Hello and welcome to In the Limelight, Vanity Fair is entertainment and pop culture podcast.

I'm Josh Duboff, Vanity Fair Senior Writer, and I'm here with Julie Miller, Vanity Fair Senior Hollywood Writer.

On In The Limelight, we analyze the ins and outs of pop culture, entertainment, and celebrity from the past week, from the Kardashians to Cape Middleton, and everything in between.

So, obviously, this week, we have a lot to talk about related to the Oscars, which took place on Sunday night.

So a few nights ago, by the time you're listening to this.

48 hours ago.

Yeah, for us about 48 hours ago.

Why did I even say that? That will not apply when this comes out. Okay.

Julie is still in the, I think, L.A. after shock hangover phase of like the Oscar madness that

happens on Sunday. Right. It's very bizarre.

I know. I feel like L.A. goes through a like withdrawal period. It's almost like a national. It's very bizarre. I know. I feel like LA goes through a like withdrawal period.

It's almost like a national, it's like a national holiday and that it's sort of,

you the rest of the next few days are kind of days off. It's very weird. There's so much

anticipation and then adrenaline buildup. It's just a weird coming down.

Anyways, we'll try to keep, we'll try to not let that infuse too much of our analysis. I mean, I thought that the telecast this year was, I feel like it was fine. Yeah, I was about to say the same thing. I sort of feel maybe because of last year had the craziness with the La La Land Moonlight ending, which obviously

was this huge to do that became like a weeks long discussion and pop culture point for everyone.

I feel like because there was nothing like that this year, everything felt a little bit subdued

or muted or uneventful. Right. It was also Jimmy Kimmel again.

Yeah, exactly.

So it was the same host as last year.

I didn't love the whole thing where they went across the street to the movie theater.

But that sort of felt like a retread of when they brought in the people off the tour bus thing last year.

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