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Outside of The Dark Knight and The Dark Night Rises, Oppenheimer is Christopher Nolan's biggest movie — not to mention one of the best reviewed and most ambitious. We look back on the movie about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called "father of the atomic bomb," with Nolan and stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Robert Downey Jr., who gathered prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike for EW's Around the Table video series. Plus, EW editor-in-chief Patrick Gomez and Awardist host Gerrad Hall break down the movie's potential Oscar nominations, which could come close to breaking a record.
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After it's record-breaking, $1-billion-plus worldwide run, we are looking back on Barbie's success this summer and take a look back at our Around the Table interview with director/co-writer Greta Gerwig, and stars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, and Michael Cera. Plus, Awardist host Gerrad Hall and EW's resident Oscars expert Joey Nolfi break down the movie's Oscar chances and which categories we think they'll be nominees.
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We kick off the new season of the Awardist by breaking down the fall festivals and discussing the early Oscar frontrunners to emerge from Telluride, Venice, and Toronto — from Poor Things and The Holdovers to American Fiction and Priscilla. Awardist host Gerrad Hall is joined by EW's Oscars expert Joey Nolfi and Sr. Writer Maureen Lee Lenker to take stock of the current state of the race. Plus, Gerrad chats with Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest star Sandra Hüller about her two very different performances this season.
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Movie fans, it’s Oscars season! Hollywood might be on strike, but there’s no shortage of contenders for the 2024 Oscars and the latest season of The Awardist is here to cover it all. Join me, EW executive editor Gerrad Hall and other movie-obsessed, opinionated EW staffers as we make predictions about who will take home a golden statuette on Hollywood’s biggest night. Follow The Awardist wherever you get your podcasts for new episodes starting Thursday September 28th and be sure check out ew.com/Awards for more award show content.
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The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin looks back on the hit first season of the HBO drama starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey — he also dives into some of the show's many Easter eggs and fills us in on where things stand with season 2. Plus, EW Editor in Chief Patrick Gomez and Sr. Editor Nick Romano break down the chances for The Last of Us and The White Lotus to beat frontrunner Succession.
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Will RuPaul's Drag Race reclaim the reality competition crown or can Survivor or Top Chef win? We break down that category, as well as structured and unstructured reality, and reality/competition host, where our guest, Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi is nominated for her final season. She tells us about saying goodbye, the evolution of the show during her 19 seasons there, and her other nominated series, Taste the Nation.
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