From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisee, and this is the Daily.

Hollywood's award season is officially underway.

Just the beginning of the fun and glamour of

award season. Nominations for the Academy Awards, one of Hollywood's biggest

events, were announced today. I think we had a Barbunheimer summer, which was very, it was so much fun.

Listen, Oppenheimer should lead the way.

Oppenheimer right now is the movie to be for the Oscars.

And one movie, Oppenheimer, about the father of the atomic bomb, topped the list with 13 nominations.

The film captured the imagination of millions of people last summer,

including our congressional correspondent, Katie Edmondson.

Today, Katie describes how Oppenheimer

center on a quest to find the secret story of how Congress paid for the bomb.

And what that reveals about the inner workings of Washington.

It's Tuesday, January 23rd.

Katie, you cover Congress for the Times, as our listeners of course, no. But you join us today to talk about something a little out of the ordinary, a story

which many of our listeners may not immediately associate with a Times

congressional reporter and it has everything to do with a blockbuster movie

Oppenheimer. So tell us how you ended up reporting this very unusual story.

That's right.

Well, it all started really when I went to go see Oppenheimer,

like I'm assuming a lot of our listeners did over the summer.

I was actually working in Berlin. I thought that I would get a little

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