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Imperfect Paradise

NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: And the Oscar Goes To…

Imperfect Paradise

LAist Studios

Society & Culture

4.5535 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

With Hollywood getting ready for the biggest awards show in movies, this episode of the new LAist Studios podcast NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING is all about the Oscars! Hear Oscar nominees Peter Straughan and Kris Bowers, and actress Caitlin Reilly duke it out for the ultimate award — winning a game show where the points are made up by our host, Franklin Leonard.

Guests: Screenwriter Peter Straughan (“Conclave”), composer Kris Bowers (“The Wild Robot”), and actress and comedian Caitlin Reilly (“Hacks,” “Loot”).

NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING is a production of The Black List and LAist Studios, in partnership with The Ankler.

Support for this podcast is also brought to you by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes L.A. a better place to live.

New episodes premiere Tuesdays and you can listen to the show on the radio at LAist 89.3 Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 10 p.m.

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Hey, this is Antonia Serejido, host of Imperfect Paradise.

0:40.1

And if you are like me and you're already so excited to watch the Academy Awards this weekend

0:44.5

and want something to sort of tide you over as you anticipate the pageantry, the outfits,

0:50.6

the great speeches, and of course celebrating incredible movies, well, then I have a special

0:55.0

treat for you. This week, we are sharing LAS's new weekly entertainment show called Nobody

1:01.5

Knows Anything. It gamifies the Hollywood creative process and test your favorite actors,

1:07.4

directors, and screenwriters as they battle for points. And this episode is all about the Academy Awards and features an all-star panel of guests,

1:15.9

including two Oscar nominees, screenwriter of the Vatican Thriller Conclave, loved Conclave,

1:22.6

and composer of The Wild Robot, which I have not seen, but everyone says is amazing.

1:27.9

Here's Nobody Knows Anything from L.A. Studios, the Blacklist, and the Ancler, for a little

1:33.1

pre-Oskers competition.

1:37.4

Some people say they're irrelevant. They're deliberately inaccessible that they make a mockery of

1:42.4

artistry and everything that makes cinema great. No, I'm not talking about the Burbank AMCs. I'm talking, of course, about the Oscars.

1:51.8

Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter Sufion Stevens may have called it a horrifying Scientology

1:57.4

end-of-year prom, but we in the business know that it's so much more than that.

2:01.9

After all, Hollywood is, of course, the most important industry in the world.

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