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The Noscars 2026

Paul Thomas Anderson, winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture Awards for “One Battle After Another”, poses in the press room during the 98th Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 15, 2026 in Hollywood, California.
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Paul Thomas Anderson poses with his three Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 15, 2026.

The 98th Academy Awards were Sunday night. KPop Demon Hunters swept its two nominations. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein cleaned up in the craft categories and won three awards.

But the big question going into the night was what would win the big awards. Would it be Sinners, with its record-setting 16 nominations, or the seemingly inevitable One Battle After Another?

Inevitability won out. One Battle After Another won six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson.

This hour, The Nose reacts to the Oscars — the awards themselves, the ceremony as television, the fashion, the memes, Conan O’Brien’s turn as host — the whole thing.

GUESTS:

  • Shawn Murray: A stand-up comedian, writer, and the host of the Nobody Asked Shawn podcast
  • Vivian Nabeta: Director of digital marketing for Connecticut State Community College
  • Gene Seymour: A “writer, professional spectator, pop-culture maven, and jazz geek

Music featured (in order):

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Colin McEnroe and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.

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Jonathan is a producer for ‘The Colin McEnroe Show.’ His work has been heard nationally on NPR and locally on Connecticut Public’s talk shows and news magazines. He’s as likely to host a podcast on minor league baseball as he is to cover a presidential debate almost by accident. Jonathan can be reached at jmcnicol@ctpublic.org.
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