In order of presentation. With Trivia notes when applicable
SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Amy Madigan, Weapons
TRIVIA: Only the second Best Supporting Actress winner from the horror genre. The first was Ruth Gordon's all time classic performance in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
ANIMATED FEATURE - KPop Demon Hunters
ANIMATED SHORT - The Girl Who Cried Pearls
COSTUME DESIGN - Frankenstein
MAKEUP AND HAIR - Frankenstein
CASTING - One Battle After Another
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM - TIE
The Singers AND Two People Exchanging Saliva
TRIVIA: Ties are extremely rare at the Oscars. This is only the 7th instance in history. But here's the really cool stat. This makes Live Action Short the only category that's had a tie TWICE. The first was in 1994 when Trevor and Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life were both given statues.
SUPPORTING ACTOR - Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
TRIVIA: Sean Penn becomes only the 7th actor in history to win a third Oscar. The others in order of third wins: Walter Brennan (1940), Ingrid Bergman (1974), Jack Nicholson (1997), Meryl Streep (2011), Daniel Day Lewis (2012), Frances McDormand (2020)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Ryan Coogler, Sinners
TRIVIA: Coogler is only the second Black person to have won this category. Interestingly enough both won for horror films. The first was Jordan Peele who won for Get Out.
~ IN MEMORIAM BREAK ~
PRODUCTION DESIGN Frankenstein
VISUAL EFFECTS Avatar Fire and Ash
TRIVIA: Avatar has become the third franchise to win a Visual effects Oscar for each of its first three installments. The others are Star Wars (1977, 1980, 1983) and The Lord of the Rings (2001, 2002, 2003). No franchise has ever won a fourth Oscar in this category so this might be the end of the line unless they really up their game for Avatar 4 or open in a year with little competition in this category.
[HALWAY MARK OF THE SHOW WAS RIGHT HERE IN TERMS OF OSCARS HANDED OUT 12 OF 24 CATEGORIES BUT THE SHOW WAS ALREADY AT THE TWO HOUR AND TEN MINUTE MARK]
DOCUMENTARY SHORT All the Empty Rooms
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Mr Nobody Against Putin
ORIGINAL SCORE Ludwig Goransson, Sinners
TRIVIA TIMES TWO: Ludwig Goransson is now 3 for 3 in the Original Score category, having previously been nominated and won for Black Panther (2018), and Oppenheimer (2023). He's also now in an all time four way tie with Ingrid Bergman (Acting), Ingmar Bergman (International Feature), and Per Halberg (Sound) as the Swedish person to have won the most Oscars.
SOUND F1 The Movie
FILM EDITING One Battle After Another
CINEMATOGRAPHY Sinners
TRIVIA TIMES FOUR: Autumn Arkapaw became the first woman cinematographer to win the Oscar. She also became the first woman of color to win the Oscar in this category. She also became the first black person of any gender to win this category. And, finally, (whew) she became the first Filipino Cinematographer to win this category (Matthew Libatique is the only previous Filipino to be nominated in this category and he's been up for the prize three times: Black Swan, A Star is Born, and Maestro)
ORIGINAL SONG "Golden" KPop Demon Hunters
TRIVIA: The first KPop song to win this category
DIRECTOR Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE Sentimental Value (Norway)
TRIVIA: This is Norway's first win in the category on its 7th nomination. They began submitting in 1957 and were nominated on their first try (Nine Lives) though it was 30 years until the nominations started up again and became more regular. The country that holds the lead for most nominations without a win remains Israel (10 nominations).
This also means that for three consecutive years now, we've had first wins for the winning country (UK's The Zone of Interest, Brazil's I'm Still Here, and now Norway's Sentimental Value.
ACTOR Michael B Jordan, Sinners
ACTRESS Jesse Buckley, Hamnet
TRIVIA: She's the first Best Actress winner from Ireland! (Saoirse Ronan is still waiting on her first Oscar win. sigh)
PICTURE One Battle After Another
Four Films Won Multiple Oscars
One Battle After Another - 6 Oscars
Sinners - 4 Oscars
Frankenstein - 3 Oscars
KPop Demon Hunters - 2 Oscars