Episode 156 - Oscar Week (Pt. 3) feat. Guy Nattiv, Jeremy Comte, & Marshall Curry

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Today's episode is Part 3 of our Oscar Week coverage!

Today's films come to us from the Live Action and Documentary Short categories. I talked with 3 of the Oscar nominated filmmakers, starting with Guy Nattiv from "Skin", Jeremy Comte from "Fauve", and Marshall Curry from "A Night at the Garden". 

Today's collection of films are all incredibly intense films with powerful themes and messages. I talked with each of the filmmakers about how their films stories came about, how Marshall learned about the Night at the Garden, the acting choices made in the films, the messages they hope are taken away from their films and so much more! Marshall Curry recently made the news with "A Night at the Garden" when Fox News refused to play his 30 second trailer. 

The Oscar Shorts are still playing in theaters around the country, as well as on the Oscar Shorts TV. All 15 films nomianted in the short film categories are absolutely incredible and I've had a wonderful time talking to all of these great filmmakers. This is the final part of our 3 part Oscar Shorts coverage and we can't begin to thank all of these Oscar Nominated Directors enough for their time. 

A special thanks to Guy Nattiv, Jeremy Comte, and Marshall Curry for taking the time out of their incredibly busy schedule. Don't miss their films as part of the Oscar Shorts Program. 

Best of luck to all of our guests at the Oscars this Sunday! 

Enjoy the episode. 

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Episode 155 - Oscar Week (Pt. 2) feat. Louise Bagnall, David Fine, Alison Snowden, and Trevor Jimenez

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Today's episode is Part 2 of our Oscar week coverage!

Today's films focus soley on the Animated Short film category as I talk with 4 of the Oscar Nominated filmmakers, starting with  Louise Bagnall from "Late Afternoon", David Fine and Alison Snowden from "Animal Behaviour", and Trevor Jimenez from "Weekends".

The animated categories are always some of my favorite because animation offers a lot of freedom to story telling that you can't do with live action, and really lets the filmmakers imagination and creativity shine. I talked with each of them about their story development, the artistic approach and unique styles, inspiration behind their films, and so much more.

The Oscar Shorts are still playing in theaters around the country, as well on the Oscar Shorts TV. All 15 films nominated in the short film categories are absolutely incredible and I'm having a wonderful time talking to all of these great filmmakers. Stay tuned for the 3 part of our Oscar week coverage tommorw as I talk to 3 more of the Oscar nominated Directors. 

A special thanks to Louise Bagnall, David Fine, Alison Snowden, and Trevor Jimenez for taking the time out of their incredibly busy week to talk with me. Don't miss their films as part of the Oscar Shorts Program. 

Best of luck to all of our guests at the Oscars this Sunday. 

Enjoy the episode. 

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Episode 154 - Oscar Week (Pt. 1) feat. Skye Fitzgerald, Ed Perkins, Andrew Chesworth, and Bobby Pontillas

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Today's episode is Part 1 of our Oscar week coverage!

All this week I am interviewing the Directors behind the Oscar Nominated short films. Today's episode features 3 filmmakers, Skye Fitzgerald from the Documentary Short "Lifeboat", Ed Perkins from the Documentary Short "Black Sheep", and Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas from the Animated Short "One Small Step".

I talked with all of these filmmakers about finding out their films were nominated for an Oscar, as well as all of the individual aspects of each of their films, how they developed their story, what inspired them in the filmmaking process, troubles they encountered, and so much more. 

The Oscar Shorts are still playing in theaters around the country, as well on the Oscar Shorts TV. All 15 films nominated in the short film categories are absoultely incredible and are having a wonderful time talking to all of these filmmakers. Stay tuned for another episode tomorrow with 3 more Oscar nominated Directors. 

A special thanks to Skye Fitzgerald, Ed Perkins, Andrew Chesworth, and Bobby Pontillas for taking the time out of this incredibly busy week to talk with me. Don't miss their films as part of the Oscar Shorts Program. 

Best of luck to all of our guests at the Oscars this Sunday. 

Enjoy the episode.

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Episode 153 - Aaron Bleyaert

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On today's episode, I have two-time Emmy winner, head of Conan Digital, and creator of "Clueless Gamer", Aaron Bleyaert!

Aaron Bleyaert

I first met Aaron at one of the final Meltdown shows and have always been a fan of his work on Conan. It was great to finally make this episode work with Aaron's incredibly busy schedule.


Aaron and Conan during a Clueless Gamer segment


Aaron winning one of his two Emmy's

On the episode I talked with Aaron about his recent visit to the Sundance Film Festival, finding your own voice in entertainment, discovering his love for TV at Michigan State, videos that inspire him, creating "Clueless Gamer", his career at Conan, Dinner and a Video Game, and so much more.


Tim and Aaron following the podcast

A huge Thanks to Aaron Bleyaert for taking the time to sit down with me for this episode. Make sure to follow him on all of the social media links and his show links below. Also follow the Team Coco links we put below where you can see even more of Aaron's work, especially as he leave for Australia this week to film Conan Australia. 

Thanks, Aaron! 

Enjoy the episode!

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Episode 152 - F**k You, Kevin

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On today's episode, Austin and I catch up after a month long unintended hiatus.

From the moment January 2019 started, things became insanely busy for us without any warning. I was Producing shows for the Sundance Film Festival, Austin ened up filming a role in a movie, I also ended up getting sick and Austin made some career strides all while prepping for an art show and a small move. Before we knew it, January was over. I also had a run in with a guy named Kevin who inspired a new sign off the podcast, which is also the name of this episode. Listen to the episode for the full story. 

We're happy to be back and have a lot of great episodes ahead. Later this week we have Aaron Bleyaert from Conan on the show and all of our Oscar coverage starts next week! 

Enjoy this new episode!

And most importantly, F**k You, Kevin!

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Tim's 25th Annual SAG Award Picks

Award Season roles on tonight with the 25th Annual SAG Awards LIVE from the Shrine Auditorium here in Los Angeles, hosted by one of my favorite people, Megan Mullally!

Tonight's award winners usually help give us an idea of the top contenders to win the Oscar in a few weeks. The "Best Picture" category here does leave it up for some questions though as it's for best cast, not best picture.  There is some really stiff competition tonight and I can't wait to see who wins. Here are my picks for this year's SAG Awards.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Glenn Close, “The Wife”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali, “Green Book”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams, “Vice”

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

“Black Panther”

This may come as a surprise that I am picking Black Panther in this category. The other film I could see come in and take this would be Crazy Rich Asians. Where this category is for an entire cast, it's different than selecting Best Picture for the Golden Globes or Oscars. Of all of the nominess, Black Panther had the most outstanding full cast performance in my opinion. 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Darren Criss, “Assassination of Gianni Versace”

 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:

Patricia Arquette, “Escape at Dannemora”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series:

Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”

Great category! I could see just about anybody win this, but other then Sterling K. Brown, I could see Jason Bateman as a winner here. 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series:

Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series:

Bill Hader, “Barry”

I'm kind of surprised by Hader's Golden Globe loss. I'm expecting to see the Emmy Winner pick up a SAG here. 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:

Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

This category is owned by Rachel Brosnahan at this point. It would be a shock if anybody else was to win. 

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:

“This Is Us” 

I could see the cast of Ozark take this too. That show is highly underated and deserves some love. 

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

Some of the best TV is in this category and is possibly the stiffest competition tonight. I would be surprised to see anybody knock out The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel though. 

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series:

“Marvel’s: Daredevil”

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture:

“Avengers: Infinity War”

The SAG Awards will be LIVE at 5PM EST on TBS & TNT. Tune in!

2019 Oscar Nominations [Complete List]

The 2019 Oscar Nominations are finally here! Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross announced this years nominees LIVE from the The Academy in Beverly Hills.

Just my two cents, but why are Kumail and Tracee not hosting the Oscars this year? These two were excellent and funny hosting the nominations. Maybe I'm just getting older, but this was the first time I've seen almost every film nominated for Best Documentary before the Oscar Nominations. Congrats to all of those nominated. Without further adieu, here is the complete list of this years Oscar Nominations. 

Best Picture

BlacKkKlansman

Black Panther

Bohemian Rhapsody

The Favourite

Green Book

Roma

A Star Is Born

Vice

Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)

Glenn Close (The Wife)

Olivia Colman (The Favourite)

Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)

Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Best Actor

Christian Bale (Vice)

Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)

Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate)

Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)

Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams (Vice)

Marina de Tavira (Roma)

Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Emma Stone (The Favourite)

Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali (Green Book)

Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)

Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)

Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Sam Rockwell (Vice)

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)

Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)

Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)

Adam McKay (Vice)

Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)

Best Costume Design

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Mary Zophres)

Black Panther (Ruth E. Carter)

The Favourite (Sandy Powell)

Mary Poppins Returns (Sandy Powell)

Mary Queen of Scots (Alexandra Byrne)

Best Sound Editing

Black Panther

Bohemian Rhapsody

First Man

A Quiet Place

Roma

Best Sound Mixing

Black Panther

Bohemian Rhapsody

First Man

Roma

A Star Is Born

Best Animated Short

Animal Behaviour

Bao

Late Afternoon

One Small Step

Weekends

Best Live-Action Short

Detainment

Fauve

Marguerite

Mother

Skin

Best Film Editing

BlacKkKlansman (Barry Alexander Brown)

Bohemian Rhapsody (John Ottman)

The Favourite (Yorgos Mavropsaridis)

Green Book (Patrick J. Don Vito)

Vice (Hank Corwin)

Best Original Score

Black Panther (Ludwig Goransson)

BlacKkKlansman (Terence Blanchard)

If Beale Street Could Talk (Nicholas Britell)

Isle of Dogs (Alexandre Desplat)

Mary Poppins Returns (Marc Shaiman)

Best Documentary Feature

Free Solo

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Minding the Gap

Of Fathers and Sons

RBG

Best Documentary Short Subject

Black Sheep

End Game

Lifeboat

A Night at the Garden

Period. End of Sentence.

Best Foreign-Language Film

Capernaum (Lebanon)

Cold War (Poland)

Never Look Away (Germany)

Roma (Mexico)

Shoplifters (Japan)

Best Production Design

Black Panther (Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart)

The Favourite (Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton)

First Man (Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas)

Mary Poppins Returns (John Myhre and Gordon Sim)

Roma (Eugenio Caballero and Barbara Enriquez)

Best Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War

Christopher Robin

First Man

Ready Player One

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Best Cinematography

The Favourite (Robbie Ryan)

Never Look Away (Caleb Deschanel)

Roma (Alfonso Cuaron)

A Star Is Born (Matty Libatique)

Cold War (Lukasz Zal)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Border

Mary Queen of Scots

Vice

Best Animated Feature

Incredibles 2

Isle of Dogs

Mirai

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Adapted Screenplay

A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters and Eric Roth)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)

BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott)

If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty)

Best Original Screenplay

The Favourite (Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara)

First Reformed (Paul Schrader)

Green Book (Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga)

Roma (Alfonso Cuaron)

Vice (Adam McKay)

Best Original Song

"All the Stars" (Black Panther, written by Kendrick Lamar, Al Shux, Sounwave, SZA and Anthony Tiffith)

Performed by Kendrick Lamar and SZA

"I'll Fight" (RBG, written by Diane Warren)

Performed by Jennifer Hudson

"The Place Where Lost Things Go" (Mary Poppins Returns, written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman)

Performed by Emily Blunt

"Shallow" (A Star Is Born, written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt)

Performed by Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga

"When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, written by Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch)

Performed by Tim Blake Nelson and Willie Watson

The 91st Academy Awards will take place Sunday, February 24th LIVE from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on ABC.