2025 Oscar Nominations: Snubs, Surprises, and WTFs

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

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🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Sean and Amanda give their instant reactions to the Oscar nominations announced this morning, including their takes on what films are running hot and which ones seem to have cooled off over the past few months (1:00). Is ‘Emilia Pérez’ the full-on front-runner? Will recent stories about the use of AI in ‘The Brutalist’ sour its chances in the big categories? Plus: They check in on the state of the Big Oscar Bet from September, when they attempted to predict the nominations and winners in 11 categories (1:07:00). Then, Sean is joined by the director of ‘Flow,’ Gints Zilbalodis, to discuss his nontraditional path to the director’s chair, the unexpected mass appeal of the film, how he found his particular animation style, and more (1:16:00). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Gints Zilbalodis Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner Video Producer: Jack Sanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're a fan of the inner workings of Hollywood, then check out my podcast, The Town, on the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:05.6	My name's Matt Bellany. I'm founding partner at Puck and the writer of the What I'm Hearing newsletter.
0:10.4	And with my show, The Town, I bring you the inside conversation about money and power in Hollywood.
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1:16.6	Thank you. at Shopify.com slash setup. I'm Sean Fennessee.
1:17.9	I'm Amanda Dobbins.
1:18.9	And this is the Big Picture
1:19.7	A Conversation show
1:20.9	about the 2025 Academy Award nominations.
1:24.1	Bump, bum.
1:26.0	We will talk about the brutalist. That was the AI version. Oh, God. We will talk about that.
1:32.8	Later in this episode, I'll be joined by Gens Zilbales, the Latvian animation director who was twice
1:38.9	nominated this morning for his movie Flow in the best animated feature and best international feature category.
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