By John Egbokhan
One Battle After Another has emerged the biggest winner at this year’s Oscars, winning a total of six awards, including the highly coveted best picture trophy, at the 98th Academy Awards held overnight in Hollywood.
Jessie Buckley wion best actress for Hamnet, the first Irish actress to pick that award
Autumn Durald Arkapaw is the first woman to win the Oscar for best cinematography and Michael B Jordan won est actor, both for the film Sinners
The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva won a tie for best live action short film for only the sixth time in the ceremony’s nearly century-long history
Cassandra Kulukundis scooped the first-ever Oscar for best casting for One Battle After Another and Avatar: Fire and Ash picked up best visual effects award
On the red carpet, best actress nominee Rose Byrne showed up in custom Chanel, as the stars of KPop Demon Hunters brought the fashion
It was not a clean sweep for any of the nominees, One Battle After Another and Sinners taking out 10 categories between them.
One Battle After Another – 6
Sinners – 4
Frankenstein – 3
KPop Demon Hunters – 2
Hamnet, F1, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Weapons, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, The Singers, Two People Exchanging Saliva, All Empty Rooms, Sentimental Value and Mr Nobody Against Putin – 1
