Welcome to Close Up.

This is Kelly Carter and it's my first episode.

I'm a Hollywood reporter for ESPN's The Undefeated, but I've been covering this space

for a really long time.

You know, doing this podcast is special to me because I wanted to go deep with film creators.

I love hearing what makes people tick and what ultimately leads them to creation.

And hey, what a time for this podcast today, Bueh.

This Oscar nomination week, and this is actually one of my favorite weeks of the year.

And here's why the prognostication can now actually begin.

This is kind of like selection Sunday, if you're a college basketball fan, except over

here, there's a lot more glitter, a lot more glam, and it's a little less sweaty than

the basketball court.

Well, if you're an Oscar nominee, there's a little bit of sweat.

So my guest today is actor Peter Dinklage.

You guys probably know him best from Game of Thrones, but you should get to know, honestly,

his best performance so far in his new film, Ciro now.

I'm excited to let you guys in on that conversation.

But here's how it's going to go down every week on this podcast.

I'm going to let you inside of my group chat as Hollywood reporters.

We say a lot of stuff and we know a lot of stuff.

And I know that my phone has been blowing up since the nominees were announced and I'm

sure there's our two.

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