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Will it be Oppenheimer? Will it be Barbie? Will it be some other story entirely?

It's time to get down to business because the Oscars are upon us.

We're talking about actors, directors, best pictures, and everything we think will and should win.

I'm Glenn Weldon.

And I'm Linda Holmes on this episode of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour.

We're offering up a guide to this year's Oscars.

Joining us today are our fellow pop culture.

Happy Hour hosts Stephen Thompson.

Hi Stephen.

Hello, Linda.

And I'm Aisha Harris.

Hello, Aisha.

Hey Linda. Well, I'm so, hello Iisha. Hey Linda.

Well, I'm so glad to be here with all of you

for our big Oscars show.

We have all seen all of the nominees

we're going to be talking about today.

We think it's a pretty good year for movies. I think we will all find ourselves agreeing on that.

First, we are obviously going to spend some time on Best Picture and there were some wide- nominees this year but some themes emerged

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