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VF’s Hollywood Correspondent Rebecca Keegan has been on a fly on the wall backstage at the Oscars for years, and joins to share her stories from inside. Plus, our final Oscar predictions, for best director and best picture. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

What really happens when you get a lot of famous people in one room? In the Limelight co-host Julie Miller shares stories from inside the famous soiree. Plus, discussion of the animated short film nominees and predictions for best actor and actress.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The supporting actor and actress Oscar categories, typically handed out early in the broadcast, are your best chance to see major movie stars without staying up too late. We predict those categories, and also discuss the live-action short nominees.OSCAR WEEK GIVEAWAY || Leave us a review on iTunes for a chance to win a Blu-ray set of four Best Picture nominees: Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Hell or High Water, and Hacksaw Ridge. Please include your Twitter handle in your iTunes review; winners will be contacted via Twitter. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ted Melfi is nominated for two Oscars this year, but as the co-writer and director of Hidden Figures, he’s been happy to let stars like Taraji P. Henson take center stage. Plus, the beginning of our Oscar predictions! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The documentary short films category can be difficult to predict, but includes some of the best films in the running. We discuss these heartbreakers, and also talk to Roger Ross Williams, director of the Oscar-nominated feature documentary Life, Animated. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With Oscar voting in full swing, we discuss the results of the BAFTA awards and make a few last-minute pleas to voters. Then we get an advance look at the TV addiction of the spring, Ryan Murphy’s Feud.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After winning a Directors Guild Award over the weekend, La La Land director Damien Chazelle seems ready to become the youngest best director Oscar winner in history. Can anything stop him? Plus, the annual Oscar nominee group photo:http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/emma-stone-ryan-gosling-oscar-nominees-class-photo-2017  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With Hollywood fired up and angrier than ever in the early days of the Trump administration, what does the next month of red carpets have in store? Plus, our interview with the filmmakers of the Oscar-nominated short documentary The White Helmets. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The annual tradition of gathering Hollywood’s best and brightest has continued with this year’s Hollywood Issue, and Vanity Fair’s executive west coast editor Krista Smith joins to give us a look behind the scenes of the biggest photo shoot of the year.  See all of the past Hollywood Issue covers at: http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2012/03/hollywood-cover-timeline-slideshow-201203 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The gang gathers from three different time zones to hash out this year’s Oscar nominations, including the snubs (Amy Adams!), the surprises (Michael Shannon!), and the truly inexplicable (Oscar nominee Suicide Squad!).  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look ahead at next week's Oscar nominations announcement, plus an interview with Captain Fantastic writer/director Matt Ross.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The star of Hacksaw Ridge and Silence addresses his viral Golden Globes moment, how he learned to handle fame, and what he learned about self-loathing from Mike Nichols. Plus a look at the Golden Globes winners and the latest in Oscar buzz. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With the first major televised awards show of the season coming, we predict the upsets and the viral moments, plus a look at the box office hits that emerged over the holiday.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We discuss Richard Lawson’s top 10 list and our own picks for the best films of the year—plus one can’t-miss TV show.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As the industry shuts down for a holiday break and digs into their piles of screeners, we predict where the season’s buzz is headed—and which films will benefit most from the awards nominations thus far.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Why Octavia Spencer is suddenly in the club but Annette Bening might not be. Plus, there's a new Star Wars movie!  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New critics’ awards and the upcoming Golden Globes give us lots of Oscar buzz to discuss. But first, we address the situation with Casey Affleck, whose best actor campaign doesn’t seem hampered by sexual assault allegations...but should it be? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With a slew of critic’s groups and other groups handing out the first awards of the year, we take a look at what it all means, which titles have emerged on top, and how the box office might make more of  a difference than anything else.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As voting deadlines for various critic’s groups loom, a number of movies have finally revealed themselves, most notably Fences—a slam-dunk Oscar win for Viola Davis, and a possible coronation of Denzel Washington as an actor-turned-director genius. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In the wake of the unexpected conclusion to the presidential election, we debate how Hollywood will react. Plus, updates on the state of the Harry Potter franchise and Manchester by the Sea, and a dispatch from Rebecca Keegan about the Governor’s Awards  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices