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WWE Sells, Netflix Pulls Back, and the Oscars’ Bold Bid on Theaters

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March Madness of Bar Foods, Bar Bathroom War Stories, and Dave’s Space Cake Experience

Dave and Chris also talk about Dole Whips, spicy food challenges, and more

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The Oscar Hangover Mailbag: An Unrealistic 2024 Preview and How to Improve the Show

‌Sean, Amanda, and Joanna discuss the telecast’s future and answer listener questions

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Angela and the Academy, Plus Sam Pollard on Documentary Filmmaking

Van and Rachel also discuss President Biden addressing the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

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The Oscar Bump: Which Young Stars Won Awards Season?

Matt and Justin Kroll also preview upcoming projects from young Oscar nominees

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The Oscars Happened, but the Celebrities Didn’t Show Up

Plus, Juliet and Amanda discuss ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’

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Questions Asked and Answered by ‘The Last of Us’ Season Finale

Plus, Chris and Andy break down the Oscar ceremony

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10 Times the Oscars Got It Wrong

Ringer contributor Adam Nayman goes through 10 times when he thinks the Academy should get a do-over.

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The 2023 Oscars: Everything Everywhere All the Academy Awards

Sean and Amanda break down the 95th Academy Awards

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The Oscars Went Back to Being Predictable

The 95th Academy Awards ceremony had one clear job: return the award show to normal. With the help of clear winner ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ that wasn’t difficult.

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The Winners and Losers of the 2023 Oscars

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominated the Academy Awards, people got emotional, there was sponsored content, and James Cameron didn’t show up

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Oscar Predictions: Who Will and Should Win at the Academy Awards

Sean and Amanda dig into what to expect from the Academy Awards, including prop bets for the telecast and predictions for every category.

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Brian Tyree Henry Makes It Look Easy

The ‘Causeway’ actor may not be the favorite heading into Sunday’s Oscars, but that doesn’t change the truth: that in 2022, no one was better on the big or small screen

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Academy CEO Bill Kramer on the New and Improved (?) Oscars

Bill talks about his first year as CEO, the changes we will see on this year’s broadcast, and what they’ve learned from the Slap

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The Worst Song to Win Best Original Song at the Oscars

Dave, Neil, and Joanna discuss the history of the Best Original Song winner. Then, they debate which song was the worst to win, and reveal their picks for the worst in the category.

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It’s Time to Kill the Multiverse (at Least in This Timeline)

Don’t let ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ and its Oscar front-runner status fool you: The supposedly limitless storytelling device has been pushed to its narrative limits. Just look to ‘Quantumania’ for proof.

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Tips, Trends, and Story Lines to Help You Bet on the Oscars

Matt and guest Michael Lasker share tips to give you an Oscars betting edge. They talk about why ‘Top Gun’ still has a chance, parse through the tight Best Actress race, and reflect on how the changing Academy could affect the race.

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And the Oscar Goes to … Both of Them

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert could win Best Director(s) for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’ It’s not the first time a duo has been nominated, and history suggests the odds are in Daniels’ favor.

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The Oscars vs. Regular Dudes

It’s hard out here for a normal guy: Since 2010, only three Best Actor awards have gone to performances that weren’t either based on historical figures or defined by remarkable physical transformations

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The Oscars’ Best Documentary Category Is Loaded This Year

From ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ to ‘A House Made of Splinters,’ it’s a guarantee that something worthy is going to win come March 12

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How to Fix the Oscars, Once and for All

The Academy Awards require a fundamental reimagining of what the show looks like. Here’s a bullet point guide for how to do it.

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The Ploys and Tactics Behind Oscar Campaigning

Matt and Craig talk Oscar tactics and more, then later end the show with a prediction about Chris Rock’s live comedy special on Netflix

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‘RRR’ Deserves to Make Oscar History. Give “Naatu Naatu” Best Original Song.

The rollicking "Naatu Naatu" is a musical performance that moves the story forward, making it more integral to the film than some competitors’ songs are

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‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Is a Stop-Motion Triumph. Give It Best Animated Feature.

Even in a loaded Oscar category, del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’ belongs in a class of its own: a fresh take on a familiar tale courtesy of the filmmaker’s gothic sensibilities

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Make the Case: Impassioned Arguments for the 2023 Oscar Winners We Want

Listen up, Academy

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‘Glass Onion’ Brought ‘Knives Out’ to the Next Level. Give It the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

Rian Johnson faced the biggest writing challenges of any of the five nominees, but the director managed to perfectly thread the needle, ensuring that ‘Glass Onion’ felt unique but still delighted the fans of its predecessor

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Forget the Men—the Engine of ‘Banshees of Inisherin’ Is Kerry Condon

Let’s make the case for an upset in Best Supporting Actress

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‘The Fabelmans’ Is Steven Spielberg at His Bravest. Give Him the Best Director Oscar.

Winning a third Oscar would be an incredible achievement for one of the best directors in history—a capstone in an already legendary career

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Ten Oscar Nominees to Stream Right Now

You don’t need to go to the theater to catch up on the best movies of 2022

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The Oscar Nominations Hangover and the Top 10 Movies at Sundance

Plus, writer-director Brandon Cronenberg joins to discuss his new film ‘Infinity Pool’

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The Four Biggest Story Lines Heading Into the Oscars

Is there even a Best Picture favorite? And what is Andrea Riseborough doing here?

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The ‘Chernobyl’ Pod. Plus, ‘Succession’ Season 4 Trailer and Oscar Nom Reactions!

Chris and Andy look back on the 2019 series from Craig Mazin that dramatizes the Chernobyl disaster

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How the Shocking Andrea Riseborough Oscar Nomination Happened

Plus, breaking down how social media has changed the modern Oscar campaign

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The 2023 Oscar Nominations: Snubs, Surprises, and WTFs

Plus, Sean is joined by writer-director and newly minted Oscar nominee Lukas Dhont to discuss his new film, ‘Close’

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Winners and Losers of the 2023 Oscar Nominations

It appears the Academy has begun to make strides in acknowledging popular blockbusters, but then again, where is ‘RRR’?