

Prestige Junkie
TheAnkler.com
A weekly podcast hosted by The Ankler's awards editor Katey Rich, featuring lively and endlessly curious discussion of the film and television awards races and the business that surrounds them. Episodes will also include interviews with top awards contenders and the major players in the races that make Hollywood run.
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Oct 1, 2024 • 49min
Inside the Handmade Magic of The Wild Robot
Chris Sanders, the writer and director of The Wild Robot, explains the groundbreaking technology that allows his animated film to look like it's hand-painted — because it is! Plus, Jordan Hoffman joins for a conversation about the New York Film Festival, the buzz around Nickel Boys and what makes this festival unlike any other in the fall schedule. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.

Sep 24, 2024 • 53min
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele Are On the Road Again
The titular stars of the road trip documentary Will & Harper, Will Ferrell and Harper Steele are reuniting to talk about the film with eager audiences around the country— and they’re still busy trying to make each other laugh, too.The episode also includes a conversation between Katey and The Ankler’s Richard Rushfield about the biggest burning questions of awards season, from whether this is finally Netflix’s year to the relevance of the Golden Globes.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.

Sep 16, 2024 • 43min
The Complete Emmys Rundown
Elaine Low joins Katey for a dispatch from Emmys weekend parties, and a look at how this year's Emmy results might tell us where Hollywood is headed next. Then Katey catches up with Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascon, who already won a best actress prize at Cannes for her breakthrough role in the film. She's freshly home from Telluride and Toronto and is gearing up for a lot more attention this season — whether or not she's ready for the red carpet fashion that goes with it. Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.

Sep 10, 2024 • 48min
Live From the Toronto International Film Festival With Hugh Grant
Hello TIFF! For Prestige Junkie's inaugural year in Toronto we teamed up with TIFF to present this live edition of the podcast. First Katey is joined by Vulture's Joe Reid to look back at the festival thus far, with plenty of buzzy best actress performances and a coveted audience award on the line. Then Hugh Grant joins Katey to discuss his new A24 thriller Heretic but also so much more, from how he's learned to weather social media storms to the imitation Meryl Streep does of him on set when he's worried about a close-up. Heretic opens in theaters on November 15.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.

Sep 3, 2024 • 1h 3min
And We’re Off! Telluride, Venice and Awards Season’s Earliest Contenders
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!Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.

Aug 27, 2024 • 1h 10min
Will Packer's Hard-Earned Hollywood Wisdom
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.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.

Aug 20, 2024 • 48min
Walton Goggins: "if You Don't Strive For That, Then What the F*** Are You Doing This For?"
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.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.

Aug 17, 2024 • 48min
Special Edition: Prestige Junkie Live With Noah Hawley, Juno Temple and Lamorne Morris
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.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.

Aug 13, 2024 • 53min
Gary Oldman Is In It For the Long Haul
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.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.

Aug 6, 2024 • 50min
The Movies Already Winning the Oscar Buzz Game
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.Subscribe to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on X and Letterboxd. Follow The Ankler.