THB #106: 3 Days To Oscar (7 to Oscar Issac)

I am in one of those moments when I am finding myself sucking in information rather than feeling like parsing it out.

I don’t listen to a lot of podcasts. I listened to both The Ankler and The Puck today. Ankler had on Bruce Vilanch, which was entertaining and brought a new nickname for Richard Rushfield… “The Disaster Queen.” I don’t know if Rich cares for it… but it was funny and came with the backhanded compliment that Vilanch reads him.

Pucker Matt Belloni had on Mark Harris, with whom I have been much more in sync with about Academy matters lately than in the heat of the early fights over how The Academy would approach inclusion. I think a key issue is creating a show that can be mostly reproduced over a number of years, which builds audience interest. Vilanch talked about it a bit. You can’t keep selling a new show every year. It’s not a movie. It’s a TV show. Consistency is king. Honestly, if well-liked Oscar-winners JK Simmons and Alison Janney hosted for 3 years straight, the…