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5 takeaways from the 2026 Oscar nominations, where 'Sinners' made history

The 2026 Oscars nominations were announced Thursday morning. <!-- raw HTML omitted -->Sinners <!-- raw HTML omitted -->received a record number of nods. Clockwise from top left: Michael B. Jordan in <!-- raw HTML omitted -->Sinners<!-- raw HTML omitted -->, Wagner Moura in <!-- raw HTML omitted -->The Secret Agent<!-- raw HTML omitted -->, Brad Pitt in <!-- raw HTML omitted -->F1 <!-- raw HTML omitted -->and Teyana Taylor in <!-- raw HTML omitted -->One Battle After Another<!-- raw HTML omitted -->.

Sinners landed a record number of nods, while Avatar: Fire and Ash and Wicked: For Good fell short of their franchise predecessors.

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