This episode of Awards Chatter is brought to you by Crunchyroll, presenting Demon Slayer Kemetsu Noyaiba, Infinity Castle, for your consideration in best animated feature.

Adapted from the hit anime series, the film has broken multiple records as a critical and box office success, including becoming the highest grossing international film of all time in the U.S.

and has received praise for its stunning animation.

Demon Slayer, Kimetsu Noyaiba, Infinity Castle, for your consideration.

Good evening, everyone. I'm Scott Feinberg, the Hollywood Reporter's Executive Editor of Awards coverage

and the host of its awards chatter podcast,

as well as a trustee professor here at Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts,

from which I will say for our listeners,

this episode is being recorded in front

of an audience of several hundred film students and other students from the university.

We're very happy to have you.

This evening, we are fortunate enough to be joined by one of the top young stars in Hollywood.

She's a gifted actress who has received widespread

critical acclaim for her work, including performances on

TV series, Euphoria and the White Lotus, both of which

brought her Emmy nominations, and in the

2020 film reality for which she received a Critics

Choice Award nomination.

She has also anchored fan favorites like the

2023 rom-com film, Anyone But You, which gross $220 million worldwide. And now at the age of 28,

she is garnering all sorts of acclaim and also awards buzz for one of her most impressive performances

yet. As Christy Martin, a young woman

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