Hugo took five technical awards.
85th Academy Awards
The 85th Academy Awards (Oscars), held February 24, 2013 at the Dolby Theatre, honored 2012 films. Argo won Best Picture; Seth MacFarlane hosted a telecast watched by 40.3 million viewers.
86th Academy Awards
The 86th Academy Awards was a ceremony held March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre, honoring 2013 films; 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture and Gravity took seven awards.
87th Academy Awards
The 87th Academy Awards, held February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre and hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, honored 2014 films; Birdman won Best Picture and Director, tying The Grand Budapest Hotel at four Oscars.
88th Academy Awards
The 88th Academy Awards (2016 Oscars), held February 28, 2016 at the Dolby Theatre, honored 2015 films: Spotlight won Best Picture, DiCaprio won Best Actor for The Revenant, Chris Rock hosted amid the diversity controversy.
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards (2017): ceremony at the Dolby Theatre honoring 2016 films, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Moonlight won Best Picture after La La Land (14 nominations, 6 wins) was mistakenly announced; record wins for Ali, Davis, Chazelle.
90th Academy Awards
The 90th Academy Awards, held March 4, 2018 at the Dolby Theatre and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, honored 2017 films: The Shape of Water won Best Picture; 26.5 million U.S. viewers, then a record low.
91st Academy Awards
The 91st Academy Awards (Oscars 2019), held February 24, 2019 at the Dolby Theatre, was the first hostless ceremony since 1989. Green Book won Best Picture over Roma; 29.6 million viewers watched, up 12% from 2018.
92nd Academy Awards
The 92nd Academy Awards (Oscars 2020), held February 9, 2020 at the Dolby Theatre with no host, honored 2019 films; Parasite became the first foreign-language Best Picture winner, taking 4 awards, while Joker led with 11 nominations and the telecast drew 23.6 million viewers.
93rd Academy Awards
The 93rd Academy Awards, held April 25, 2021 at Union Station and the Dolby Theatre after a COVID-19 delay, honored 2020-early 2021 films; Nomadland won Best Picture, Chloé Zhao Best Director.
94th Academy Awards
94th Academy Awards (March 27, 2022, Dolby Theatre, ABC) honored 2021 films; CODA won Best Picture, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock before winning Best Actor, and was banned 10 years.
95th Academy Awards
The 95th Academy Awards, held March 12, 2023 at the Dolby Theatre and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, honored 2022 films; Everything Everywhere All at Once won seven Oscars including Best Picture, with Michelle Yeoh the first Asian Best Actress winner.
96th Academy Awards
The 96th Academy Awards (2024 Oscars), held March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, honored 2023 films; Oppenheimer won seven Oscars including Best Picture, Director, and Actor, drawing 19.5 million ABC viewers.
97th Academy Awards
The 97th Academy Awards, held March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre with host Conan O'Brien, honored 2024 films; Anora won Best Picture and five Oscars, Flow gave Latvia its first Oscar, and it was the Oscars' first Hulu-streamed ceremony.
98th Academy Awards
The 98th Academy Awards (Oscars 2026), held March 15, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre and hosted by Conan O'Brien, honored 2025 films; One Battle After Another won six Oscars including Best Picture, while Sinners set a record with 16 nominations.
99th Academy Awards
The 99th Academy Awards honor 2026 films at a March 14, 2027 ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, hosted by Conan O'Brien on ABC and Hulu, with new AI, acting, and international film rules.
Academy Award for Achievement in Casting
Academy Award for Achievement in Casting, a competitive Oscar for casting directors announced February 2024 and first given at the 98th Academy Awards in March 2026 to Cassandra Kulukundis for One Battle After Another, the first new category since Best Animated Feature in 2001.
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, or Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar, honors the best feature-film screenplay adapted from previously existing material, alongside Best Original Screenplay.
Academy Award for Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Director (Directing award), given annually by AMPAS since the first 1929 Oscars (split Dramatic/Comedy that year: Borzage, Milestone). John Ford holds the most wins with four; the Directors Branch nominates, all members vote; it aligns with Best Picture about 70 of 97 times; Paul Thomas Anderson won the 2026 (98th) award for One Battle After Another.
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay: annual AMPAS Oscar for the best script not based on previously published material, created 1940, renamed 2002; Woody Allen leads with 3 wins, Ryan Coogler the 2026 winner for Sinners.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Actor in a Supporting Role): annual Oscar first given at the 1937 ceremony to Walter Brennan; Brennan won three times; recent winners include Ali, Quan, Downey Jr., Culkin, and Penn.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role), an annual Oscar first given March 4, 1937 to Gale Sondergaard for Anthony Adverse; Hattie McDaniel won in 1939; Amy Madigan is the 2026 winner for Weapons.
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects: annual Oscar for visual illusions in film, awarded since the first ceremony under names Engineering Effects, Special Effects, and Special Visual Effects; current name since 1977; five nominees; 2026 winner Avatar: Fire and Ash.
Academy Honorary Award
The Academy Honorary Award, also called the Honorary Oscar, is a non-competitive Academy award for lifetime achievement or extraordinary service to film, chosen by the Board of Governors.
Chris Rock–Will Smith slapping incident
The Chris Rock–Will Smith slapping incident, also called the Oscars slap, happened at the 2022 Academy Awards, where Smith slapped Rock over a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's alopecia.
Oscar selfie
The Oscar selfie: group photo taken by Bradley Cooper on Ellen DeGeneres's Samsung Galaxy Note 3 at the March 2, 2014 Academy Awards; posted by DeGeneres, it broke Obama's retweet record and hit over 3.4 million retweets.