98th Academy Awards - Show

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.

Paul Thomas Anderson has won his first Oscar for best director, and it comes for his new film “One Battle After Another.” On Sunday, the Academy honored Anderson for a sweeping political drama. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as part of a group of activists facing shifting alliances and power struggles. The win caps more than two decades of acclaimed filmmaking. Anderson broke through with “Boogie Nights” and followed with films like “Magnolia” and “There Will Be Blood.” Other nominees included Ryan Coogler and Chloé Zhao.