Oscars 2026 recap: See all the winners and best moments

"The Girl Who Cried Pearls" has won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 2026 Academy Awards.

"The Girl Who Cried Pearls" wins the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 2026 Academy Awards.

The Canadian film is about a poor boy who falls in love with a girl who cries those gemstones, and he decides to pawn them for money. Directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, the boy ends up making a choice between pearls and love. It takes place in Montreal.

"To Canada," Lavis and Szczerbowski said while accepting their award.

Other nominees in the category were "Butterfly," "Forevergreen," "Retirement Plan" and "The Three Sisters."

The Associated Press and ABC News contributed to this report.

"KPop Demon Hunters" has won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards.

"KPop Demon Hunters" has won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards.

Three years ago, Arden Cho was ready to walk away from acting. She'd landed her first lead role in the Netflix series "Partner Track," only to see it canceled after one season. She was heartbroken.

Her agent wouldn't let her go. "She refused to say, 'You're done.' She just kept sending me things," Cho said. "She just keep being like, 'Look, I know you're not auditioning. I know you're done, but I think you'd like this.'"

Now, Cho is juggling multiple projects after voicing the lead character Rumi in Netflix's animated summertime sensation "KPop Demon Hunters," which has become the all-time most-streamed movie on the platform - and spawned inescapable earworms "Golden" and "Soda Pop" as its soundtrack dominated pop charts.

And now it's an Oscar winner.

"This is for Korea and Koreans everywhere," said "KPop Demon Hunters" co-director Maggie Kang.

Other nominees in the category included "Arco," "Elio," "Little Amélie or the Character of Rain" and "Zootopia 2."

Amy Madigan has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the horror thriller, "Weapons," at the 2026 Academy Awards.

Madigan, following a deep cackle, said she thought of her speech in the shower the day before.

Amy Madigan has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the horror thriller, "Weapons," at the 2026 Academy Awards.

"We're kind of advised, 'Don't say all these names, as nobody knows who the hell these people are,'" she said. "But you're not rattling them off. They mean something to you; that you couldn't be here without them."

Madigan ended her list of thank-yous by shouting out her husband, Ed Harris. The couple has been married for more than four decades.

"The most important is my beloved Ed, who's been with me forever ... and none of this would mean anything if he wasn't by my side," she said, as the crowd applauded. "So, thank you very much. I'm very overwhelmed."

The 75-year-old actor's win came 40 years after her first Oscar nomination, in 1986 for "Twice in a Lifetime."

Other nominees in the category were Elle Fanning ("Sentimental Value"), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas ("Sentimental Value"), Wunmi Mosaku ("Sinners") and Teyana Taylor ("One Battle After Another").

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Amy Madigan says she loves the response she has gotten from fans to her performance as Aunt Gladys in "Weapons." The character has become a cultural phenomenon, appearing in countless Halloween costumes in 2025.

Amy Madigan walked on the Oscars red carpet for "Weapons."

"I think people kind of feel for my performance, how much I loved this character. How much I love her. I tried to just blow it all out and have a really good time. I think it shows!" the best supporting actress nominee said.

Madigan breaks the record for the longest time between Oscar nominations. She was last nominated 40 years ago for her performance in "Twice in a Lifetime."

"It's not something that I really thought about. Of course, I hope I get the great chance to really sink my teeth into something, and Gladys was that opportunity. I was not expecting that I would ned up here. I am very happy, but I am very surprised by it," she said.