Oscars 2026 recap: See all the winners and best moments

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett have won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for "Avatar: Fire and Ash" at the 2026 Academy Awards.

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett have won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for "Avatar: Fire and Ash" at the 2026 Academy Awards.

With this win, all three of James Cameron's "Avatar" movies have won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

Other nominees in the category included "F1" (Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, and Keith Dawson); "Jurassic World Rebirth" (David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, and Neil Corbould); "The Lost Bus" (Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, and Brandon K. McLaughlin); and "Sinners" (Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, and Donnie Dean).

Production designer Tamara Deverell and set decorator Shane Vieau of the film "Frankenstein" won the Academy Award for best production design.

Other nominees were "Hamnet" (production designer Fiona Crombie and set decorator Alice Felton), "Marty Supreme" (production designer Jack Fisk and set decorator Adam Willis), "One Battle After Another" (production designer Florencia Martin and set decorator Anthony Carlino), and "Sinners" (production designer Hannah Beachler and set decorator Monique Champagne).

The Oscars In Memoriam, which honors industry legends we've lost over the past year, was a powerful segment in which Hollywood icons were honored by fellow actors.

The segment began with a tribute to Rob and Michele Reiner, with actor Billy Crystal speaking to the many films by Reiner.

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The In Memoriam segment at the Oscars, which honors industry legends we've lost over the past year, began with a tribute to Rob and Michele Reiner.

Later, several of the actors from those films took to the stage, before the full In Memoriam began.

In the segment, Rachel McAdams walked out to honor several of those lost, including Catherine O'Hara and Diane Keaton.

And later, in remembrance of Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand came onto the stage to pay homage to her friend and fellow actor.

"Bob had real backbone on and off the screen," Streisand said.

She went on to honor his work at the Sundance Institute, calling him an "intellectual cowboy" who "blazed his own trail."

Robert Redford, film icon, Oscar-winning director and activist, has died at age 89.

She shared an emotional story about the last note she shared with the beloved film icon before closing with a rendition of "The Way We Were" from the movie.

Take a look at the notable people who died in 2025 here.

And take a look at the notable figures who've died in 2026 here.

The Oscar for best live action short film was a tie at the 98th Academy Awards -- the first time an Oscar vote has ended in a tie in well over a decade.

The creators of "The Singers" and "Two People Exchanging Saliva" took turns coming to the stage to accept their awards.

"And the Oscar goes to... it's a tie! I'm not joking. It's actually a tie. Everyone calm down, we're going to get through this. Focus up," presenter Kumail Nanjiani said. "I'm going to name one winner. They'll come up and present their award. Then I'll come back and name another winner, and then they'll accept their award. Here we go!"

"A tie. Wow. I didn't know that was a thing... a tie. But we're happy to be up here," "The Singers" creator Sam A. Davis said.

A tie has been awarded six times in Oscar history, with the last one happening in 2013 when "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Skyfall" tied for best sound editing.

Perhaps the most famous tie in Oscar history was when Katharine Hepburn, for "The Lion in Winter," and Barbara Streisand, for "Funny Girl," tied for best actress in 1969.

Streisand's win was controversial at the time since she was inducted into the Academy voting body before her win, meaning she seemingly voted for herself. Normally, nominees are inducted the year after their ceremony.

Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has over 10,000 voting members. The rule is that if and only if there is an exact match in voting totals, the win qualifies as a tie.