This episode is brought to you by Meta for Work.

It's not just sci-fi anymore.

Virtual and mixed reality are transforming how business works.

Architects can use mixed reality to walk through buildings that aren't even built yet.

People from around the world can meet up in more

immersive ways, working shoulder to shoulder in virtual spaces to get real work done.

And all sorts of professionals are getting hands-on training and safer, more cost-effective

virtual environments.

Meta for work. Work smarter, closer, safer, together.

Visit forwork.com to learn more. Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to episode 153 of awards chatter, The Hollywood Reporters Awards Podcast.

I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today is a legendary actor and director,

someone who has been known to the public for almost all of his 63 years and who is still creating top-notch entertainment.

The great Ron Howard.

Howard first made his name as a child actor, appearing from age 6 through 14 on the Andy Griffith show which aired on CBS from

1960 through 1968 and on which he played Opie the son of a sheriff in the fictional

small town of Mayberry. During his later teen years Howard appeared in

George Lucas's seminal 1973 nostalgia film American graffiti which looked back at

life in the 50s and then starting a year later in a hit ABC series that dealt with similar subject matter,

Happy Days, on which he played Richie Cunningham from 1974 through 1980.

In the middle of his run on Happy Days, Howard also began directing,

starting with the 1977 B movie Grand Theft Auto, continuing with a string of TV movies,

and then eventually graduating to major motion pictures with

...