Narratives Surrounding the Oscar Nominations

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Matt is joined by Steven Zeitchik, senior editor at The Hollywood Reporter, to break down some industry angles from the 2025 Oscar nominations, including Netflix's 13 nominations for 'Emilia Pérez' and the movie's chances to win Best Picture in this year's wide-open race, the constituencies among the voters, the growing globalization of the Academy, studio politics, and who they think will win Best Picture (01:59). Click HERE to help those affected by the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! [email protected] Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Steven Zeitchik Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.5	It is Friday, January 24th.
1:04.7	It's the Oscar nominations.
1:06.3	I'm sure you've seen them.
1:07.3	I'm sure you have opinions.
1:08.7	A little late this year due to the LA fire sensitivities,
1:11.9	but some great films nominated. Not a lot of huge surprises this year if you were paying attention.
1:17.0	The prognosticators were mostly right. Amelia Perez, the leader with 13 noms, but certainly
1:22.5	not a runaway favorite for Best Picture like we had last year with Oppenheimer. There's arguably five or even
1:28.4	six movies that could win the top award. First time that's been true since they expanded the category
1:33.9	to 10. As always, the Oscar Noms give us a window into the state of Hollywood, what people are
1:39.8	thinking about in the industry. Is the big performance for Amelia Perez, a sign, for instance,
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