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The Town with Matthew Belloni

Oscars Watch Begins: Front-Runners, Story Lines, and the ‘Top Gun’ Debate

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3847 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

With awards season ramping up, Matt is joined by The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg to discuss his forecast for the upcoming Oscars, including front-runners for best picture, best actor, and best actress, as well as which movies and actors could sneak their way into a nomination. They also talk about the world of Oscar voting, what typically influences votes, and if popular movies should be included more at the Oscars. Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Scott Feinberg Producer: Craig Horlbeck Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:31.5

It is Friday, November 18th. In Hollywood, the holiday season means the award season really

0:36.5

kicks into high gear.

0:44.2

Premiers, screenings, receptions for the major guilds like actors, directors, writers, campaign events masquerading as holiday parties.

0:46.8

It's an Oscars industrial complex and millions are spent just to get awards voters to actually

0:51.4

see the movies.

0:53.0

One guy who's seen everything is Scott Feinberg,

0:55.5

my former colleague at The Hollider Porter,

0:57.4

who writes what's called the Feinberg Forecast,

0:59.3

his predictions of what will get nominated.

1:01.3

He's talking to voters all day long,

1:02.9

and he's got a pretty good sense

1:04.0

of what's getting traction with them.

1:05.6

So I thought now would be a good time

1:07.1

to check in with him on the award season movies,

1:09.4

plus some bigger picture issues, like what's going on with the Will Smith movie, Emancipation, whether Top Gun Maverick has a shot

1:15.4

at best picture, a three-hour Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie Orgy movie, Babylon. Is that a contender?

1:21.7

My usual caveat here, I'm not a critic. I don't even have particularly good taste, as Craig will

1:25.9

attest. I do, after 14 years as an

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