Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio had a very special plus one at this year’s Academy Awards – his glamorous girlfriend, Vittoria Ceretti.

It marks the first time DiCaprio brought Ceretti to Hollywood’s biggest night and her presence shows just how serious their relationship has become.

Italian model Ceretti, 27, has been dating DiCaprio since 2023, and their relationship has been going from strength to strength ever since.

While the couple didn’t walk the red carpet together, Ceretti was sitting beside her partner in the audience, where she wowed in an edgy blood red dress with chic bun.

The last time DiCaprio brought a significant other to the Oscars was in 2020, when he attended the show with Camilia Morrone.

The Hollywood hunk also had then-girlfriend Gisele Bundchen on his arm at the 2005 Academy Awards. 

Leonardo DiCaprio was joined by his girlfriend Vittori Ceretti at the 2026 Academy Awards

It marked the first time DiCaprio has brought Ceretti to the exclusive ceremony

The actor, 51, is up for the second Oscar of his career for One Battle After Another.

The 98th Academy Awards are celebrating the best films of 2025, with the glitzy ceremony taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. 

Conan O’Brien, 62, is returning to host the show for a second consecutive year after taking over the role from Jimmy Kimmel. 

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leads the pack with a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most for any film in Academy Awards history.

The horror flick is one of the ten films up for Best Picture alongside Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams.

Sinners star Michael B. Jordan faces a stacked Best Actor category, competing against fellow nominees Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent).

Set in 1930s Mississippi, Sinners follows twin brothers (both played by Jordan) who return to their hometown only to face a supernatural evil. 

The Best Actor race is currently a dead heat. While Chalamet dominated the early season with wins at the Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Awards, the momentum shifted after Jordan won at the Actor Awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards.

The couple didn’t walk the red carpet together but were seated side by side

The last time DiCaprio brought a significant other to the Oscars was in 2020 with then-girlfriend Camila Morrone 

DiCaprio also had then-girlfriend Gisele Bundchen on his arm at the 2005 Academy Awards

The Hollywood hunk is up for the second Oscar of his career 

Adding to the tension, the ceremony arrives on the heels of Chalamet’s controversial comments about how ‘no one cares’ about ballet or opera, which sparked a wave of backlash from the arts community. 

Based on the life of professional ping-pong player Marty Reisman, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme stars Chalamet as a table tennis prodigy in 1950s New York whose ambition to become world champion jeopardizes his personal relationships. 

Irish star Jessie Buckley is the frontrunner in the Best Actress category for her work in Hamnet. She faces a star-studded field including Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I would Kick You), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), and Emma Stone (Bugonia). 

Helmed by 2021’s Best Director winner Chloe Zhao, Hamnet dives into the reimagined story of William Shakespeare’s home life and how the death of his 11-year-old son provided the emotional blueprint for his masterpiece, Hamlet. 

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another earned 13 nominations.

The Hollywood hunk looked absolutely dashing at the black tie event in a classic tuxedo 

Along with a Best Director nod, the film also nabbed a Best Actor mention for DiCaprio, and Supporting Actor nods for Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn.

The black comedy action-thriller follows a washed-up ex-revolutionary (DiCaprio) who is forced to come out from hiding to rescue his daughter, after she is targeted by his former nemesis, a corrupt military officer (Penn). 

Aside from Penn and del Toro, the Best Supporting Actor category includes Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo (Sinners) and Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value). 

Paul Mescal (Hamnet), Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly), and Jesse Plemons (Bugonia) were the most notable snubs from the category. 

Frankenstein and Sentimental Value both earned nine nominations at this year’s ceremony. 

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a lavish reimagining of Mary Shelley’s classic, focusing on a heart-wrenching tale of a father’s rejection and a creature’s quest for love. 

Meanwhile, Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value follows two sisters forced to reconcile with their estranged filmmaker father. 

DiCaprio’s role in One Battle After Another has earned him the Oscar nomination for Best Picture

Nominees for Best Supporting Actress include Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value), Amy Madigan (Weapons), Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) and Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another).

There was a massive backlash after Ariana Grande was snubbed in the Supporting category for Wicked: For Good. 

She had been nominated last year for her work in the first film of the musical franchise.

Wicked: For Good was completely shut out of nominations. This came despite an acclaimed leading performance by Cynthia Erivo, as well as new songs written for the film, including No Place Like Home and The Girl In The Bubble.

Gwyneth Paltrow was also left off the list in the category for her work in Marty Supreme. 

There was a new award announced this year for Best Casting as the inaugural field includes: Nina Gold – Hamnet, Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme, Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another, Gabriel Domingues – The Secret Agent, and Francine Maisler – Sinners.

The ceremony kicks off at 7pm ET/ 4pm PT, airing live on ABC and streaming live on Hulu. It will also be streaming via Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV and FuboTV.