Here are the best and most shocking moments from the 2026 Oscars, from a moving in memoriam section that included tributes to Diane Keaton and Catherine O'Hara to Barbara Streisand's first performance in a decade.

Actor George C. Scott famously declined his Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in the 1970 film Patton, after previously stating that he would not accept an Academy Award for his nominated roles in The Hustler (1961) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959).

Both Sacheen and Marlon received a lot of backlash from the press and their peers. However, it was, of course, much worse for Sacheen. For example, she was plagued by false rumors that she wasn't really Apache, and Playboy dug up previously rejected pictures she'd posed for and published a three-page spread.