When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces its annual Academy Award nominations each year, everyone in the Times Union newsroom and beyond turns immediately to features writer and movie buff C.J. Lais for his estimation of the nominees, and his educated prediction of the winners. On this episode of The Eagle, we'll hear his hot take on the upcoming Oscars.

Also on this episode, we say farewell to an intrepid reporter, and get the latest developments in the multifarious controversy surrounding New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

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