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The standard polite line for award season goes, it's an honor just to be nominated.

And yet, when it comes to the Oscars, there's quite a long list of great performers who have never received this honor. What gives? This is worse than Glenn Close batting 0 for 8.

This is madness.

So instead of debating winners and losers,

we're going to honor some of our favorites who've been left out of the game entirely.

Who should win an Oscar who has never even been nominated?

I'm Stephen Thompson.

And I'm Aisha Harris.

And today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour,

we're talking about actors who should have Oscars.

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Joining us today is our co-host, Glenn Weldon. Hello, Glenn. Hey, are you sure? I'd like to thank

the Gersh Agency. Thank you. And also with us is NPR producer Mark Rivers. Welcome back, Mark.

Hey, guys. Thanks for having me. Great to have you here. So, yeah, our premise is quite simple.

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