Prestige Junkie

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 very twisty movie at the 52 minute mark, so be warned!

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The prolific producer, whose new project Fight Night debuts on Peacock September 5, has built a career on entertaining audiences Hollywood often overlooks. He shares a few secrets of how he's done it, and how surviving the TikTok era and the post-strike industry requires some optimism — but also willingness to take risks. 

The episode also includes a look ahead to the Telluride Film Festival with guest co-host Sean Fennessey, and some speculation about how Challengers might make a slow awards-season comeback.

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The Emmy nominee and star of Fallout and the upcoming White Lotus season three looks back at what drove him to make a living in Hollywood, how he and Jonathan Nolan crossed paths at the Oscar nominee luncheon years before teaming up for Fallout, and what keeps him coming back to film and TV sets. 

The episode also includes a conversation between Katey and Gold Derby's Chris Rosen about the state of play in the Emmys race, the most competitive categories, and how the presence of Meryl Streep upends any awards season.

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The Emmy-nominated talent behind the fifth season of Fargo joined me live in Los Angeles to talk about the connections they built on set and the hit show's new nod to the original movie.

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The Slow Horses Emmy nominee describes the surprising joys of being part of a television show that's already filmed five seasons, with more on the way, and how it brings him back to his roots in the theater. But before that, guest co-host Tyler Coates joins Katey to dig into the true inner workings of awards season, which controversies might still be on the horizon, and why some things about the process may never change no matter what.

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David Canfield joins Katey Rich to look at the films that have already built a strong base of awards season support, from early year standouts like Sing Sing and Anora to upcoming hopefuls like Gladiator 2 and The Wild Robot. Then Katey talks to Nikki Glaser, who earned her first-ever Emmy nomination for her hit standup special Someday You'll Die, and is still trying to figure out what to do with her new level of fame following the Tom Brady roast.

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Chris Feil joins Katey to break down all the premieres announced for festivals in Venice, Toronto and beyond, and go deep on William S. Burroughs's Queer, soon to be a film from Luca Guadagnino. Then, Katey talks to songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who are Emmy-nominated for their Only Murders in the Building original song "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It". They will be in the extremely rare class of EGOT winners if they take home the Emmy — but they have to get past their friend and collaborator Sara Bareilles first.

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Rob Long, the host of the Martini Shot podcast, joins Katey Rich to talk about what it's really like when you're nominated for an Emmy, and why in an era of endless uncertainty in Hollywood, awards might actually mean more than ever. Then Katey talks to Moses Ingram, the star of the new Apple TV+ series Lady in the Lake, about coming home to Baltimore to make the show, and how her co-star Natalie Portman has shown genuine allyship as they hit the promotional circuit together.

Jordan Hoffman joins Katey Rich to discuss the highlights of this year’s Emmy nominations, from FX getting even better news than expected to the shutout for a recent Oscar winner. Plus, Shogun creators Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks join Katey to reflect on the unlikely road to 25 nominations — and how they wish they were celebrating.

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The star and executive producer of the new film Sing Sing talks about the fearless collaboration required to make the movie, both with the director Greg Kwedar and his co-stars, many of whom were formerly incarcerated members of the theater program at the heart of the film. 

The episode also includes a conversation between Katey Rich and Gold Derby’s Chris Rosen about their final Emmy nomination predictions, and which shows might surprise us when the nominations are announced next week.

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The writer and director Michael Sarnoski says that before he said yes to directing the spinoff A Quiet Place: Day One, he had to be certain he could bring something personal to the franchise world created by John Krasinski. On this week's episode he tells Katey Rich how he did just that, and found remarkable box office success in the process. 

But before that, The Ringer's Joanna Robinson joins Katey Rich for our first Oscar flashback, celebrating the 35th anniversary of sex lies and videotape and the indie film boom it inspired. Joanna and Katey look back at Steven Soderbergh's autobiographical inspirations, the performances that hold up the best, and why the Oscars weren't quite ready for this movie, even if they would be now.

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Esther Zuckerman joins Katey Rich to talk about Kinds of Kindness, The Bikeriders, and Janet Planet, made by some of the most exciting directors working and with varying levels of hope for hanging around until awards season at the year’s end. Then Katey talks to Julianne Nicholson, the star of Janet Planet, about building the film’s unique world with writer-director Annie Baker.

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Host Katey Rich is joined by The Atlantic and Blank Check's David SIms to take a look at Inside Out 2, what it means for the summer's sputtering box office and the future of Disney, and how it might fit into the next Oscar race. Then Katey talk to two stars of Abbott Elementary, Lisa Ann Walter and Sheryl Lee Ralph, who have bonded closely over everything from union work to TCM.

Katey Rich is joined by The Ankler's founder and chief columnist Richard Rushfield, who has spent a lot of the summer talking about the ways Hollywood is going wrong but consents to some optimism when it comes to the Emmys race. Then, Baby Reindeer Jessica Gunning talks to Katey about the Oscar-winning makeup artist who helped with her Baby Reindeer audition, what it's like when she and co-star Richard Gadd go out together in public now, and what might come next after such a huge breakout performance.

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Elaine Low joins Katey Rich to explain why shows like Emmy heavyweights The Bear, Shogun, and The White Lotus are so hard to replicate, and which successful TV trends might be poised for a cargo pants-style comeback. Then Katey talks to Seth Meyers about 10 years of his show Late Night With Seth Meyers, getting heckled via text by John Oliver, and why when Dolly Parton asks if she can send people your children's book, you say yes. 

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Host Katey Rich is joined by This Had Oscar Buzz co-host Joe Reid to discuss the Cannes Film Festival winners, and which titles could follow in the footsteps of The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall to major Oscar success. 

Then, Katey talks to Maya Rudolph about the second season of her series Loot, in which she co-stars alongside Michaela Jae Rodriguez, Joel Kim Booster, Nat Faxon, and more. After coming up on Saturday Night Live and guest starring on virtually every great comedy of the past two decades, Rudolph says “I feel far funnier among funny people as opposed to being the center of something.” As Loot emerges as a true workplace comedy in its second season, it certainly allows her to do just that.

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Host Katey Rich is joined by Sean McNulty to talk about the impact of Shogun moving to the best drama series Emmy race, and why the show’s success is so thrilling even if you’re not an FX or Disney shareholder.

Then Katey talks to Under the Bridge star Lily Gladstone about her busy life post-Oscar nomination, her personal connection to the true story behind the show, and why making a comedy with Bowen Yang is a more logical step for her than you might expect.

Hosted by The Ankler’s Awards Editor Katey Rich, the Prestige Junkie podcast is your weekly guide to all of Hollywood’s awards season, featuring conversations with the biggest talents who make it happen. First episode drops May 21.