Oscars 2026 recap: See all the winners and best moments

Actor Billy Crystal paid tribute to legendary film director Rob Reiner in a touching moment during the 98th Academy Awards.

Crystal, who starred in Reiner's beloved film, "When Harry Met Sally..." had a long friendship with Reiner.

The In Memoriam segment at the Oscars, which honors industry legends we've lost over the past year, began with a tribute to Rob and Michele Reiner.

"My friend Rob's movies will last a lifetime because they were about what makes us laugh and cry and what we aspire to be. Far better in his eyes, far kinder, far funnier and far more human," Crystal said.

He then went on to honor photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, Rob's wife.

"For us who had the privilege of working with and knowing and loving him, all we can say is, 'Buddy, what fun we had storming the castle,'" Crystal said, quoting Reiner's film "The Princess Bride."

The tribute ended with several of Reiner's other collaborators joining Crystal on the stage, including Meg Ryan, Demi Moore, Kathy Bates, Kiefer Sutherland, Mandy Patinkin and more.

Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood home back in December. Their son, Nick Reiner, is facing two counts of first-degree murder.

Robert Downey Jr. presented Channing Tatum's thong from 'Magic Mike' as a "gift" to Chris Evans.

Robert Downey Jr. presented Channing Tatum's thong from 'Magic Mike' as a "gift" to Chris Evans at the Oscars.

The joke was received well by the audience, including Channing Tatum, who quipped that he needed it back.

"I gotta work later, dude," Tatum said, as the audience laughed on.

The back and forth was a nod to the male dancer Tatum played in the movie, "Magic Mike"

David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková have won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for "Mr. Nobody against Putin" at the 2026 Academy Awards.

David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alzbeta Karaskova have won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for "Mr. Nobody against Putin" at the 2026 Academy Awards.

Borenstein, the film's co-director, shared a powerful message while accepting the award, saying the film "is about how you lose your country."

"What we saw when working with this footage, it's that you lose it through countless small little acts of complicity. When we act complicit, when a government murders people on the streets of our major cities. When we don't say anything, when oligarchs take over the media and control how we can produce it and consume it," Borenstein said.

Other nominees in the category included "The Alabama Solution," "Come See Me in the Good Light," "Cutting Through Rocks," and "The Perfect Neighbor."

Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones have won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film for "All the Empty Rooms" at the 2026 Academy Awards.

Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones have won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film for "All the Empty Rooms" at the 2026 Academy Awards.

The film documents the bedrooms left behind when children are killed in school shootings.

Gloria Cazares, whose 9-year-old daughter Jackie was killed in the 2022 Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and whose bedroom was among those included in the documentary, spoke onstage as the filmmakers accepted the Oscar.

Since Jackie's murder, "her bedroom has been frozen in time," Cazares said.

"Jackie is more than just a headline. She is our light and our life," she said. "Gun violence is now the No. 1 cause of death in kids and teens. We believe that if the world could see their empty bedrooms, we would be a different America. Thank you."

Other nominees in the category were "Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud," "Children No More: 'Were and Are Gone'," "The Devil is Busy" and "Perfectly a Strangeness."