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Episode Nine - No Country for Old Men - 2007 - If the Road You Have Traveled Has Brought You to This, of What Use was the Road? Jul 20, 2020

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No Country for Old Men wins Best Picture, Best Director(s),Best Screenplay - Roderick Jaynes is nominated for but does not win Best Editing in a year that also saw There Will Be Blood, La Vie en Rose and Ratatouille

Bonus Episode - Interview with AwardsDaily's Editor Ryan Adams Jul 20, 2020

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He joined the site in 2007 and has been a faithful friend and great addition to the site ever since. We have a long chat...

Episode Eight 2006 -The Departed - I'm the Guy Doing his Job, You Must be the Other Guy Jul 08, 2020

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Martin Scorsese finally wins Best Director for his most excellent film The Departed. But it was a closer race than it might have been, with Dreamgirls, Little Miss Sunshine and Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima. I finally took my daughter to Italy to meet her father.

Episode Seven -Brokeback Mountain - 2005 - Why Can't I Quit You? May 06, 2020

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Returning from a long break and visiting the year was 2005 -- Brokeback Mountain was the film to beat until Crash won in an 11th hour shocker.

Episode Six - Million Dollar Baby - 2004 You Don't Understand My Plight Dec 15, 2019

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The year was 2004 -- Million Dollar Baby came in at the last minute and beat Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. But it was also the year that Alexander Payne's wonderful film Sideways entered the race.

Episode Five - Return of the King - 2003 - I'm Glad You Here With Me, Here at the End of All Things Dec 08, 2019

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The year was 2003 and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King was about to win Best Picture. A new relationship would upend our lives and cause much damage. But it would be a learning experience like no other.

Episode Four - Chicago - 2002 - And That's Showbiz, Kid Nov 24, 2019

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It was the year Roman Polanski and Harvey Weinstein faced off for the Best Picture Oscar. Nicole Kidman, Adrien Brody won Oscars in lead. Chicago would be the big winner in Best Picture.

Episode Three - A Beautiful Mind - 2001 - To Be a Poet and Not Know the Trade Nov 17, 2019

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A Beautiful Mind was hit with a smear campaign, a publicist makes contact, a bad break up and a new move, plus Halle Berry and Denzel Washington make history at the Oscars

Episode Two - Gladiator - 2000 - What We Do in Life Echoes in Eternity Nov 10, 2019

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Gladiator beats Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and why Almost Famous continues to resonate over time. Oscars at the turn of the millennium, how social media has changed everything and what it was like to pretend to be a journalist.

Intro and Episode One - I Think it Would be Fun to Run a Newspaper Oct 31, 2019

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Why did I start an Oscars website 20 years ago? What has it been like living online from the turn of the millennium to now. How did I raise a baby and a podcast at the same time? Welcome to Gold Tripping, a podcast memoir that lays it all out. This episode is about the events in my life that led me to a life online.

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