The Oscars: Does Anyone Care Any More?

aka: The 'American Oligarchs' Behaving Like Supervillains

aka: They're The Real Snowflakes

4 March 2025

In episode 127: Did Anora deserve its Oscars clean sweep, why are audiences switching off – and why did Adrien Brody chuck chewing gum at his wife?
Richard & Marina share their thoughts on Hollywood’s biggest night, plus dig into Jeff Bezos’ new regime at the Washington Post.
Jeff Bezos’ new regime at the Washington Post has Richard and Marina questioning why he, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg appear to have modelled themselves on supervillains.
Could the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 team up to take on the streamers in the future? And what can the British government do to help?
Recommendations:
Richard – Toxic Town (Netflix)
Producers: Neil Fearn + Joey McCarthy
Assistant Producer: Aaliyah Akude
Video Producer: Jake Liascos
Executive Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport

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