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A misunderstood which, an unknowable singer-songwriter, a dejected TV personality, and the dean of cardinals will all walk into the Dobie Theater on Sunday night.

Because it's that time of year again. Yes, it's the Oscars. It's an interesting crop of Best Picture, Director, and Acting nominees, and we're talking about who we think will win

and who we think should take home those shiny gold statues. I'm Stephen Thompson. And I'm

Aisha Harris, and 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 host, Linda Holmes.

Hey, Linda.

Hello.

And Glenn Weldon.

Hey, Glenn.

Hey, Glenn.

It's great to be here with all of you to talk about the Oscars for our big Oscar show.

We are going to obviously spend

some time on Best Picture first since that's the big ticket award of the night. And a couple

big Blackbusters earned nominations. Stephen, do you want to set those up for us?

Sure. We've got Wicked set before the events of the Wizard of Oz. This musical is the origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West.

It stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Arevo.

What a good clip.

Perfect clip.

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