LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / January 26, 2026 / The entertainment PR and marketing powerhouse 42West, a subsidiary of Dolphin (NASDAQ:DLPN), saw multiple clients achieve success with six nominations at the 98th Academy Awards. This year's Oscars will be presented on March 15 in Los Angeles, in a telecast hosted for the second consecutive year by longtime 42West client Conan O'Brien.
In its 21-year history, 42West has worked on the campaigns of countless Academy Award winning films, including eight Best Picture winners. The company is once again in the running in that category, as producer Ashley Schlaifer is among the nominees for Netflix's TRAIN DREAMS.
Andrew Jarecki received the second Oscar nomination in his acclaimed career for the Best Documentary Feature nominee THE ALABAMA SOLUTION (a film on which he was a director, writer and producer).
42West also handles the campaigns for Best Documentary Feature nominee MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN and CHILDREN NO MORE: "WERE AND ARE GONE" in the Best Documentary Short category.
Another longtime client, the distributor GKIDS, achieved two nominations: Best Animated Feature for the critically lauded LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN (the company 's 14th nomination ever in the category, which it won in 2023 for THE BOY AND THE HERON), and a first for the studio for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the Japanese box office sensation KOKUHO.
ABOUT 42WEST:
42West, a subsidiary of Dolphin Entertainment, is one of the entertainment industry's leading full-service public-relations firms. With offices in New York and Los Angeles, 42West has four divisions: Talent, Strategic Communications, Entertainment Marketing, and Fandoms & Franchises, the award-winning firm's gaming, consumer products and publishing practice. The agency has developed and executed marketing and publicity strategies for hundreds of movies and television shows as well as countless actors, filmmakers, recording artists, personalities and authors. In addition, 42West provides strategic counsel to a wide variety of high-profile individuals and corporate clients-ranging from movie and pop stars to major studios, charitable organizations, and media conglomerates-looking to raise, reposition, or rehabilitate their public profiles.
ABOUT DOLPHIN:
Dolphin (NASDAQ:DLPN) is where cultural creation meets marketing execution. Founded in 1996 by Bill O'Dowd, Dolphin operates as both a venture studio-developing and investing in breakthrough content, products, and experiences-and a marketing consortium, featuring leading agencies across every communications discipline.
At its core, the venture studio creates, produces, finances, markets, and promotes new businesses and cultural ideas - ranging from acclaimed film, television, and digital content to consumer goods, live events and partnerships that define entertainment and lifestyle. Surrounding this entrepreneurial engine, Dolphin's marketing prowess brings together best-in-class firms including 42West, The Door, Shore Fire Media, Elle Communications, Special Projects and The Digital Dept. Together, this collective delivers unmatched cross-marketing expertise and relationships across every vertical of pop culture - from film, television, music, influencers, sports, hospitality, and fashion to consumer brands and purpose-driven initiatives. Dolphin marketing has been the recipient of many accolades, including #1 Agency of the Year on the Observer PR Power List in 2025, The PR Net 100, and the PR News Elite 120.
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SOURCE: Dolphin Entertainment
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