Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

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One of the things I like best about the Oscars are the little scripted speeches made by the stars

who announced the nominations.

The movies transport us to a world of the imagination, but without the people working tirelessly

behind the scenes, that journey would be impossible.

Dazzling rubbish like that, material that even the greatest actors in the world, can't

transmute from Orta C bumfodder into gold.

And today we edged slightly closer to that golden moment because this morning,

representatives of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 2016 Oscar

nominations. We'll be considering its decisions tonight with a panel who have seen so many

films that we've had to turn the lights down and give them popcorn.

Have you got salty or sweet there, Christopher Railing?

I've got salt. See salt.

Okay.

Tonight you'll also hear from two filmmakers whose latest pictures today accrued a total of ten nominations.

Best director nominee Lenny Abrahamson will let us in on the philosophical secrets of his terrifying film Room.

And we'll hear from Stephen Woolley, producer of Carol, whose stars Kate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are both nominated.

But why is one a potential best actress and the other a potential best supporting actress?

There is a sort of slight element of sexism at play here, which is that you're right.

They should both be nominated for leading actor, and I couldn't agree more.

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