The Oscars got more political this year, not just with the underlying themes of winners like One Battle After Another and Sinners, but the subtle and overt references to the turbulent times under Donald Trump. At the start, host Conan O’Brien reminded the audience of the whirlwind of wars, threats and polarization, saying, “If I … Read more
There’s a new debate over whether a continued pivot from Bitcoin miners to artificial intelligence could have an impact on Bitcoin security and its role as a store of value. While some argue that miners fleeing the network would leave it more susceptible to a “51% attack,” others argue it will simply trigger the Bitcoin … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ministers must overhaul the “badly broken” system of tuition fee loans in England, the new chancellor of the University of Cambridge has said, as he called for a greater focus on vocational education over degrees. … Read more
We’ve finally reached the peak of awards season (or, Awards Season,™ if you’re Moira Rose). The 2026 Oscars are taking place tonight inside Los Angeles’s Dolby Theatre—but the real show, some would say, is the red carpet before. Of course, celebrities have been preparing all day to bring the glamour. Beauty trends have taken the … Read more
It turns out dancing with the Devil can lead to making Oscars history. Sinners cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman of color to be nominated and the first woman to win in the category Sunday night at the 98th Academy Awards. “It’s tricky because when you go up [onstage], you have so much … Read more
Preparing for your very first Oscars is never an easy feat, but for Palestinian actress Clara Khoury—who plays psychologist Nisreen Jeries Qawas in Kaouther Ben Hania’s 2025 docudrama The Voice of Hind Rajab, which is nominated as the Tunisian entry for Best International Feature Film—there was an added layer of complexity: how do you prepare … Read more
For Sinners writer-director Ryan Coogler, there was really no choice other than Michael B. Jordan to play Smoke and Stack. “As soon as I imagined what those two characters were going to be, I knew I had to call Mike,” Coogler said Sunday backstage after the pair picked up two of the historic film’s four … Read more
Other than, of course, him actually winning the Oscar—a campaign Jenner has arguably worked on almost as hard as A24 itself. After playing hype woman throughout the promo tour for 2025’s A Complete Unknown, Jenner has doubled down for Marty Supreme. Consider the his-and-hers tangerine Chrome Hearts at the Los Angeles premiere in December 2025, … Read more
Yet, the era did move the needle. “Women executives in the C-suite now make up about 29%, so just under a third. That’s a significant difference from the 17% when we started in 2014,” says Megan McConnell, a partner at McKinsey and co-author of its annual Women in the Workplace report. “There has been meaningful … Read more
During a convivial but surprisingly political Oscars, Norway’s Joachim Trier accepted his International Film Oscar for Sentimental Value — a film about a film director (played by Stellan Skarsgård) and his dysfunctional family — while giving thanks to “the wonderful American writer James Baldwin,” who, he said, “makes us remember that all adults are responsible … Read more