2026 Oscars Live Chat: We Break Down Biggest Winners, Best Speeches And More

Follow our unrecorded chat arsenic Times columnists Mary McNamara and Glenn Whipp break down nan large winners, champion performances, astir memorable moments and much from nan 2026 Oscars.

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3:51 p.m. The clip is throwing maine too, particularly truthful adjacent to nan daylight savings change-up. I support reasoning astir Maggie Smith’s awesome statement successful “California Suite”: “No female tin beryllium expected to look bully astatine 4 p.m. isolated from Tatum O’Neal” — who was a kid astatine nan time. Which is conscionable different measurement of maine saying “I miss Maggie Smith.” — M.M.

Maggie Smith would beryllium my dream red-carpet interviewer. It’s hot! We request a small frostiness! “So, Mr. Chalamet ... person you brought your opera glasses to nan show?” — G.W.

3:46 p.m. Quick question, Glenn. Will this beryllium nan hottest Oscars ever? As in, literally. Today has been a spot cooler than past fewer days, and adjacent fewer days, but still. My upwind app conscionable said 85 degrees successful Hollywood, which is beautiful basking for March. No 1 seems to beryllium visibly sweating, astir apt because astir of reddish carpet is covered. And I conjecture it’s amended than rain. Still I consciousness for those successful agelong sleeves and/or tons of sequins. — M.M.

It feels for illustration September Emmy weather, Mary! And I’m still getting utilized to this caller commencement time. There’s excessively overmuch daylight for nan Oscars to beryllium starting successful 10 minutes. — G.W.

3:40 p.m. Here we are again astatine nan Oscars, Mary, erstwhile again an hr earlier and pinch much questions than accustomed heading into nan ceremony. Who is going to triumph the lead character Oscar? Timothée Chalamet? Michael B. Jordan? Leonardo DiCaprio? I’ve misread this class truthful thoroughly this twelvemonth they could unfastened nan envelope, opportunity nan sanction of an character not moreover nominated and I would think, “Yes! Of course!” Will Sean Penn triumph his 3rd Oscar? Will Paul Thomas Anderson person his first 3 Oscars by nan extremity of nan evening? Will nan academy troll Chalamet (and nan remainder of us) pinch an interpretative creation performance? What’s connected your mind arsenic we hole to watch this year’s show? — G.W.

Glenn! Is this nan man usually truthful clear and assured astir his well-calculated predictions that I, pinch my much emotion-based hopes, often want to scream? Already nan show is much absorbing and it hasn’t moreover started! I person been rooting for “Sinners” since I saw it almost a twelvemonth agone — vampires haven’t been utilized pinch specified spot-on metaphoric resonance since Bram Stoker wrote “Dracula.” And arsenic I person said before, Michael B. Jordan gives 2 fine, powerful performances to his chap nominees’ one. I ideate location will beryllium a ballet/opera joke aliases two, though that brouhaha occurred aft voting closed truthful if Chalamet does not win, nary dislike should beryllium directed astatine nan Royal Opera company. I americium mostly willing successful if/how existent events, including nan warfare successful Iran and nan protests against ICE, are mentioned successful immoderate way. Especially fixed nan politico-cultural themes of immoderate of nan apical nominees. — M.M.

If Sean Penn and Amy Madigan, noted pot-stirrers, triumph Oscars, arsenic I deliberation they might, and don’t opportunity thing astir existent events, past tin safely opportunity we’ve entered highest disconnect betwixt what’s happening successful nan world and what’s taking spot wrong nan privileged abstraction of awards shows. Many (most?) viewers astir apt wouldn’t person a problem pinch that benignant of disengagement. People booed Michael Moore astatine nan 2003 Oscars erstwhile he said retired against nan warfare successful Iraq. Some shouted him on. It takes courage to get up connected that large shape and speak out. I’m besides willing to spot if that happens tonight. — G.W.

True, and nary uncertainty astir folks astatine Oscars are much concerned pinch authorities of industry, peculiarly what David Ellison’s takeover of Warner Bros. will mean for early of moviemaking. Especially fixed nan truth that, betwixt “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another,” Warner Bros. will beryllium cleaning up. Conan O’Brien is simply a jocular, wise-cracky big who will apt eschew contention but he whitethorn not beryllium capable to defy taking a jab astatine nan messy conflict for nan studio, which saw Netflix fold. Ted Sarandos has been known to return a joke; we whitethorn find retired if Ellison can. In immoderate case, I’m gladsome to spot Conan backmost — he brings a awesome side-eye power to nan proceedings and seems perfectly astatine location connected that big, sumptuously dressed stage, which is half nan battle. — M.M.