{"id":221602,"date":"2026-03-16T04:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221602\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T04:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:13:09","slug":"one-battle-after-another-wins-best-picture-oscar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221602\/","title":{"rendered":"‘One Battle After Another’ wins best picture Oscar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s political epic, took home the award for best picture<\/a> at Sunday night\u2019s Oscars, edging out \u201cSinners,\u201d which gained considerable momentum late in the game, in a tight and dramatic race to the finish line.<\/p>\n

Entering the night with 13 nominations, the film had been an early favorite after sweeping most of the major industry prizes, including the PGA Award \u2014 a key bellwether in this category. But \u201cSinners\u201d picked up steam after claiming top prizes for \u201cSinners\u201d star Michael B. Jordan<\/a>, as well as the film\u2019s ensemble cast, at the recent Actor Awards and created a tense run-up to the Oscars. It all made for an unpredictable moment for the Oscars\u2019 main category, even as Warner Bros., the studio behind both movies, stood to have a rare and enviable night whatever the outcome \u2014 while in the midst of a takeover deal that could rock the industry.<\/p>\n

As \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d was announced for best picture by Nicole Kidman, the room erupted into a standing ovation and Anderson quickly embraced his longtime partner, comedian Maya Rudolph, who held onto his directing award.<\/p>\n

Chase Infiniti jumped and audibly screamed onstage as the actors and filmmakers embraced and celebrated the final win of the night. Teyana Taylor looked tearful as Anderson accepted the award for his 10th film alongside fellow producer Sara Murphy (and in memory of the late Adam Somner).<\/p>\n

\u201cMy heart is exploding in gratitude. … Thank you to my family, I\u2019m grateful,\u201d Murphy said, turning to Anderson. \u201cPaulie!\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson was beaming and breathless as he held the award, joined by lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio and the rest of the cast.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re happy to be part of this, a wonderful journey with our fellow nominees and filmmakers, even those who weren\u2019t recognized by the academy,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

He began by recalling the Oscars for films released in 1975, when \u201cDog Day Afternoon,\u201d \u201cOne Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest\u201d and \u201cJaws\u201d were up for best picture. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no best among them, there is just what that mood might be that day,\u201d Anderson said, referring to the competitive field. <\/p>\n

The crowd\u2019s applause only grew as Anderson, admitting that he \u201cblew it\u201d in not acknowledging his cast for his previous directing win, looked over at the film\u2019s breakout star, Infiniti, whose eyes welled.<\/p>\n

\u201cChase, my American girl, Chase, you are the heart of this movie,\u201d Anderson said in an emotional dedication. \u201cYou guys, let\u2019s have a martini, this is pretty amazing!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d is a satirical action-thriller with an intense and timely exploration of American extremism that stars DiCaprio as a retired revolutionary forced back into action. Overall, it took home six Oscars, including directing and adapted screenplay for Anderson and supporting actor for Sean Penn, who missed the ceremony. <\/p>\n

In the best picture category, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d defeated \u201cSinners\u201d \u2014 which won four Oscars, including lead actor and original screenplay \u2014 \u201cHamnet,\u201d \u201cSentimental Value,\u201d \u201cThe Secret Agent,\u201d \u201cBugonia,\u201d \u201cMarty Supreme,\u201d \u201cFrankenstein,\u201d \u201cF1\u201d and \u201cTrain Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now available to stream on HBO Max, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d collected $209.4 million at the worldwide box office. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s political epic, took home the award for best picture at Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[101299,6758,20358,44986,1924,92546,48,52,51,66712,47,50,49,1869,48049,14949,101301,856,101300,44988,14955],"class_list":["post-221602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-american-extremism","tag-award","tag-battle","tag-category","tag-film","tag-good-picture-oscar","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-night","tag-oscars","tag-sinner","tag-star-michael-b-jordan","tag-sunday-night","tag-timely-exploration","tag-top-prize","tag-warner-bros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}