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In this week’s podcast, Deadline Awards Columnist Pete Hammond talks with host David Bloom about which films and performers got an Oscar bump out of the WGA, Annie and Cinematographers awards shows this past Saturday; check in on the Santa Barbara film festival's celebration of Cate Blanchett and whether the…

Listen to (and share) episode 37 of our audio podcast Deadline Awards Watch With Pete Hammond. Deadline's awards columnist talks with host David Bloom about the Motion Picture Academy's groundbreaking insider of a new president; Academy voter relief that Woody Allen is finally going Blue; an August full of Emmy voting…

Listen to (and share) episode 36 of our audio podcast Deadline Awards Watch With Pete Hammond. Deadline's awards columnist talks with host David Bloom about the two-person race to succeed Hawk Koch as Motion Picture Academy president; Toronto's head-scratching lineup and what it means for the Oscar races; and whether B…

What really happened behind-the-scenes of the election for a new president of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences tonight? Deadline’s Nikki Finke followed the twists and turns that led to Hawk Koch winning: Make no mistake about it: veteran Hollywood producer Hawk Koch wanted the job “desperately”, in the…