TheWrap-Up

This week on "TheWrap-Up," hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt are joined by Jeremy Helligar and NPR’s TV critic Eric Deggans to discuss Barry Jenkins' new Amazon series, "The Underground Railroad." Is the series too violent? And is it suitable for children?

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This week on "TheWrap-Up, our interview with Cynthia Erivo, star of National Geographic Channel's "Genius: Aretha."

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This week on "TheWrap-Up," hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed the sweeping changes undertaken by the HFPA, CNN's Rick Santorum problem and Caitlyn Jenner's run for office.

Then, following an LA Times exposé into the culture at ICM Partners, many are wondering if this will lead to change within the Hollywood management community. We discuss with TheWrap’s film editor Beatrice Verhoeven and film reporter Umberto Gonzalez.

Finally, Donald Trump remains banned on Facebook but the social media company's Oversight Board left some questions about his future on the platform unanswered. TheWrap's tech reporter Sean Burch drops by to help us make sense of it all.

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This week on "TheWrap-Up," we dig into Endeavor's big move to go public.

Then, we dig into Endeavor's big move to go public. What did CEO Ari Emanuel learn from the first failed attempt? What's different about this time? TheWrap's Diane Haithman and Tim Baysinger help us answer those questions.

Plus, the ratings for this year's Academy Awards were bad. Real bad. But so were the ratings for every big awards show this season. Will they ever bounce back? TheWrap TV editor Tony Maglio joins us to discuss.

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This week on "TheWrap-Up," we bring on TheWrap's awards editor Steve Pond to give us his predictions for the big night. Will there be one big winner? Is there a category he'd bet his life on? We'll break it all down.

And our interview with Emerald Fennell, the Oscar-nominated writer/director of "Promising Young Woman." She talked about the film managed to balance different genres and if she's done telling this type of story (hint: She's not).

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This week on "TheWrap-Up," Awards Editor Steve Pond sat down with the directors of the five films nominated for an Oscar in the Best International Feature category: Derek Tsang, the director of Hong Kong's entry "Better Days," Alexander Nanau on behalf of Romania's "Collective," Jasmila Zbanic for "Quo Vadis, Aida?" from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kaouther Ben Hania for "The Man Who Sold His Skin" from Tunisia and Thomas Vinterberg from Denmark's "Another Round."

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This week on "TheWrap-Up," we sit down with the directors of the five films nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category: Maite Alberdi of "The Mole Agent," Garrett Bradley of "Time," Pippa Ehrlich of "My Octopus Teacher," Alexander Nanau of "Collective" and Nicole Newnham of "Crip Camp."

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This week on "TheWrap-Up," we're joined by four up-and-coming actors -- Rhoemi Smith, Natalee Linez, Harley Harrison Yanoff and Lee Doud -- to discuss how they pivoted to other things during the pandemic (but never gave up on acting).

Plus, NFTs are the big craze these days and you bet Hollywood wants in on it. The question is -- how? Oanda senior analyst Ed Moya and Martin Nolan, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Julien's Auctions, help us figure it out.

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This week on "TheWrap-Up," we're joined by "One Night in Miami" star Leslie Odom Jr., who scored two Oscar nominations for his work on the film (Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song).

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This week on "TheWrap-Up," we're joined by actress Olivia Munn to discuss the alarming rise in attacks against Asian Americans. Munn talked about why she decided to speak out and her reaction to the horrific shootings that took place this week in Georgia.

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