Marriage Story & Awkwafina have a big night at the Gotham Awards, NBR picks The Irishman, the Annie Awards don’t love Frozen 2 & Toy Story 4 enough(?), Atlanta joins the Bong Hive, & Adam Sandler loses then wins & we get a new Black Widow trailer!

Programming Announcement - Top of Show

GOTHAM AWARDS RECAP/ANALYSIS:

Specialty Award Highlights - 2:20

(Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Ava DuVernay, Laura Dern, Greta Gerwig)

Oscar Categories - 7:28

Gotham Specific Categories - 17:01

OTHER AWARDS RESULTS/NOMS:

BIFA Results - 20:34

Atl Film Critics Association - 21:48

Goya Awards - 25:07

AARP Movie Noms - 26:28

Annie Award Noms - 30:12

Satellite Award Noms - 31:19

AWARDS SEASON NEWS:

HFPA Rejects Uncut Gems as a Comedy/Musical - 35:00

National Board of Review Results - 36:27

Golden Globe Gervais Promos Drop - 40:51

CONTROVERSIES:

The Banker Actors Release Statement - 42:10

Olivia Wilde Defends Her Richard Jewell Character - 44:30

CONTENDER TRAILER REACTIONS:

Just Mercy Trailer 2 - 47:00

Black Widow Teaser Trailer - 48:29

HOST NEWS:

Tiffany Haddish Oscar Host Rumors - 51:27

Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 56:00

What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 57:08

OMG, there was so much Awards Season news this past week, and we cover it all! The Gotham Awards lead off the show as Marriage Story swept, Ava Duvernay & Olivia Wilde won our hearts and minds, and Awkwafina owns New York. We correlate the Gothams to the Oscars and breakdown all kinds of potential Academy fallout.

But we’re just getting started. For Sama takes home all kinds of hardware at the British Independent Film Awards, Atlanta loves Parasite, Pain & Glory has a strong showing at the Goya’s, The Two Popes are beloved at the AARP Movies For Grown Ups, the Annie Awards tab the animated feature contenders, and the Satellite Awards are full of snubs & surprises.

Uncut Gems is declared unfunny by the HFPA, heading into next week’s Golden Globe announcements before Mike1 breaks from his editing to report on the National Board of Review winners, including The Irishman, Quentin Tarantino, Renee Zellweger & Adam Sandler, YES, that Adam Sandler.

We also react to the Golden Globe promos for Ricky Gervais, follow up on the controversy surrounding The Banker, & discuss Richard Jewell & Olivia Wilde before breaking down the new trailers for Just Mercy and why not, Black Widow. Then we end with a story about Tiffany Haddish as a potential Oscars host.

It’s a jam-packed Oscar Race Checkpoint that we drove through the snow day to record for you all, and if you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts. Just click on our logo, scroll down a few seconds, and click that fifth star.

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