Prestige Junkie

Nov 04 2024 27 ep. 51 mins 89

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A weekly podcast hosted by The Ankler's awards editor Katey Rich, featuring lively and endlessly curious discussion of the film and television awards races and the business that surrounds them. Episodes will also include interviews with top awards contenders and the major players in the races that make Hollywood run.

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How the Election Will Impact the Oscar Race, No Matter How it Turns Out

Nov 04 2024 55 mins

Tyler Coates joins Katey to talk about why the Oscars and politics are so eternally entwined, and how no matter what happens in Tuesday's election, the impact will be felt throughout the season. The episode also includes a conversation with June Squibb, the 94-year-old star of the summertime hit Thelma, who has a lot of wisdom about tackling physical challenges small and large and

Kirsten Dunst on the Art of the Close-Up, and Michael Schulman on This Year’s Oscar Wars

Oct 29 2024 46 mins

Katey talks to Civil War star Kirsten Dunst about her powerful work in the Alex Garland thriller, and how she decides when it’s worth taking on a movie when she’s got two young boys demanding her attention at home. The episode also features a conversation with New Yorker staff writer and author Michael Schulman about the big narratives driving this year’s awards season, from

Stephen and Evie Colbert, Tom Bernard, and an Oscar Race Deep Dive: Live From Montclair!

Oct 22 2024 79 mins

Listen in on our live panel event at the Montclair Film Festival, featuring awards season speculation from Chris Murphy and Chris Rosen and true insider insight from Sony Pictures Classics co-president and co-founder Tom Bernard. Then Katey sits down with Stephen Colbert, who hosts some of the most high profile onstage events of the festival, and his wife Evie McGee Colbert, the pr

The Biggest Best Picture Questions with Chris Feil, Plus Morgan Neville on Throwing Out the Documentary Rulebook With 'Piece by Piece'

Oct 15 2024 60 mins

With the best picture race still anyone's game, This Had Oscar Buzz co-host Chris Feil joins Katey to ask the big questions that will determine the race, from how international voters play into it to what Clint Eastwood might have in store. Then, Katey talks to Morgan Neville, the Oscar-winning documentarian whose new film Piece by Piece he's calling a work of "creative nonfiction"

Cristin Milioti's Ride Through "Crazy-Making" Hollywood

Oct 08 2024 50 mins

Now going toe to toe with Colin Farrell in the HBO series The Penguin, Cristin Milioti has emerged on the other side of the Hollywood strikes knowing more about what she wants from this business — even if she knows it's "crazy-making and bad for us all." The episode also includes a conversation with Vanity Fair's Chris Murphy about his recent cover story on Wicked stars Ariana

Inside the Handmade Magic of The Wild Robot

Oct 01 2024 49 mins

Chris Sanders, the writer and director of The Wild Robot, explains the groundbreaking technology that allows his animated film to look like it's hand-painted — because it is! Plus, Jordan Hoffman joins for a conversation about the New York Film Festival, the buzz around Nickel Boys and what makes this festival unlike any other in the fall schedule. Subscribe to the Prestige Jun

Will Ferrell and Harper Steele Are On the Road Again

Sep 24 2024 52 mins

The titular stars of the road trip documentary Will & Harper, Will Ferrell and Harper Steele are reuniting to talk about the film with eager audiences around the country— and they’re still busy trying to make each other laugh, too. The episode also includes a conversation between Katey and The Ankler’s Richard Rushfield about the biggest burning questions of awards season, f

The Complete Emmys Rundown

Sep 16 2024 43 mins

Elaine Low joins Katey for a dispatch from Emmys weekend parties, and a look at how this year's Emmy results might tell us where Hollywood is headed next. Then Katey catches up with Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascon, who already won a best actress prize at Cannes for her breakthrough role in the film. She's freshly home from Telluride and Toronto and is gearing up for a lot more

Live From the Toronto International Film Festival With Hugh Grant

Sep 10 2024 47 mins

Hello TIFF! For Prestige Junkie's inaugural year in Toronto we teamed up with TIFF to present this live edition of the podcast. First Katey is joined by Vulture's Joe Reid to look back at the festival thus far, with plenty of buzzy best actress performances and a coveted audience award on the line. Then Hugh Grant joins Katey to discuss his new A24 thriller Heretic but also so much

And We’re Off! Telluride, Venice and Awards Season’s Earliest Contenders

Sep 03 2024 63 mins

Katey is joined by Indiewire’s David Ehrlich to run down the highlights of the Telluride and Venice Film Festivals, which already have awards season running at full speed— and we haven’t even gotten to Toronto yet. The episode also includes a conversation with Willa Fitzgerald, the star of the summer’s breakout thriller Strange Darling. She gets into spoilers about this ver