Thank you so much for joining us for our live coverage of the Oscars here at mxdwn. We hope you’re just as excited as we are to see it who prevails, who will be scored, and who will be snubbed. The festivities start to get underway as the red carpet is rolled out and the stars receiving their coveted awards arrive with their guests.

4 pm PST/7 pm EST: The show begins!

4:25 pm PST/7:25 pm EST: Talk is already swirling about possible sweeps between heavy hitters Sinners and One Battle After Another 

4:27 pm PST/7:27 pm EST: The outfits this year are dazzling as always, and it looks like every A-lister has pulled all the stops to be the most glamorous tonight.

4:27 pm PST/7:27 pm EST: Look at those fits, the stars are rocking some drip tonight. Okay, we’ll stop talking in teenager now.

4:35 pm PST/7:35 pm EST: Elle Fanning is nominated for her first time, but attended as a guest last year. Up for best lead actress in Sentimental Value, best of luck, Fanning!

4:38 pm PST/7:38 pm EST: Ooooh, there’s a giveaway raffle for watch party invites for next year.

4:38 pm PST/7:38 pm EST: Chelsea Wheatly gives special thanks to the Tonga people, whose lands the Oscars are being hosted on. We are very proud to show our thanks as well here at mxdwn.

4:41 pm PST/7:41 pm EST: Wanger Moura is the first Brazilian up for best actor with Secret Agent, sharing his experiences on set, fingers crossed! Amy Madigan, for best supporting actress, is also here to give a shout-out to her costars from Weapons!

4:46 pm PST/7:46 pm EST: Wooo! 14 more minutes until winners start being crowned! Hopefully, a few from Sinners, we would like to make puns! Though we will continue to remain professional.

4:50 pm PST/7:50 pm EST: Wonder what local ads everyone is seeing in their corners of the world. This is like the fourth lobster ad here.

4:50 pm PST/7:50 pm EST: Nicole Kidman! Ms. AMC ‘We come to this place’ herself! She’s going to be in the upcoming Margos Got Money Troubles, we never finished that book we should.

4:51 pm PST/7:51 pm EST: The voices of Kpop Demon Hunters Huntrix are making gold puns and sporting the fabulous color themselves already. Best girls rooting for a win, go Huntrix!

4:55 pm PST/7:55 pm EST: Red carpet closed and our boy Conan back at it again with the hosting, we’re screaming in anticipation or not, allergies have taken our voice, leaving us sounding eerily like Gollum after a 12-pack of cigarettes. Good thing we’re not on the carpet ourselves, ha.

5:00 pm PST/8:00 pm EST: Conan begins the ceremony with a brilliant Weapond skit in full Aunt Gladys make up to Beastie Boys Sabotage with a gang if kids chasing him through the sets of Sentimental Value, Marty Supreme, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, and an animated Kpop Demon Hunters. There is also a full segment in maybe Norwegian? Before crashing the Sinners Juke Joint and tries to convince Michael B. Jordan to let him in with a song.

5:00 pm PST/8:00 pm EST: Oh my Go,d the kids are real and chasing him on the stage.

5:01 pm PST/8:01 pm EST: That has got to be the best opening ever. The Opera and Ballet communities will avenge the Jazz fans. Conan also gave a special shout-out to Ted Seranos for his first time in a theater. Also, a very polite reminder that we have an alternative ‘non-political’ broadcast hosted by Kid Rock

5:07 pm PST/8:07 pm EST: The F1 shout-out is very clever, very excited for sequel Caps Lock. SINNERS MENTION.

5:09 pm PST/8:09 pm EST: First Conan swear for the night.

5:10 pm PST/8:10 pm EST: Why do we have Best Casting?

5:12 pm PST/8:12 pm EST: Wait for applause for little sad. Amazon MGM didn’t receive any nominations this year from the Academy, though they did just sweep the Razzies.

5:14 pm PST/8:14 pm EST: Sinner mentioned again. Michael B. Jordan to the power of 10. New Leonardo DiCaprio meme just dropped.

5:15 pm PST/8:15 pm EST: Very good Spanish, Conan. A plus.

5:17 pm PST/8:17 pm EST: First Conan Oscar win, what a historical moment.

5:18 pm PST/8:18 pm EST: First musical number of the night, we have no idea what is happening anymore.

5:19 pm PST/8:19 pm EST: Zoe Saldana presents the award for Best Actress in a supporting role to the winner, Amy Madigan in Weapons! She’s doing a full Aunt Gladys right now, legend.

5:29 pm PST/8:29 pm EST: That interrupting YouTube ad skit was actually really funny.

5:32 pm PST/8:32 pm EST: Channing Tatum and Will Arnett are presenting the Best Animated Feature Film, to the winner, KPOP DEMON HUNTERS!!!! LETS GOOO! KPOP! KPOP! KPOP! Tatum and Arnet speak up on art being protected from AI before presenting the winner for Best Animated Short Film, to the winner, The Girl Cried Pearls, for a first Oscar win!

Maggie Kang tears up and hugs EJAE as #KPopDemonHunters wins Best Animated Feature at the #Oscars. pic.twitter.com/vv6Pj6Y2Qd

— Variety (@Variety) March 15, 2026

5:39 pm PST/8:39 pm EST: Absolutely incredible performance of I Lied To You from the Sinners cast for the second musical number of the night!

5:48 pm PST/8:48 pm EST: Conan is on a roll tonight with the skits. Anne Hathaway and Dana Wintor present the award for Best Costume Design to Frankenstein. A hard-earned win and well-deserved congratulations on your first Oscar win!

5:52 pm PST/8:52 pm EST: Second swear of the night goes to Frankenstein as well.

5:54 pm PST/8:54 pm EST: The Oscar for Best Make-Up goes to Frankenstein for its second win of the night!

5:55 pm PST/8:55 pm EST: Third swear of the night also goes to Frankenstein.

5:55 pm PST/9:55 pm EST: The first-ever winner for Casting Achievement goes to, no, I’m not naming five presenters in a row, they sure took their time with this one, Cassandra Kulukundis, as the very first! Congrats Kululundis!

6:00 pm PST/10:00 pm EST: Oh my God, that Burger King ad transition.

6:17 pm PST/10:17 pm EST: Oscar tie for Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva! A very rare event indeed! Congratulations to both crews!

6:22 pm PST/10:22 pm EST: Sean Penn wins for One Battle After Another! First one for the night!??? What did he win that for? Oh, wait, I think I misheard, oops. Wait, never mind, he’s a no-show but did win Best Supporting Actor. Congrats, Mr. Penn!

Sean Penn becomes fourth male actor to win three #Oscars after taking the prize for best supporting actor. Presenter Kieran Culkin joked: “Sean Penn couldn’t be here this evening or didn’t want to, so I’ll be accepting the award on his behalf.”

Penn joins Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack… pic.twitter.com/JfVKeU1LWG

— Variety (@Variety) March 16, 2026

6:28 pm PST/10:28 pm EST: Casablanca in the great 2026, yes please!

6:29 pm PST/10:29 pm EST: The award for Best Adapted Screenwriting is presented by Chris Evans and Robert Downey Junior, to Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another!

6:36 pm PST/10:36 pm EST: Evans and RDJ also present the award for Best Original Screenplay to Sinners! Damn, good movie right there.

6:44 pm PST/10:44 pm EST: Billy Crystal presents the in memorium with a tribute speech to Rob Reiner. A lot of good folks passed this year, a very sweet Cathrine O’Hera and Diane Keeton mention. Our condolences to all the families of those seen in the in memorium.

7:04 pm PST/11:04 pm EST: Sigourney Weaver and Pedro Pascal present Best Visual Effects, fourth swear of the night to Weaver as she quotes her most iconic line, they didn’t censor that one. The winner is Avatar Fire and Ash!

Sigourney Weaver references “Alien” at the #Oscars by telling Kate Hudson and Baby Yoda, “Get away from him, you bitch.”

(via ABC/AMPAS) pic.twitter.com/yNghxP8J9T

— Variety (@Variety) March 16, 2026

7:11 pm PST/11:11 pm EST: Aw, they brought the Gorgu puppet, bad Conan, don’t berate the poor child for their inability to clap, shame, shame on you.

7:12 pm PST/11:12 pm EST:… Was that a new Mandalorian and Gorgu trailer just now?

7:16 pm PST/11:04 pm EST: Nooo, we lost Conan, eh, Jimmy Kimmel is back, anyway, he is presenting the Best Documentary to All The Empty Rooms. Kimmel also present the Best Short Documentary to Mr. Nobody Against Putin. What a title.

7:25 pm PST/11:25 pm EST: Just casually dropping Kiss From a Rose sure okay. Why?

7:29 pm PST/11:29 pm EST: Bridesmaid reunion presents for Best Original Score to the winner (Frankenstein, Frankenstein, please triple Frankenstein) No wait Sinners, yes! Worthy opponent, third Oscar win for composer congratulations!

7:35 pm PST/11:35 pm EST:  They are also presenting best sound, okay I can see F1 being a reasonable pick for this, and they won, congrats F1!

7:35 pm PST/11:35 pm EST:  Fifth swear of the night goes to F1.

7:40 pm PST/11:40 pm EST: Marilyn Monroe exhibit by the Academy nice.

7:46 pm PST/11:46 pm EST: I didn’t catch their names but congratulations to One Battle After Another for Best Editing! Yes man, get though shots Editor friends at bar. Very sweet speech, I like to go party with this guy.

7:48 pm PST/11:48 pm EST: Demi Moore slay queen. That’s a lot of feathers. Presenting the Best Cinematography to the winner, Sinners! That continous shot of the Juke Joint will go down in history as one of the coolest sequences ever. Very badass.

7:49 pm PST/11:49 pm EST: First mxdwn swear of the night.

7:53 pm PST/11:53 pm EST: KPOP DEMON HUNTERS LIVE PREFORMANCE YES! YES! BEST OSCARS EVER! Aw there’s a color gaurd! Yo and they passed out the little glow stick thingies

7:55 pm PST/11:55 pm EST: Matt Berry our sweet summer child, I’m so sorry but I can only hear Lazo I’m so sorry.

8:02 pm PST/12:02 pm EST: Del Toro!!! I don’t know these guys sorry, but they have very good walk in music. First Free Palatine of the night. Presenting the Best International Film to the winner Sentimental Value, first win but second nomination for Norway. Go Norway! Congrats!

8:09 pm PST/12:09 pm EST: AND THE WINNER FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG GOES TO KPOP DEMON HUNTERS GOLDEN YES! YES! SONG OF THE YEAR REALLY! They have sealed the homoon, we’re saved!

8:15 pm PST/12:15 pm EST: Okay were getting pretty tired here, but Zebdaye and I didn’t catch his name present Best Director to Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another. How many does this make for him now?

8:19 pm PST/12:19 pm EST: Ha, Adrian Brody isn’t living down that speech anytime soo. Sixth swear of the night to Adrian Brody

8:20 pm PST/12:20 pm EST: Don’t you dare.

8:21 pm PST/12:21 pm EST: Brody presents Best Actor to Michael B. Jordan! First ever nomination and win for Michael B. Jordan! Living legend best win of the night, he deserves that Oscar and more stellar preformance congratulations. SINNERS! SINNERS! SINNERS!

8:30 pm PST/12:30 pm EST:  Mikey Madison, presents the Best Actress to Jesse Buckley for Hamnet! Congratulations, your passion is just as deserving of recognition as your skills! Dang, and it’s Mother’s Day in the UK, what a wonderful night this is.

8:35 pm PST/12:35 pm EST: Nicole Kidman and aaah so tired what was his name, they present Best  Picture to…

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER!!! With six Oscars of the night out of thirteen nominations. It was a fine year of films and a good winner has been crowned. Very good quote Mr. Anderson, a martini sounds lovely!

That’s it for the 98th 2026 Oscars thank you for joining us, see you next year!