Gotham Awards and Avatar: Fire and Ash Buzz, Plus Claire Danes on the Surprising Origins of The Beast In Me
Christopher Rosen joins Katey to share the scoop from inside the Gotham Awards, from the stars getting the biggest applause to some seriously surprising wins. Katey, meanwhile, dishes on what she can share about the latest Avatar movie, including a look at how it can fit into the Oscar race. After that, hear Katey's conversation with Claire Danes, who is the star as well as the producer of the new Netflix limited series The Beast in Me.
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How Dwayne Johnson Learned to Put Himself First
The star of The Smashing Machine has long built his movie career on a philosophy of "audience first," which has led him to immense levels of Hollywood success, but also a nagging feeling somewhere deep in his chest that he could do more. Now that he's pulled off his transformation into MMA fighter Mark Kerr, and his behind-the-scenes collaboration with Benny Safdie, he joins me this week to talk about what else might be next.
This is the first of several special Saturday bonus episodes we'll be running through mid-January — enjoy the extra conversations!
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Wicked: For Good Shakes Up Awards Season, Plus Chloe Zhao on the Lava That Led to Hamnet
Gregory Elwood of The Playlist joins Katey to look at the week’s big releases Wicked: For Good and Zootopia 2, plus the flurry of last minute awards campaigning ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Then Katey talks to Hamnet director Chloe Zhao about how she reimagined Shakespeare’s life, and the last-minute rewrite that led to the film’s stunning final scene.
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Inside the Starriest Night of Awards Season, Plus Jenny Han on The Summer I Turned Pretty's Grand Finale
Rebecca Ford joins Katey to talk about all the highlights of the Academy's Governor's Awards, where virtually every Ocsar hopeful was in attendance and Tom Cruise, now an honorary Oscar winner, was the king of the reaction shots. Then you'll hear the conversation Katey had live in Hollywood last week with Jenny Han, the co-showrunner of The Summer I Turned Pretty, which wrapped its three seasons with a bang this summer — though as you'll hear Jenny explain, the story is far from over.
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The Oscar Underdogs We're Rooting For, Plus Gus Van Sant on the Secret to Staying Sane on a Movie Set
Joe Reid returns to tell Katey why he's devoted so many of his Prestige Junkie Pundits predictions to underdogs, and who we're both rooting for this season.
Then listen to the conversation that Katey and Christopher Rosen had live onstage at the Denver Film Festival last week, talking to director Gus Van Sant about his bracing and darkly funny new film Dead Man's Wire.
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A weekly podcast hosted by The Ankler's awards editor Katey Rich, featuring lively and endlessly curious discussion of the film and television awards races and the business that surrounds them. Episodes will also include interviews with top awards contenders and the major players in the races that make Hollywood run.