Hi, I'm Matt Brennan, editor-in-chief of The Envelope, and executive producer of The Envelope podcast.

I'm so pleased to share one of our new episodes taped at this year's Oscar nominees' luncheon so you can get a taste of our in-depth coverage of all your favorite awards contenders.

I hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening.

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We deserve space. Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the envelope, Kelvin Washington, Yvonne Viterdial. We have Mark Olsen as well. Hopefully you all have been great since the last time I saw you. You've already been good. Of course. Well, I tell you what, there's a list of folks who've been very good because they've been nominated for an Oscar. And obviously that's, you kind of get the usual suspects if you will

and then you get some surprises out there some folks you go to whoa uh so I want to start with you

either of you can jump in on this is someone that maybe surprised you maybe a film or something

that you were just excited or maybe someone said them again or that film again or something like

well I think it was very exciting that you know sinners got the most

nominations of any film ever it was 16 nominations it was nominated in every category that it was

eligible for i think to see a movie that has like had commercial success felt like a cultural moment

now being recognized you know somewhere like the academy awards it's just exciting to see that sort of like all coming together and rolling along for that

film, regardless of how it turns out, you know, at the show.

I was very excited to see Rose Byrne get acknowledged for if I had legs, I'd kick you.

Because I felt like I was worried about that movie losing steam after all the raves that got at Sundance.

And it's a smaller movie.

I wasn't sure.

Like, are people going to remember it?

But I just think she's so great in that film.

I was sort of surprised that Chase Infinity didn't get nominated.

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