Timothee Chalamet was in the lead to win the Oscar for Best Actor in “Marty Supreme.”

And then everything went sideways.

Tonight he lost, and not because of his comments about ballet and opera.

Chalamet made a mockery of the Oscars by carrying on with orange ping pong balls, orange outfits for him and for $250 “Marty Supreme” jackets that were suddenly being worn by every celebrity.

And then there was Chalamet’s “partner,” Kylie Jenner.

Jenner was utterly tasteless throughout the campaign, coming to every event with her big personalities hanging out of her dress. The Academy loathed her. Timmy has no idea how the Kardashians are held in low esteem in Hollywood. They are social climbers whose talents are making money for doing nothing.

The Oscars, however, are about accomplishment.

Timmy’s marketing problems began when he made the video of a fake marketing meeting. It was clever, too clever. That’s when all the orange talk began — lighting up the Statue of Liberty, putting himself on Wheaties boxes. And when I asked how this video came about, I was told be wrote it and directed it himself. It was such a mistake.

In the lobby of the theater for the New York premiere, I met a 17 year old girl who told me her “Marty Supreme” jacket cost $250. Chalamet had instigated a frenzy over the jackets. Outside, dozens of young people only wanted the ping pong balls, baseball caps, and other paraphernalia. No one was talking about the movie itself or Chalamet’s acting skills.

The amount of hubris that grew through the campaign — which also included Chalamet passing as a rapper and then denying it — reached its climax at a CNN Town Hall with Matthew McConnaugey at the University of Texas. The whole thing was devised a last minute Oscar plug. The two actors just blew smoke up each other’s you-know-whats. It was an embarrassment. And it let to the infamous putting down of the fine arts.

Luckily, the opera-ballet quotes didn’t become a national issue until the day voting closed, But there was a whole week before that, and plenty of Oscar voters watched CNN that night. What they saw was a cocky kid who still didn’t get it, and had become self-obsessed.

It’s too bad. Timothee Chalamet is a talented actor. But it’s time to grow up if he wants a long career. He has said he’s talked to Leonardo Di Caprio about celebrity. But he obviously hasn’t listened. If you want to win an award, bring your mother, your sister, your teacher, your priest. You don’t bring a hot sidepiece in a bright red dress. Leo never has, and he’s had plenty of girlfriends. But when you’re at work, get serious.

Lesson learned? We’ll see…

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The 2026 Oscar for Best Picture has gone to “One Battle After Another.”

I told you this last September.

Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Director for “One Battle.”

Best Actor went to Michael B. Jordan for “Sinners.” Best Actress went to Jessie Buckley for “Hamnet.”

Full list coming..

Best Actor

Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners” WINNER
Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet” WINNER
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”

Best Director

Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another” WINNER
Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”

Best Cinematography

“Sinners” WINNER
“One Battle After Another”
“Train Dreams”
“Frankenstein”
“Marty Supreme”

Best Picture

“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another” WINNER
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”

Best Supporting Actress

Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan , “Weapons” WINNER
Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another” WINNER
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

“Frankenstein” WINNER
“Kokuho”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“The Ugly Stepsister”

Best Original Score

“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners,” Ludwig Goransson WINNER

Best Live Action Short Film

“Butcher’s Stain”
“A Friend of Dorothy”
“Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
“The Singers” WINNER
“Two People Exchanging Saliva” WINNER

Best Animated Short Film

“Butterfly”
“Forevergreen”
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls” WINNER
“Retirement Plan”
“The Three Sisters”

Best Adapted Screenplay

“One Battle After Another” WINNER
“Hamnet”
“Bugonia”
“Train Dreams”
“Frankenstein”

Best Original Screenplay

“Blue Moon”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners” WINNER

Best Casting

Nina Gold, “Hamnet”
Jennifer Venditti, “Marty Supreme”
Casandra Kulukundis, “One Battle After Another” WINNER
Gabriel Domingues, “The Secret Agent”
Francine Maisler, “Sinners”

Best Costume Design

“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Frankenstein” WINNER
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”

Best International Feature Film

“It Was Just an Accident”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value” WINNER
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”
“Sirat”

Best Original Song

“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” WINNER
“I Lied to You” from “Sinners”
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!”
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”

Best Production Design

“Frankenstein” WINNER
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”

Best Documentary Feature Film

“The Alabama Solution”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Cutting Through Rocks”
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” WINNER
“The Perfect Neighbor”

Best Film Editing

“F1”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another” WINNER
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”

Best Visual Effects

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” WINNER
“F1”
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
“The Lost Bus”
“Sinners”

Best Animated Feature Film

“KPop Demon Hunters” WINNER
“Zootopia 2”
“Arco”
“Elio”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”

Best Sound

“F1” WINNER
“Frankenstein”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirat”

Best Documentary Short

“All the Empty Rooms” WINNER
“Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
“Children No More: Were and Are Gone”
“The Devil Is Busy”
“Perfectly a Strangeness”.

Sean Penn didn’t campaign for the Oscar, but he knew he was going to win Best Supporting Actor for “One Battle After Another.”

He did win, but he didn’t show up. Presenter Kieran Culkin said, “Sean Penn couldn’t come tonight, or didn’t want to.”

Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Adapted Screenplay for “One Battle After Another.” Ryan Coogler won Best Original Screenplay for “Sinners.”

Barbra Streisand brought down the house with a tribute to the late Robert Redford. She even sang a bit of “The Way We Were.” There wasn’t a dry eye in the house.

The In Memoriam segment was beautifully executed.

As expected Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actor for the movie “Weapons.”

Madigan was last nominated for an Oscar forty years ago, for “Twice in a Lifetime.”

She thanked everyone including her famous actor Ed Harris. Bravo!

Conan O’Brien’s opening was very funny, and trenchant. He played it right, just the right roasting and subtle political jokes.

I needed almost no makeup to play Aunt Gladys. #OSCARS pic.twitter.com/nBaxh7aZnP

— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) March 15, 2026

The gambling sites, Polymarket and Kalshi, have put their money on an Oscar for Best Actor.

They’re all in for Michael B. Jordan, star of “Sinners,” which is great.

The money is on Jordan for a lot of good reasons. But the main reason is that Timothee Chalamet made what seemed like disparaging remarks about ballet and opera on a CNN Town Hall with Matthew McConnaughey.

But Chalamet’s derided quotes weren’t unearthed just as voting closed on March 7th. The first report was on March 6th. It seems unlikely that the bulk of voters hadn’t already cast their ballots.

Nearly everyone seems not to get that, which is why Jordan’s stock rose quickly, Before that, Jordan was popular but not the perceived leader of the pack.

Will Chalamet still win? Or will he and Jordan split the vote? That could usher in Wagner Moura, Leonardo DiCaprio, or Ethan Hawke. Best Actor isn’t announced until the last half hour, so that means 10pm on the East Coast.

Check back here during the show to see how things are going