Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Broadcasting intimate details and useless information from an undisclosed location in New York City. The Last Show with David Cooper The yearly fashion show hosted by Oscar de la Renta was last night, I think. No, it was the Oscars, the Academy Awards, and we're here to dive in with Caitlin Green, a media personality and co-host of the Jan Arden Podcast. Caitlin, it's your special night.
It happened. It's done. It's like Christmas is over for you. This is Boxing Day, I suppose. This is like, this is my Super Bowl. I think for anyone who's obsessed with pop culture and just loves movies, I love everything to do with movies, this is a really, really big night. I know it's long. I know for many people it's boring, but you will claw it, you will pry it out of my cold, dead hands.
At 9 p.m. last night, someone I know well, who I was going to be talking about the Oscars with, sent me a text saying, are you watching it right now? Which made me get my act together and tune in for the last hour and a half. That person was you. Yep. So I saw kind of the big categories. But going in, like, what was it like on the red carpet?
Chapter 2: What are the highlights from the 2026 Oscars?
I didn't actually see. Was there any wild moments on the red carpet? No, the carpets were good. I really enjoy the fact that the carpets are being handled by a lot of, and this is a thing that's become like an issue online, but some influencers, let's say, you know so you've got Amelia de Moldenberg from like chicken shop date. She'll frequently be out there now doing doing red carpets.
You've got various like sort of entertainment influencers doing it for like threads. One of the reality stars from summer house, Sierra Miller was doing it for the cut and, And so I think that they've really mixed it up. There's entertainment reporters, yes, that are doing a lot of the broadcast legacy media stuff.
But I think the carpets have become more interesting as they've sort of branched out in terms of who they're inviting to do the interviews. And I think, again, I'm a huge fan, as we've discussed on this show extensively, of heated rivalry. I think Hudson Williams is such a treat to see anywhere he goes because he does not have media training at all. He just goes there and says whatever he wants.
And he did a really good interview with Amelia de Moldenberg of Chicken Chop Date. Great YouTube series if you haven't checked it out. And the two of them got on like a house on fire. I think that was like my carpet highlight for sure. Cool. All right. So going in, you know, the first, I don't know, five, 10 awards are like, you know, best original foreign.
They don't get to the big stuff like best picture, best director towards the very end. Sinners cleaned up a little bit. I think it was like pointed areas. It was like, you know, best actor, best original song. It didn't win like best picture, best director though. No, so it did win. So I think that Ryan Coogler won for original screenplay, which is like, you know, kind of a big deal.
So that's why he had his moment to get on stage, which I was really happy to see for him. It did win six awards. So it was kind of like, you know, one of the big winners of the nights. One battle, oh no, sorry, I shouldn't say that. Sinners won four, one battle after another won six. So again, those are the two top line ones.
And that's really what everyone expected going in, that the night was going to be about the two of them kind of duking it out. Now, the real big moment for me came when Best Cinematography was handed out. And this award went to a woman for the first time ever. How did we make it to 2026 without a woman winning this award? But here we are. Seriously.
And Conan even commented on it, like, after the award was given out, the cinematographer who won, again, for Sinners, Autumn Durold-Arquipa, he was like, how did we, how is this the first time?
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Chapter 3: What were the standout moments on the red carpet?
And it's because I think the camera and sort of, like, the tech side of movie production has been predominantly male for so long. I mean, there really aren't even that many... female directors. They've just started seeing them become bigger and bigger in years past. And I felt really impressed to see her take the stage because even, I think most people loved Sinners.
It's incredibly well-received, but it's visually very stunning. And she had all the women in the audience stand up during her acceptance speech. So that was a very, that was a very cool moment. And I'm happy to see Sinners won for that. I thought Sinners was very good in, like, pointed ways. Like, the script. Like, the filming. Like, Michael B. Jordan's acting.
But on the whole, I just thought it was, like, a fun, good movie. To me, it wasn't great. Many people disagree with me. I thought it was a good film. One battle after another, I think, probably should have won. I didn't love it like you did. But I see it. And there's something about the dude meets, like, heist that...
Leo Nardo DiCaprio was like wearing a robe while doing like, I don't know, high stuff to me was so funny. Yeah. Like a bathrobe. People dressed up as him for Halloween. You know that. Oh, it's him and Sensei. I saw costumes for both, and I thought that they were perfect. And I think that's what, you know, Paul Thomas Anderson nominated 13 times.
He's the director of so many of my favorite films and the director for one battle after another. So seeing him finally kind of get his accolades, especially for this movie, made sense. Behind the scenes, this was a really expensive movie to make. It's a gamble for a lot of studios, which just aren't spending money like this on original ideas anymore.
So it was a very good sign for the movie industry that the two big winners last night were kind of these expensive roll of the dice that studios did on Sinners and on One Battle After Another. It bodes well for the future of film for now, you know, for the next 15 minutes. We should say that for now. I'm just happy that it wasn't like a sequel. So it was great.
Sean Penn won for his for best supporting in one battle after another. And he did not attend the awards last night. Kieran Culkin went to give him the award and then said he's not here, I guess, either because he can't be or he doesn't want to. And I had I posted about it and I had a few people DM me saying that he's actually in Ukraine with Zelensky. Oh, wow. So that's why he couldn't be there.
So, you know, it's kind of I guess that's a good reason. Yeah, I guess too. Speaking of like not attending, I'm not saying Sean Penn did this, but for like political reasons or you didn't get any outrageous moments, like a viral moment of a celebrity going completely off the rails and saying something wild and making the front page and kind of dominating the whole ceremony.
Is this because nobody gave Timothee Chalamet a microphone? Yeah, I think he would have made it roundly about himself if I had to guess. I don't know that he would have gone full political. But he did catch a lot of strays in the audience for his comments previously on ballet and opera. So I kind of like that. There's a little bit of a public humbling moment for Timothy.
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Chapter 4: Which films were the biggest winners at the Oscars?
Did you notice that? Yes. And I, I mean, it was really awkward, but I also want, people who are going to be on stage to understand the fact that you have a limited run of time on stage and you will get played off. Like they were standing on stage, having the lights turned off on them because they'd already given one person enough time to say, thank you. She's the spokesperson.
You all don't get a turn. Like, I don't know how many times we have to see this happen on stage before people will understand, pick a spokesperson and move on. Yeah. And they look so shocked when they pass the microphone and it's like, no, you get one person to accept your thing. Yeah.
And like also too, they've chosen obviously her to be the person who accepts the, all the awards during the award season. But so I've seen her accept this award for K-pop demon hunters several times by now. Maybe she could have given the microphone to somebody else if they wanted to do that, but you're not going to get two people at the Oscars. Like it's, it's, they're tight on time.
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We are here discussing the Oscars, the Academy Awards with media personality and co-host on the Jan Arden podcast, Caitlin Green. We were all shocked to see Rob Reiner pass some time ago. It happened after he attended a party once.
at Conan O'Brien the host's house yes just wild I know I know Conan wasn't on stage during this this moment to you know to remember Rob Reiner you were mentioning at the commercial to me that Conan said that he found it all too overwhelming or something Yeah.
So, so, you know, the, the too long didn't read for anyone who needs a synopsis is that there was a holiday party at Conan O'Brien's house, which I believe happens every year. Conan was close enough with Rob and Michelle Reiner that they're usually in attendance. They attended with their son who was later accused of murdering them both.
And an argument between the three of them broke out at Conan's house and many believe was, you know, in some way related to what happened after. So very, very challenging. I would imagine for Conan to be hosting a, during Rob Reiner's In Memoriam segment. I thought Billy Crystal, one of his close friends and obviously like a collaborator in his films, did a fantastic job.
He kind of like held the opening to it. And Conan had done previous interviews kind of as he was like doing, like in the lead up to him hosting the Oscars, he was promoting that gig. And he was
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Chapter 5: How did the Oscars address gender representation in filmmaking?
And then a lot of the closest friends of the Reiners and, you know, people who've been in their films and worked with them for years. They come out on stage and they all kind of hold hands and there's a standing ovation moment in the audience. So this was the biggest, lengthiest dedication that happened during In Memoriam.
But there were special moments set aside for the Reiners, for Diane Keaton, and for Robert Redford. So those three passings were so huge this year in Hollywood. Oh, and Catherine O'Hara. I should say that Catherine O'Hara and Diane Keaton were kind of both presented by Rachel McAdams. And there was a nice little Canadian shout out by Rachel, of course, because she's from Canada.
So is Catherine O'Hara. So I think those were kind of like the highlights, but they did a great job on the Reiners. I felt, I thought that was really special. Yeah, it's such a horrific, sad thing. It's awful. It's awful. All right, back to the awards. Back to the awards. Casting, a new award that you've been advocating for. Finally, the Academy listened to you individually and only you, Caitlin.
This new, completely brand new award. And I think it makes sense, right? Casting a film is like such an important keystone of the whole thing. I'm like, this is an art form, everyone. If you cast something well, you should be recognized for it. So this was the inaugural award for best achievement in casting and one battle after another got it.
And that was the best ensemble cast I've just about ever seen. You've got Tana Taylor, you've got Regina King. You kind of have like, you have breakout stars as well. And you have like sort of the stalwarts of cinema, like Sean Penn and Leonardo DiCaprio all rolled into one project and, And I just think they did such a great job.
So, yeah, Cassandra Kulakundis, I hope I got her name right, she won. And I'm like, yes, I've been championing this for a long time. And I think it should just draw some attention to the fact for regular audiences that this is a big deal. If you get casting wrong, the whole movie stinks. I liked Bugonia, which was that weird Emma Stone movie where she's like, did you watch it? I forget.
Yes, and I liked it. I just was like, you know, I think it was good. I think that if you had, I think if you couldn't nominate up to 10 films for Best Picture, I don't think it would have made the cut. No, no. I fully recognize that it was mid. I just really liked it. I talked about this last time you were here. I just like sci-fi and I love Emma Stone. Yeah.
And I like that she's taking on weirder projects. I mean, she could be like taking on the most basic, like rom-com, whatever, and she'd do a great job with it, but instead she's leaning into the weird. I was hoping the film would at least get one award, you know, because it was it was interesting. Was it? I mean, if anything else. Yeah, it just wasn't the year for it.
Like the competition was really, really thick this year. You had fantastic films that a lot of people saw and loved and they were celebrated as such. So it just sort of wasn't the Yorgos Lanthimos' year. He's had many years with The Favourite. And what's the other one where Emma Stone's naked in the whole film? You know this one. Oh, poor things or whatever. Poor things. Yeah, yeah.
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