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In 1999 I started a website called Oscarwatch.com. I also had a one year-old baby. I have raised both for the past 22 years. At some point I thought I’d…
Mar 30
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Sasha Stone
October 2021
Episode Fifteen (2013) - Fare Thee Well
Listen now (42 min) | It was the year 12 Years a Slave made Oscar history, even if most pundits were predicting Gravity. The Inside Llewyn Davis journey…
Oct 19, 2021
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Sasha Stone
December 2020
Episode Fourteen (2012) - Argo wins Best Picture, but not before Zero Dark Thirty got destroyed. Life of Pi teaches us about Saying Goodbye
Listen now (51 min) | Competing Oscar narratives in 2012 made it seem like a wide open year. But Argo emerged the frontrunner when Ben Affleck was…
Dec 23, 2020
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Sasha Stone
Episode Thirteen (2011) - The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Attending Cannes and the Oscars for the first time
Listen now (55 min) | The Artist won Best Picture in 2011 - but The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Hugo were the movies I was most captivated by. But…
Dec 8, 2020
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Sasha Stone
October 2020
Special Interview with My Daughter Emma
Listen now (39 min) | My daughter moved to New York this year and I wanted to capture the moment on a podcast. The sound is a little bad since we're…
Oct 20, 2020
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Sasha Stone
Special Interview with Michael Grei
Listen now (61 min) | One of my best friends Michael Grei and I discuss our friendship, the Oscars and life in general. Michael was my former boss back…
Oct 8, 2020
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Sasha Stone
August 2020
Episode Twelve - The Social Network - 2010: "Drop the THE. Just Facebook. It's Cleaner."
Listen now (59 min) | In this episode I talk about how much I love David Fincher's The Social Network, and why 2010 taught me a lot about how the Oscar…
Aug 12, 2020
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Sasha Stone
Episode Eleven - The Hurt Locker - 2009: If I'm Going to Die, I'm Going to Die Comfortable
Listen now (53 min) | The first woman wins Best Director, Avatar breaks box office records, Up in the Air, Precious, An Education all nominated as the…
Aug 4, 2020
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Sasha Stone
July 2020
Episode Ten - Slumdog Millionaire - 2008: I was Thinking About How Nothing Lasts, and What a Shame That Is
Listen now (43 min) | The Dark Knight changes the Best Picture race forever, Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Picture, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button…
Jul 28, 2020
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Sasha Stone
Bonus Episode - Interview with AwardsDaily's Editor Ryan Adams
Listen now (77 min) | He joined the site in 2007 and has been a faithful friend and great addition to the site ever since. We have a long chat...
Jul 20, 2020
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Sasha Stone
Episode Nine - No Country for Old Men - 2007 - If the Road You Have Traveled Has Brought You to This, of What Use was the Road?
Listen now (43 min) | No Country for Old Men remains one of my favorite films of all time - I watch it monthly because I like having it on in the…
Jul 20, 2020
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Sasha Stone
Episode Eight 2006 -The Departed - I'm the Guy Doing his Job, You Must be the Other Guy
Listen now (34 min) | Martin Scorsese finally wins Best Director for his most excellent film The Departed. But it was a closer race than it might have…
Jul 8, 2020
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Sasha Stone
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