The Awardist

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Oscars 2024 coverage starts September 28th 2023 Sep 14, 2023

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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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Inside best drama category, The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin Aug 28, 2023

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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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Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, and inside the reality categories Aug 21, 2023

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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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Drama, Limited Series Actor/Actress, plus Jessica Chastain Aug 14, 2023

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'George & Tammy' star Jessica Chastain (in an interview conducted prior to the start of the SAG-AFTA strike) explains her 10-year journey with the project and reveals the scenes that scared her the most and why she still gets emotional thinking about Tammy Wynette. Plus, Awardist host Gerrad Hall and EW critic Kristen Baldwin break down the drama and limited series lead actor and actress categories.

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Dahmer star Niecy Nash-Betts, plus Limited Series and supporting categories Aug 07, 2023

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Dahmer star Niecy Nash-Betts breaks down some of her pivotal and heartbreaking moments in the Netflix limited series (in an interview conducted prior to the start of the SAG-AFTRA strike) — plus she explains the leap she made into drama, why she was happy to film Dahmer and Reno 911 at the same time, and more. Plus, we break down the Limited/Anthology Series race, as well as the drama and limited supporting actor and actress categories.

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Emmys postponed, Best Comedy Series predictions, Jury Duty showrunner Cody Heller Jul 31, 2023

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Will Ted Lasso three-peat as best comedy series Emmy winner or will it be The Bear? Maybe something else, like surprise (and beloved) nominee Jury Duty? Awardist host Gerrad Hall, EW editor in chief Patrick Gomez, and Sr. TV Editor Samantha Highfill debated that category, as well as supporting comedy actor. Plus, Jury Duty showrunner Cody Heller reveals how they were really able to pull off the show's big ruse — and when they thought they had blown it. And we discuss the latest on the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, including the now postponed 2023 Emmy Awards.

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Actors go on strike, plus Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein Jul 17, 2023

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Awardist host Gerrad Hall and EW writer Sydney Bucksbaum break down the biggest story in Hollywood: the actors' strike. We also weigh in on whether Ted Lasso can take the top comedy prize again and who among the cast is most likely to win, and we break down all of those acting nominations for The White Lotus. Plus, two-time Ted Lasso Emmy winner and 2023 nominee Brett Goldstein joins us (interview recorded prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike) to talk about the latest season of that series, including potential spin-offs, his take on Roy and Keeley's split, and more.

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Snubs, surprises, and more analysis of the 2023 Emmy nominations Jul 12, 2023

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Awardist host Gerrad Hall, EW critic Kristen Baldwin, and Sr. TV Editor Samantha Highfill chat via Twitter Space about the 2023 Emmy nominations, breaking down the snubs, surprises, and everything in between. Plus, they offer their hot takes on who will win, and even discuss a few potential 2024 Emmy contenders.

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2023 Emmy nomination predictions Jul 10, 2023

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Join us on Twitter @EW on July 12th, 2023 for our live reaction to the 2023 Emmy nominees

Awardist host Gerrad Hall, EW editor-in-chief Patrick Gomez, and critic Kristen Baldwin make their predictions for Emmy nominations in these categories: comedy, comedy actress and actor, comedy supporting actress and actor, drama, drama actress and actor, drama supporting actress and actor, variety scripted, variety talk, game show, game show host.

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2023 Emmy season highlights — Ayo Edebiri, Christina Applegate, Daniel Radcliffe, more Jun 26, 2023

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We're taking a look back at this season of Awardist podcast interviews, featuring highlights of our conversations with Paddy Considine, Mo Amer, Helen Mirren, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Rose McIver, Dominique Fishback, Sharon Horgan, Christina Applegate, Betty Gilpin, Morfydd Clark and Ismael Cruz Córdova, Ayo Edebiri, and Daniel Radcliffe and Eric Appel.

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