THE HOLLYWOOD PODCAST

Neil Corbould is a two-time Oscar winning visual effects artist who previously won for Gladiator and Gravity and also nominated for Superman Returns, Snow White and the Huntsman, Rogue One. This year, he has the unique and historic distinction of receiving three nominations in the Visual Effects category. Along with Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1", he is also nominated for The Creator and Napoleon.

Joining Neil is fellow visual effects artist Jeff Sutherland who has finally earned his first Oscar nomination for working on the latest installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise after a career of working on some of the biggest blockbuster films like the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Transformers, Iron Man, Star Trek, The Avengers, Jurassic World, The Last Jedi, A Quiet Place and No Time to Die.

Sound editor Erik Aadahl discusses his work on his latest film, the futuristic sci-fi action thriller The Creator, directed by Gareth Edwards. Set in 2070, 15 years after artificial intelligence (AI) set off a nuclear detonation in Los Angeles, which started a war of humans against AI, an ex-special forces agent is recruited to hunt down and kill the "Creator," who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war.

Erik's work in The Creator has earned him his fourth Oscar nomination for Best Sound. His previous nominations were for Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Argo, and A Quiet Place.

Peter Sohn is the director of Pixar's latest animated film Elemental. Set in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic elements of nature, the story follows fire element Ember and water element Wade, who spend time together in the city while trying to save a convenience store owned by Ember's father, Bernie.

Elemental has earned Sohn his first Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. Peter’s been with Pixar dating back to Finding Nemo over 20 years ago and has previously directed the Pixar short Partly Cloudy in 2009 and the feature The Good Dinosaur in 2015.

For this episode, we are joined by director Sean Wang and producer Sam Davis, who just received their first Oscar nomination for the film Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó. The film is nominated for Best Documentary Short.

Dave Karger is an award-winning TV host, interviewer, journalist, and film expert. He is a host on Turner Classic Movies and has been the Oscars expert on NBC’s TODAY since 2000.

He's now out with his new book "50 Oscar Nights" which includes Karger's interviews with 50 Academy Award winners as they take us behind-the-scenes of their Oscar wins and tell never-before-told stories of Hollywood's biggest night.

Some of the interviewees include Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Hudson, Jane Fonda, Elton John, Martin Scorsese, Halle Berry, John Legend, Rita Moreno, Clint Eastwood, Michael Douglas, Mel Brooks, Olivia Colman, and Whoopi Goldberg.

Karger also provides his predictions on the 96th Oscars on March 10th and provides us with a sneak peak of the upcoming TCM Classic Film Festival in April.

Laurent Sénéchal is the editor of the 5-time Oscar nominated legal drama Anatomy of a Fall. In addition to Sénéchal's nomination for Best Film Editing, ANATOMY OF A FALL is also nominated for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress for Sandra Hüller, Best Director for Justine Triet, and Best Picture of the Year.

The film is about a woman who is suspected of her husband's murder, with their blind son facing a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

Vincent René-Lortie is the writer and director of the Oscar-nominated short INVINCIBLE. Inspired by a true story, INVINCIBLE recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom.

Sean Ono Lennon, the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, co-wrote and executive produced an animated short film "War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko" featuring the iconic peace anthem "Happy Xmas (War is Over)". The film has now been Oscar nominated for Best Animated Short Film.

Dave Mullins is the director of the film, as well as a co-screenwriter with Ono Lennon. Brad Booker served as the film's producer.

Set in an alternative WWI reality where a senseless war rages on, "War is Over!" is about two soldiers on opposing sides of the conflict who play a game of chess via carrier pigeon as the fighting escalates. Neither soldier knows his opponent as the game and the war builds to its climactic final move.