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Mar 30, 2023

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 better try to tell my story, or at least have it some place where people could hear about it from me. I was here way before an entire industry was dedicated to the Oscars. The Oscars have changed as I have changed. My daughter is now almost 24. I’m still covering the Oscars, though the industry has been hit hard with political activism, a dying film industry and an Oscar telecast still struggling to stay afloat.

I began this podcast memoir back in 2019. I stopped when I got to the year 2014. That was because that year so much started to change. And also because so much in our country and in the film industry changed after 2020.

I am now ready to pick it back up. If you’re interested, welcome.

Here is an Episode Guide:

Intro and Episode One - I Think it Would be Fun to Run a Newspaper

Episode Two - Gladiator - 2000 - What We Do in Life Echoes in Eternity

Episode Three - A Beautiful Mind - 2001 - To Be a Poet and Not Know the Trade

Episode Four - Chicago - 2002 - And That's Showbiz, Kid

Episode Five - Return of the King - 2003 - I'm Glad You Here With Me, Here at the End of All Things

Episode Six - Million Dollar Baby - 2004 You Don't Understand My Plight

Episode Seven -Brokeback Mountain - 2005 - Why Can't I Quit You?

Episode Eight 2006 -The Departed - I'm the Guy Doing his Job, You Must be the Other Guy

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?

Bonus Episode - Interview with AwardsDaily's Editor Ryan Adams