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Weekend Self-Care: The 2026 Historic Oscars Winners

For this weekend's self-care, we turn our attention to Hollywood.  This past Sunday was the 98th annual Academy Awards, and with it came several historic wins. Chief among them was Michael B. Jordan, becoming only the sixth Black man to win the Oscar for Best Actor. Jordan's Sinners director Ryan Coogler also made history as only the second Black man to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and Autumn Durald Arkapaw took home the Oscar for Best Cinematography, becoming the first woman and woman of color to capture the award. The film Sinners  made history with its record 16 nominations, and despite losing out to One Battle After Another  for Best Picture, the night was a clear and obvious success for the entire cast and crew, highlighted by those historic wins.  Other winners include Jessie Buckley, who gave a generational performance as Agnes, a fictionalized version of the wife of Shakespeare in Hamnet.  Buckley gave a virtuoso performance and swept all B...

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