98th Academy Awards - Roaming Arrivals

Jessie Buckley has claimed her first Oscar for her moving, emotional performance in the period drama “Hamnet.” The prize for best actress went to two-time nominee Buckley for her role as William Shakespeare’s wife, Agnes, in the film directed by Chloé Zhao. Buckley, who is Irish, had swept the awards circuit leading up to Sunday’s ceremony, winning in her category at the Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Actor Awards. “Hamnet,” an adaptation of a 2020 novel of the same name, received eight Oscar nominations and Buckley was the widely projected winner for best actress.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” has been crowned best picture at the 98th Academy Awards. Jessie Buckley won best actress and Michael B. Jordan won best actor at the 98th Academy Awards. After a lionized career stretching back three decades, Paul Thomas Anderson won his first Oscar for best director, a long-in-coming coronation for the “One Battle After Another” filmmaker. "Sinners” cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw has made Oscar history, becoming the first female director of photography to win the award in the 98 year history of the Academy Awards. Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler won their first Oscars and moving tributes were paid to Robert Redford, Diane Keaton and Rob Reiner at the 98th Academy Awards.