All This and the Oscars Too Podcast - Sasha Stone

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Ep 90: Frontrunners and Challengers: Who Will Save the Golden Globes!? Jul 30, 2026

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Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen discuss the HFPA’s $150 million lawsuit against Penske Corp. in an attempt to take back the Golden Globes. Can they break up the unethical Penske monopoly on the trades and the Globes? Also Behemoth! Starring Pedro Pascal. We talk Best Actor and Best Actress. We talk The Odyssey. We talk Ryan Gosling and his chances for Project Hail Mary.

And we read from Joseph Kahn’s brilliant piece in the Hollywood Reporter: Bring Back the Hollywood A*****e.

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Frontrunners and Challengers - Ep. 89: How Many Oscars Can The Odyssey Win? Jul 23, 2026

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Sasha Stone talks with Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen about The Odyssey, how they liked it, and how many Oscars it will win. We also talk about the new Little House and whether it’s “woke” or not. We also talk about the Venice and Toronto announcements of upcoming films.

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Frontrunners and Challengers: The Odyssey Dives Into the Culture War Jul 09, 2026

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Sasha Stone, Jeremy Jentzen, and Scott Kernen talk about the “woke” casting choices in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and how that has turned it into yet another battle in our ongoing culture war. The film is on track to make close a billion worldwide but it is also becoming a target by the Right and a virtue signal by the Left. How will it do in the Oscars? Also, we go through Armie Hammer’s walk-back of his performance in Citizen Vigilante, and the various categories, and where they stand now.

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Frontrunners and Challengers! Tom Cruise's Best Actor Campaign Begins, Jesse Eisenberg's New Movie and the Wonders of AI Jun 25, 2026

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Sasha Stone, Jeremy Jentzen, and Scott Kernen talk movies and culture, starting with Tom Cruise’s Oscar campaign getting started with a Digger teaser, plus the wonders of AI and a true crime story in Michigan that Jeremy lived through.

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Frontrunners and Challengers Podcast Jun 18, 2026

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Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen talk about the state of the film industry and the Oscar race. Sean Penn’s January 6th movie, the first AI movie, Disclosure Day’s box office, Uwe Boll’s new movie, and whether Obsession has any Oscar prospects. We also talk about how Hollywood has become so alienating because of its politics, and whether there is any hope that they will stop being so completely partisan in the future.

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Frontrunners and Challengers: Talking Cannes, Obsession and the Oscar Race Jun 11, 2026

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After a bit of a break, Sasha, Scott, and Jeremy are back to talk about Obsession and why the horror genre allows people to be more creative. We talk about the current Oscar race and whether Cannes will be a factor this year. We talk about AI and why it is not going away anytime soon. We also go through Scott’s most recent predictions and try to find the “Woke Movie” we know will win Best Picture.

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Frontrunners and Challengers: Is it Tom Cruise's Year? May 08, 2026

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Sasha Stone, Jeremy Jentzen, and Scott Kernen talk about the very early Oscar race, Tom Cruise in Digger, and why we are getting ahead of ourselves and how that’s not great for the Oscars. Also, can Jafar Jackson get a nomination for Michael or is the film too controversial and the Best Actor race in general. Plus, 9/11 conspiracy theories.

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Frontrunners and Challengers: The Paramount Merger, The Cannes Lineup and the Emmy Sidebar Apr 16, 2026

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Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen discuss the Paramount/WB merger and why it’s better for Hollywood, the Cannes Lineup that has no American movies, and we talk a bit about the catastrophic year of 2020 and how it broke America.

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Frontrunners and Challengers: Lessons from 2026 and Project Hail Mary's Oscar Chances Mar 26, 2026

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Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen ruminate on last year’s Oscar race and what mistakes were made, and how the Oscars can improve. Project Hail Mary and way too early Oscar predictions for Best Picture. Plus, will controversy chase the Michael Jackson movie? How will Greta Gerwig’s Narnia fare?

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2026 Oscars! The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Oscars Mar 17, 2026

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Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen deconstruct the 98th Academy Awards. Scott was there! How did the ceremony go? Was it fun? We gossip, we chew the scenery like Sean Penn. Actually, we don’t. We have a long conversation with the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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