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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Lily Gladstone on Almost Quitting Acting Before ‘Killers,’ Secret Homages in Scorsese’s Film and Being An Awards Season “First”

Lily Gladstone, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a trailblazing Native American actress whose breakout performance in Martin Scorsese’s film Killers of the Flower Moon, as an Osage woman named Mollie Burkhart whose oil wealth made her a target of white men during what is known as the […]

‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Celine Song on True Story Behind ‘Past Lives,’ Final Draft’s Subtitles Problem and “In-Yun” in Her Life

Celine Song, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a 35-year-old Korean-Canadian playwright-turned-filmmaker whose largely autobiographical feature directorial debut, Past Lives, is now nominated for the best picture Oscar, and whose script for it has brought her a best original screenplay nod. Filmmaker magazine called Past Lives “as confident […]

‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: America Ferrera on Her ‘Barbie’ Monologue and Oscar Nom, ‘Ugly Betty’ Emmy and Battle With “Imposter Syndrome”

America Ferrera, the guest on this episode of The Hollywod Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of film students at Chapman University, is a 39-year-old actress, producer, director and activist who has been a public figure — and a trailblazer — for more than 20 years. Ferrera has starred in projects on screens […]

Podcast: Jon Batiste on Oscar-Nominated Song “It Never Went Away,” ‘American Symphony’ Oscar Snub and Grammys

Jon Batiste, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of an audience of film students at Chapman University, is a singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and actor. At just 37, he has already won five Grammys — including, in 2022, album of the year, for […]

‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Annette Bening on Oscar-Nominated Turn in ‘Nyad,’ Warren Beatty and 25 Years Since ‘American Beauty’

Annette Bening, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the most talented and admired actresses of her generation. Vanity Fair has called her “a leading lady from the old school,” who “epitomizes the wit and glamour of modern Hollywood.” The Los Angeles Times has said she “brings […]

Listen to ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast Episodes With 21 Oscar Nominees, From Annette Bening to Martin Scorsese

Twenty-one guests of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast are up for Oscars on March 10. All of the guests’ interviews can be found below with links to listen to their episodes. Every Awards Chatter podcast can also be found here, where fans can subscribe to the podcast, for free, providing them with access to […]

‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Julianne Moore on Reuniting with Todd Haynes for ‘May December,’ Why ‘Far from Heaven’ Almost Fell Apart and Why Oscars Matter

Julianne Moore, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the greatest screen actresses of her time, or any other. The winner of an Oscar, an Emmy and a BAFTA Award, two SAG, Golden Globe and Spirit awards and three National Board of Review and Critics Choice awards, […]

‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Emily Blunt on Working with Christopher Nolan on ‘Oppenheimer,’ Asking Husband John Krasinski to Cast Her in ‘A Quiet Place’ and 20 Years in Film

Emily Blunt, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, has been described by The Daily Beast as “one of the most impressive actresses working today,” by The Guardian as “the biggest British female movie star of her generation” and by her three-time collaborator Meryl Streep as “the best young actress […]

‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Mark Ronson on His Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Barbie’ Music, Amy Winehouse Memories and Celebrity DJ-ing in the ’90s

Mark Ronson, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast (which was recorded in front of an audience at the Newport Beach Film Festival last October), has been one of the most influential figures in the world of music for 25 years — even though he’s only 48. But it was only […]

‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Paul Giamatti on ‘The Holdovers,’ 20 Years of Not Auditioning Thanks to ‘Sideways’ and Why His Dad’s Sudden Death Led Him to Pursue Acting

Paul Giamatti, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the greatest character actors of all time. Giamatti is an Oscar nominee and winner of Emmy, Spirit and Critics Choice awards, three Golden Globe awards and three SAG awards, with credits to his name including 2003’s American Splendor, […]

‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Michelle Satter on 43 Years at Sundance Institute, Helping the Likes of Chloé Zhao and Ryan Coogler, and Her Jean Hersholt Award

Michelle Satter, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, has been called “the fairy godmother of independent cinema.” In 1981, she went to work for Robert Redford as the founding director of the Sundance Institute, the labs of which have, in the words of the Associated Press, “helped to launch […]

‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Martin Scorsese on ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Blending His Past Films, the Marvel Controversy and Almost Directing ‘Schindler’s List’

Martin Scorsese, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and, in the eyes of many, the greatest filmmaker alive today. Over the course of a career spanning nearly 60 years, Scorsese has directed 26 narrative features and 16 documentary features, among […]