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Academy Awards Adds New Category Recognizing Casting for 2026 Show

Bringing the total prize count to 24, the Oscars will now offer an award for casting in films that were released this year and beyond.
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Academy Awards Adds New Category Recognizing Casting for 2026 Show
Oscar statuettes are displayed at Times Square Studios 23 in New York in January 2006. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images
Elma Aksalic
Elma Aksalic
Freelance Reporter
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Nov. 19 introduced a new award up for grabs at the 2026 Oscars, bringing the total prize count to 24 for the live broadcast.

The academy confirmed to the Associated Press it will recognize the achievement for casting in films that were released this year and beyond.

Elma Aksalic
Elma Aksalic
Freelance Reporter
Elma Aksalic is a freelance entertainment reporter for The Epoch Times and an experienced TV news anchor and journalist covering original content for Newsmax magazine.
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