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You can listen to The Award Girlies Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Google Podcasts.
Don’t forget to check out our other podcast: And The Winner Still Is… a retrospective Oscar podcast hosted by Marisa Carpico (Film Editor at ThePopBreak.com) and Matt Taylor.
Season 8 of The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast …. or should we say THE AWADS GIRLIES PODCAST has begun under way! Pop Break film editor (and Rotten Tomatoes Certified Critic) Marisa Carpico and Pop Break senior podcaster Matt Taylor return to discuss all the potential 2026 Oscar hopefuls… and begin a bold new pivot into a fully EGOT podcast.
Matt and Marisa wrap up the Oscar season with their fresh reactions to the big night. In the episode, they talk about the best speeches, the surprise (double wins) and the ew bits that didn’t work.
Congrats to Batman by the Numbers co-host Dan Cohen for winning our annual Oscar Pool.
And the winners at the 2026 Oscars were..(h/t NPR)
Best Picture: One Battle After Another
Best Actress: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan, Weapons
Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Best Animated Feature: KPop Demon Hunters
Best International Film: Sentimental Value, Norway
Best Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Best Film Editing: One Battle After Another
Best Sound Editing: F1: The Movie
Best Score: Sinners, Ludwig Goransson
Best Documentary: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Best Documentary Short: All the Empty Rooms
Best Animated Short: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Best Live Short: (TIE) The Singers, Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best Casting: One Battle after Another, Cassandra Kulukundis
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash
Best Production Design: Frankenstein
Best Original Screenplay: Sinners, written by Ryan Coogler
Best Adapted Screenplay: One Battle after Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Make & Hairstyling: Frankenstein, Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
Best Costume Design: Frankenstein
Best Original Song: “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters; music and lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park
