Cassandra Kulukundis wins inaugural casting Oscar, for ‘One Battle After Another’ - AP News

Cassandra Kulukundis wins inaugural casting Oscar, for ‘One Battle After Another’  AP News

Paul Thomas Anderson wins first ever Oscar as One Battle After Another takes best adapted screenplay

The director has won the Oscar for his critically-acclaimed film based loosely on Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland Oscars 2026 – follow the action live! The winners: the full list – updating live Paul Thomas Anderson has won his first Oscar, for best adapted screenplay for One Battle After Another. Also directed by Anderson, One Battle After Another is a loose adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland; it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a former revolutionary living under a new name wit...

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‘One Battle After Another’ Casting Director Cassandra Kulukundis Wins Inaugural Oscar for Best Casting

“One Battle After Another” casting director Cassandra Kulukundis has won the inaugural Oscar for best casting. Kulukundis triumphed over Nina Gold (“Hamnet”), Jennifer Venditti (“Marty Supreme”), Francine Maisler (“Sinners”) and Gabriel Domingues (“The Secret Agent”). This is the first new category created by the Academy since 2001 introduced the best animated feature film category. The five […]

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Sean Penn wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar for One Battle After Another (but skips the ceremony)

Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Weapons.