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The Television Critics Association award nominations are out— do they tell us who the Emmy contenders will be as well? Plus a discussion about the shakeup on the Han Solo spinoff movie, and conversations with Stranger Things star David Harbour and Silicon Valley’s Zach Woods. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After winning over crowds at Sundance, the comedy The Big Sick is coming to theaters, and Richard Lawson talks to director Michael Showalter about bringing it to life. Plus more looks at the ongoing Emmys campaign season, including the awards hopes for Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Carrie Coon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It’s June, which means it’s Emmy season— and the town is going crazier than ever in the pursuit of a different set of little gold statues. Plus: a conversation with The Mick star Kaitlin Olson, and some head-scratching at The Mummy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Why the Rotten Tomatoes score doesn’t tell you everything about the latest DC Movie. Plus a look back at Cannes, and a conversation with The Crown star Claire Foy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look inside the new Star Wars portfolio in Vanity Fair, one last dispatch from Cannes, and a celebration of the wonderfully weird Twin Peaks,now back on TV. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A conversation with the teen movie icon and star of the new Netflix drama War Machine. Plus a look ahead at the Cannes Film Festival. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look at two new releases— Snatched and Alien: Covenant— the new season of the Netflix series Master of None, and the MTV Movie and TV Awards, which gave us all a look into How The Kids Think Now. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Richard, Mike, and Joanna discuss the sudden resurgence of prestige horror, plus an interview with Underground creator Misha Green. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A conversation with the co-stars of The Promise, plus a look at the potential WGA strike and a reflection on Jonathan Demme’s remarkable career. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A conversation with Rebecca Skloot and Rose Byrne, who plays Rebecca Skloot in HBO's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Plus a look at this season of The Leftovers and the Tribeca Film Festival. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The director of Lost City of Z joins to discuss the passion (and possibly insanity) that drove him from New York City’s outer boroughs to the Bolivian jungle, and why he was so happy to come back. Plus discussion of the MTV Movie and TV Awards and Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Richard, Joanna, and Mike discuss the Emmy-destined Big Little Lies. Plus: Anne Hathaway's monster movie and a look at some Cannes hopefuls. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A dispatch from Rebecca Keegan on the Academy’s big meeting, a look at the Feud episodes all about the Oscars, and a moment to wonder if whitewashing has finally become bad business for Hollywood. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We welcome special guest David Sims, co-host of the Blank Check Podcast, to discuss Steven Spielberg's Oscar history and how he might win one more. Plus an early look at the Emmy best drama race. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Fresh from SXSW, Joanna Robinson reveals which films to look forward to, and even a few with Oscar buzz! Plus discussion of Get Out, Personal Shopper, and Beauty and the Beast. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Decider’s Joe Reid joins us to share his 2018 Oscar predictions, and to look back at the predictions we all made together last year—we didn’t see Moonlight coming at all and were way too high on Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Days after the Oscars, there’s still so much to discuss about the surprising best picture win, the history Moonlight made, and what changes might come after that big envelope-opening snafu. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How did Moonlight beat La La Land? What on earth happened with the envelopes? Who was partying with Vanity Fair after? That and much more, explained. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

VF’s Hollywood Correspondent Rebecca Keegan has been on a fly on the wall backstage at the Oscars for years, and joins to share her stories from inside. Plus, our final Oscar predictions, for best director and best picture. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

What really happens when you get a lot of famous people in one room? In the Limelight co-host Julie Miller shares stories from inside the famous soiree. Plus, discussion of the animated short film nominees and predictions for best actor and actress. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The supporting actor and actress Oscar categories, typically handed out early in the broadcast, are your best chance to see major movie stars without staying up too late. We predict those categories, and also discuss the live-action short nominees.OSCAR WEEK GIVEAWAY || Leave us a review on iTunes for a chance to win a Blu-ray set of four Best Picture nominees: Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Hell or High Water, and Hacksaw Ridge. Please include your Twitter handle in your iTunes review; winners will be contacted via Twitter. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ted Melfi is nominated for two Oscars this year, but as the co-writer and director of Hidden Figures, he’s been happy to let stars like Taraji P. Henson take center stage. Plus, the beginning of our Oscar predictions! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The documentary short films category can be difficult to predict, but includes some of the best films in the running. We discuss these heartbreakers, and also talk to Roger Ross Williams, director of the Oscar-nominated feature documentary Life, Animated. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With Oscar voting in full swing, we discuss the results of the BAFTA awards and make a few last-minute pleas to voters. Then we get an advance look at the TV addiction of the spring, Ryan Murphy’s Feud. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After winning a Directors Guild Award over the weekend, La La Land director Damien Chazelle seems ready to become the youngest best director Oscar winner in history. Can anything stop him? Plus, the annual Oscar nominee group photo:http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/emma-stone-ryan-gosling-oscar-nominees-class-photo-2017 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With Hollywood fired up and angrier than ever in the early days of the Trump administration, what does the next month of red carpets have in store? Plus, our interview with the filmmakers of the Oscar-nominated short documentary The White Helmets. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The annual tradition of gathering Hollywood’s best and brightest has continued with this year’s Hollywood Issue, and Vanity Fair’s executive west coast editor Krista Smith joins to give us a look behind the scenes of the biggest photo shoot of the year. See all of the past Hollywood Issue covers at: http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2012/03/hollywood-cover-timeline-slideshow-201203 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The gang gathers from three different time zones to hash out this year’s Oscar nominations, including the snubs (Amy Adams!), the surprises (Michael Shannon!), and the truly inexplicable (Oscar nominee Suicide Squad!). Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look ahead at next week's Oscar nominations announcement, plus an interview with Captain Fantastic writer/director Matt Ross. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The star of Hacksaw Ridge and Silence addresses his viral Golden Globes moment, how he learned to handle fame, and what he learned about self-loathing from Mike Nichols. Plus a look at the Golden Globes winners and the latest in Oscar buzz. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With the first major televised awards show of the season coming, we predict the upsets and the viral moments, plus a look at the box office hits that emerged over the holiday. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We discuss Richard Lawson’s top 10 list and our own picks for the best films of the year—plus one can’t-miss TV show. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As the industry shuts down for a holiday break and digs into their piles of screeners, we predict where the season’s buzz is headed—and which films will benefit most from the awards nominations thus far. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Why Octavia Spencer is suddenly in the club but Annette Bening might not be. Plus, there's a new Star Wars movie! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New critics’ awards and the upcoming Golden Globes give us lots of Oscar buzz to discuss. But first, we address the situation with Casey Affleck, whose best actor campaign doesn’t seem hampered by sexual assault allegations...but should it be? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With a slew of critic’s groups and other groups handing out the first awards of the year, we take a look at what it all means, which titles have emerged on top, and how the box office might make more of a difference than anything else. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As voting deadlines for various critic’s groups loom, a number of movies have finally revealed themselves, most notably Fences—a slam-dunk Oscar win for Viola Davis, and a possible coronation of Denzel Washington as an actor-turned-director genius. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In the wake of the unexpected conclusion to the presidential election, we debate how Hollywood will react. Plus, updates on the state of the Harry Potter franchise and Manchester by the Sea, and a dispatch from Rebecca Keegan about the Governor’s Awards Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This week we check in on new buzz surrounding Fences and the AFI Film Festival, then chalk up the awards chances of Netflix’s ultra-lavish new series The Crown. Finally, we accept the inevitable: Lin-Manuel Miranda is totally going to win an Oscar. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This week we catch up on lots of small developments in awards season, from the quixotic campaign for Sausage Party to the release of Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge. We also share Richard’s interview with French actress Isabelle Huppert, star of Elle. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With the news confirmed that Viola Davis will be running as a supporting actress for Fences— the role that won her a lead actress Tony award— we talk about the perennial problem of category fraud, and why women are so much more likely to be considered supporting for roles that are actually leads. Plus we share our interview with Kelly Reichardt, director of Certain Women, and make bold predictions about who will win the best original screenplay Oscar. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Opening in theaters this week, Moonlight features stellar performances from everyone in its cast—but its unique structure makes it particularly challenging in the context of an Oscar campaign. We discuss the film that has us all swooning, and then talk to Moonlight’s director Barry Jenkins, who has a theory that if one of his actors were onscreen longer, he’d have the best supporting actor statue wrapped up already. Panoply Survey: Here at Panoply, we want to get to know you (and your podcast listening habits) a little better. To take the next step, we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn't even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to megaphone.fm/survey Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Looking at the performances from Emma Stone, Annette Bening, Natalie Portman, and more that have everybody buzzing. Plus a post-mortem on The Birth of a Nation’s box-office failure and some bold predictions about the best supporting actress race. Panoply Survey: Here at Panoply, we want to get to know you (and your podcast listening habits) a little better. To take the next step, we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn't even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to megaphone.fm/survey Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The star of the indie drama Other People talks about how she's been playing dramatic characters even since her SNL days--whether or not people noticed. Plus discussion of the new HBO drama Westworld and the state of the best supporting actor race. Panoply Survey: Here at Panoply, we want to get to know you (and your podcast listening habits) a little better. To take the next step, we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn't even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to megaphone.fm/survey Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Fences trailer has us pretty excited, and we’re still asking questions about Birth of a Nation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Well, the diversity of winners was certainly heartening to see. Mike, Richard, and Joanna assess the awards, and share stories from the party circuit. Plus: Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt’s new trailer! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With TV's big night around the corner, Richard and Joanna handicap the big races. Plus: can La La Land's Toronto momentum last till Oscar night? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Maybe! Richard recounts his adventures in the mountains, where La La Land and Moonlight cast a spell. Plus: an interview with Emmy nominee Judith Light. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A conversation with The Light Between Oceans director Derek Cianfrance, and a discussion about an under-the-radar Oscar hopeful. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The director of The Birth of a Nation was acquitted on rape charges in 2001, but the controversy is just beginning. Plus: are these really the 100 best movies since 2000? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices