The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

It’s podcasting’s most exclusive event of the year, the first annual Townie Awards. This is a show made up of awards created by us, based on our own interpretations of the weirdest year in Hollywood. In Part 1, Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to give out the Most Baffling Success Award, the Publicist Fail of the Year Award, the Jeff “Albanian Army” Bewkes Award for Quote I’ll Probably Regret, and much more. Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	An Instagram post gets an unexpected boost.
0:03.0	A TikTok catches in the algorithm.
0:05.0	Sometimes that's all it takes to launch someone into internet fame.
0:09.0	But then what?
0:11.0	This blew up is a new podcast documentary that reveals how social media stardom is made.
0:16.0	It's a different kind of fame.
0:18.0	That's not always as glamorous as it looks.
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0:48.3	You know what that is. An ice cold beer. What's different?
0:53.3	It's Budweiser. Food longer for a An ice-cold beer. What's different?
0:56.6	It's Budweiser.
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1:05.0	Like no other.
1:07.7	Cheers to that.
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1:12.2	Please drink responsibly.
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1:21.2	It is Tuesday, December 27th.
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