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By Okla Jones ·Updated January 22, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
To say that Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leads the pack in this year’s Oscar race is clearly an understatement. On January 22, the horror epic earned 16 Academy Award nominations, the most ever for a single film, breaking a record that had stood for decades. The list included Best Picture, Best Director for Coogler, acting nods for Michael B.
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