Prestige Junkie
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A weekly podcast hosted by The Ankler's awards editor Katey Rich, featuring lively and endlessly curious discussion of the film and television awards races and the business that surrounds them. Episodes will also include interviews with top awards contenders and the major players in the races that make Hollywood run.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 1h 2min
The Project Hail Mary Miracle, With Drew Goddard
Katey and Chris discuss the new sci-fi adventure, which isn't just a great movie but, thank goodness, a hit. Then Katey talks to screewnriter Drew Goddard about how it all came together, from the friendship he formed with Andy Weir when adapting The Martian to how they navigated the movie through six years, a corporate takeover, and all the tiny rewrites it took to make something this good.
00:00 Intro
01:00 Review & Box Office Expectations
03:45 March Sci-Fi Release Corridor
05:51 Ryan Gosling's Star Power
08:14 Evolution Of Gosling's Comedy
13:30 Chemistry With Sandra Hüller
14:49 Rocky The Alien
16:07 Lord & Miller's Directing
18:40 2027 Oscar Potential
21:28 Winning An Oscar As A Movie Star
23:20 Drew Goddard
25:15 Origins Of The Movie
27:19 Balancing TV And Features
29:28 Developing An Epic During Covid
31:33 Writing The First Draft
34:13 Writing Rocky The Alien
36:20 Teaming Up With Lord & Miller
37:51 Surviving Studio Shuffles
39:27 Writing For IMAX & Theaters
47:13 Sandra Hüller As Stratt
51:16 Are Screenwriters Endangered?
54:27 Managing Big Budget Anxiety
56:25 Opening Weekend Emotions
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Mar 24, 2026 • 39min
The 2026 Oscars In Review
Katey and Chris cap off their epic Oscar watchalong with a recap of everything that happened at the 98th Academy Awards, from the One Battle After Another triumph to some major, thrilling surprises. It's all over! Here's what we thought in the end.
00:00 Intro & The 98th Academy Awards Reactions
01:27 One Battle After Another And Sinners
03:43 Michael B. Jordan's Best Actor Win
07:16 Casting & Cinematography Surprises
10:21 A Beautiful In Memoriam Segment
12:08 Musical Performances
13:48 Conan O'Brien
20:01 Best Presenters
20:57 Kumail Nanjiani Handles an Oscar Tie
23:41 Sean Penn's Absence & Kieran Culkin's Speech
26:37 Did the Oscars Get It Right?
33:21 Timothée Chalamet's Tough Night
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Mar 11, 2026 • 1h 45min
Our Final Oscar Predictions, Plus Bill Kramer and Lynette Howell Taylor on How the Academy Really Works
Katey and Chris share their final predictions in all 24 Oscar categories, including plenty of debate and some last-minute changing of minds, especially in those three challenging acting categories. Then, Katey catches up with Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Lynette Howell Taylor, revealing what happens in the last-minute preparations for the Oscars, how the Academy pulls off big changes like moving to YouTube, and some of their all-time favorite Oscar moments.
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Mar 3, 2026 • 1h 2min
Actor Awards Shockers, Plus an Essential Guide to the Oscar-Nominated Shorts
Katey and Chris Rosen dissect the genuine surprises from the Actor Awards, the Sinners surge, and why this is all good for Wagner Moura, too. Then they dig into the 15 films nominated across the three short film categories, and try to predict who might win — though be warned, watching the shorts is sometimes incredibly unhelpful for actually predicting who will win.
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Feb 28, 2026 • 27min
Kate Hudson On Her Wild Oscar Season Ride and Taking Risks with Song Sung Blue
The best actress Oscar nominee returns to the podcast to share what it means that her heartfelt musical became a box office sensation, and reveals when she'll finally find the time to process the craziness of awards season — she has a specific time and date in mind, believe it or not.
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Feb 24, 2026 • 1h 6min
Did BAFTA Just Upend Several Oscar Races? Plus, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas on Her Sentimental Value Breakthrough
Katey and Chris Rosen gather just hours after the BAFTA Awards to discuss some thrillingly surprising acting wins, and look ahead to how it might predict the Actor Awards and Producers Guild Awards coming up this weekend. Then Katey talks to best supporting actress nominee Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas about how starring in a huge international hit can change your life — and how to protect yourself in the process.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 30min
Ethan Hawke's Hope for the Future: "We're All So Much Stronger Than We Think"
The Blue Moon star joins to talk about the big risk he and his old friend Richard Linklater took to make their film about Lorenz Hart, and why he always leaves the Sundance Film Festival eager to make his next movie.
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Feb 17, 2026 • 1h 4min
Oscar Upsets to Look Out for with Jacqueline Coley, Plus Wunmi Mosaku on Her Big Sinners Moment
Jacqueline Coley, awards editor at Rotten Tomatoes and host of Seen on the Screen with Jacqueline Coley, joins Katey to dive deep into the Independent Spirit Awards, look ahead to the BAFTA and Actor Awards, and figure out which Oscar races have the most upset potential. Then Wunmi Mosaku joins to talk about how she found her way to her character Annie in Sinners, and what she's taken away from the whirlwind awards season process that came next.
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Feb 14, 2026 • 49min
Live from the Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Rose Byrne, Ruth Carter, Stellan Skarsgard, and Many More
What does it really feel like to be an Oscar nominee, and what do they all talk about when they get together? We went to the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon to find out for ourselves.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 1h 10min
What Heated Rivalry Can Teach Us About Stardom, Plus Harry Melling on the Bold Leap of Pillion
Film critic Katie Walsh joins Katey to talk about meteoric rise of Heated Rivalry stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, the intense fandom that's developed around them, and what their sudden stardom ought to teach Hollywood. Then Katey talks to Harry Melling about his bold and surprisingly sweet romance Pillion, which required some predictable risks — working with a first-time director, learning to ride a motorcycle — but also the unexpected terror of shaving his head for the first time.
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