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The Variety Awards Circuit Roundtable looks at how "You Can See Everything" is gunning for Oscar frontrunner status against "The Odyssey." Also, Pedro Pascal digs into Tony Gilroy’s "Behemoth!," an ode to movie composers and a character who says more with a bow than he ever does with words. He also coughs up a line from the upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday,” teases his role in Todd Haynes’ anticipated “De Noche” and sends a message to his friend and favorite awards-season foe, Kieran Culkin.
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“Michael” became the first biopic in history to surpass $1 billion and is Lionsgate’s biggest release ever. With a sequel on the horizon, star Jaafar Jackson, who had never acted professionally before, about leading the blockbuster, navigating the Oscar buzz surrounding his performance and what comes next after a career-defining year.
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When Anthony Ippolito learned that Peter Farrelly was making a film about an unknown Sylvester Stallone who willed his screenplay “Rocky” into existence, he also heard that bigger names were circling the part. On this episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Ippolito discusses landing the leading role in the making of a legend, getting his start in the business, and his thoughts on a changing Hollywood.
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In a Mega Roundtable edition of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Michael Schneider, Clayton Davis and Jazz Tangcay go through the remaining Emmy categories and take a cue from last week's Creative Arts Emmy winners to give their final predictions on who might win. Will there be any surprises? Will history be made in any key categories? We look at it all here, one more time.
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Jason Bateman is a four-time Emmy nominee this year, via his roles on Netflix’s “Black Rabbit” and HBO Max’s “DTF St. Louis,” as well as for directing “Black Rabbit” and executive producing “DTF St. Louis.” We talk to him about being an Emmy overachiever, his career and what’s next. Plus, he discusses his first time in Variety and takes the 10 Questions quiz. But first on the Awards Circuit Roundtable, we look at the latest moves in the Emmy race and the fun variety special (prerecorded) category, featuring Taylor Swift vs. Sabrina Carpenter vs. Ariana Grande, as Phase 2 voting continues.
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