Russell Crowe was nominated for Best Actor three times in a row in 2000, 2001, and 2002, then never again. We catch up with him at the tail end of his hot streak as Michelle Lee returns to Film Fest to talk all things A Beautiful Mind: the extremely hot Connelly and Bettany, Miya's love of Ron Howard (?), this insane year for Best Original Score, and so much more. It's the final entry in Power Couples Film Fest!

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On this week's episode of Power Couples Film Fest, say shava with us as we dive into Bollywood, K3G, and the tangled love lives of Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan with the one and only Ikya Kandula. Great music, great dancing, GREAT sweaters, and more Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan talk than you can handle (plus a little more): it's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham!

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Today Film Fest takes you back to the halcyon days of 2005: shimmery tank tops, cheap bangles, emo bangs, Crash vs. Brokeback Mountain...and, of course, Brangie. Go on a trip through time with us and the great Nti Aning as we dissect the whole Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie/Jennifer Aniston...thing and talk all things Mr. and Mrs. Smith!

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What drives someone to climb a mountain by themselves with no rope? More importantly, what drives someone to love that someone? We go on a quadruple date with author-poet-illustrator (and Brad's wife) Lena Moses-Schmitt to tackle the Oscar-winning nailbiter Free Solo and see if we can find the answer. Who exactly is the power couple in question: the Honnolds or Jimmy Chin & E. Chai Vasarhelyi? You can't make us choose!

Start your engines, folks, because it's race day in America. We're rounding the first turn of this season with Tony Scott's fuel-injected NASCAR romance Days of Thunder. How did one of Hollywood's most notorious nineties couples get its start? Whatever happened to Nicole Kidman's curls? When was Tom Cruise at his hottest? When was John C. Reilly? Obie Hamrick joins us as we put our foot on the gas and get...revved up? (Ran out of car words I know.)

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Good morning, Angels! Today your assignment is deceptively simple: unlock the mysteries of McG, the brief but seismic impact of Tom Green, the odd appeal of the Drew Barrymore Show, and the career that Lucy Liu should have had. To assist you, we're bringing in Andrew Ortiz, founder of Super Yaki, whose knowledge and experience with 2000s ephemera you will surely find invaluable. Good luck -- oh, and Angels? Watch out for the Thin Man.

If your closet isn't already bursting with Super Yaki, start shopping here!

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Some say you're not truly married until you've played brother and sister on screen. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson show us how it's done as we talk Nora Ephron's insta-classic Sleepless in Seattle with the wise and wonderful Abi Balingit!

Abi's amazing cookbook Mayumu: Filipino American Desserts Remixed is out now!

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You might be wondering, Film Fest! Where the hell have you been, loca?  Well, wonder no more because Film Fest is back with a second season!

Welcome to POWER COUPLES FILM FEST, where we're covering films made by or with famous couples. First up - you better hold on tight, spider monkeys, because we're diving into the tangled web of vampires, werewolves, and Robsten. It's Twilight, with the great Rosie Alejandrino!

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*toot toot te-toooot* Welcome to the Bad Kids Film Fest closing ceremony! Please take your seats, silence your cell phones, and note your nearest exit in case of emergency. It's time to hand out awards, reflect on a season of nasty kiddies, and crack the gates to next season's film fest!

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Hon hon hon, bonjour nos amis! Our final Bad Kids screening is here, and we've saved a doozy for last: Francois Truffaut's masterpiece directorial debut, The 400 Blows. Together with writer Emily Costa (Until It Feels Right) we marvel, stan, gush, and lavish praise on a movie that certainly doesn't need more of it. But you know what? Good movie!

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