Ep. 52: The 2016 Oscars with Wesley Morris

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2016

⏱️ 73 minutes

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HBO's Bill Simmons catches up with Pulitzer Prize winner Wesley Morris to discuss a possible Oscars boycott by black performers, Spike Lee (13:05), Hollywood's real race problem (23:00), Chris Rock (32:00), Best Picture nominees (41:00), 'Room' (44:20), 'The Revenant' (50:00), the 2009 & 1999 Oscars (53:00) and 'The Martian' (1:08:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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