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01.30.22
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Tis The… OSCAR SEASON!

As each week in 2022 so far seems to raise a different answer to that age-old question first posed by mid-century humorist Dorothy Parker – what fresh hell is this? – why don’t we just speak about this year’s pending Oscar nominations announcement on Feb. 8?

FINALLY!

You know you want to.

Unless you’d rather talk about Ukraine?

I didn’t think so.

That is why this week we are bringing back:

POD FROM A CHAIR!!!

Join the Chair and Holly for the first ina series of all-things-Oscar pods where we unpack 2021’s inevitable award grabbers, or at least nominees.  

The actual awards aren’t being given out until March 27th so we have a lot of content time.  

And we have a lot of nominees. 

Bring it on!

This year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has deemed there can be no LESS than TEN best picture nominations.  They say it’s the pandemic but we say it’s more that we live in an age where –

EVERYONE GETS A PARTICIPATION PRIZE.

But more of that on the podcast, along with the Chair’s love for Andrew Garfield’s performance in Tick, Tick…Boom!  And the relentless overpraise for the film…

How could you not love this face?

Well, you’ll see.  Or hear.

Grab a Chair, I mean chair, have a listen and please inform us of how right and wrong we were on the afternoon of Feb. 8th.

Until then —

03.21.21
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Oscar Dish: Part 1

This week our podcast, POD FROM A CHAIR (Note: What else would we call it?)  tackles the just announced 2021 Oscar nominations. 

That means the Chair and Holly, our executive editor, break down the major category nominees and offer our predictions, preferences and, well,  general all around…dish.

… and it is a delicious dish. #wink

We also reflect on who was left out, Oscar wins and slights of the past AND the challenges of handing out awards for movies in a year when  we saw the overwhelming majority of FILMS on TV, Laptop, iPad and iPhone screens.

I know….

What we didn’t get to touch on is the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announcement several days ago that there will be NO NOMINEES ZOOMING into the Academy Awards next month from ANY LOCATION.

That’s right, if you’re nominated you’d best find a way to show up live and in person because for the first time in 12 months your presence online does not count for anything (Note: YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!).

UNPLUG

Never mind that those nominees will be seated socially distanced at Union Station  (yes, it’s a train station) in downtown Los Angeles to accept their awards.  It likely won’t look anything like the platforms on which we’ve all stood on when we’ve gone out to meet an Amtrak, subway, railroad or even Japanese bullet train in the past.

Instead it’ll be…um, okay, no one is quite sure yet.  This is reason alone to tune in Sunday, April 25th on ABC,  8pm EST and 5pm PST, and find out.

Now Boarding: Best Picture!

Speaking of tuning in, check out the first of our two pods here:

#1 covers supporting actor and actress as well as best original and adapted screenplay.

 #2, which will drop on Tuesday, focuses on best actor and actress, director and picture.

You can also find them and more on our brand new NEW INSTAGRAM PAGE

A LOT more to come, A LOT more to follow and, always, A TON more to comment on – so stay tuned.

And YES, there are certainly more important issues going on in the world than who will win the 2021 Oscars.   Which is precisely the reason to take some time out to discuss them.