Overview
- Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Director and Best Screenplay for One Battle After Another, which also took Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor.
- Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet won Best Motion Picture — Drama, and Jessie Buckley was honored as Best Actress in a Drama for the film.
- Sinners received the Cinematic & Box Office Achievement award and Best Original Score, credited to Ludwig Göransson.
- Timothée Chalamet won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Marty Supreme, while Rose Byrne won the parallel category for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
- The broadcast introduced on-screen seating pointers, live booth commentary from Entertainment Tonight and Variety, and displayed Polymarket betting odds, with Nikki Glaser hosting.