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Oscars: WWTT Bruce Vilanch Podcast – 2013 – Four Score and Seven Oscars Ago
By Mister D
May 5, 2025

Hey Oscars fans, welcome to the 2013 Oscars for the films of 2012 — a year when Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln was poised to sweep based on a(mother) legendary performance by Daniel Day Lewis.  But instead…it was the second worst night in Lincoln’s life.  All in all, it was a pretty strange year for the Academy Awards — from the winners, non-winners, snubs and even the host!  So join Bruce Vilanch and Adam “Tex” Davis as they share their insider’s perspective on who won and why (and who should have won) — as well as why Seth Macfarlane will never host another Academy Awards show again.

Movies Mentioned

A Million Ways to Die in the West 

Ted

Ted 2

Lincoln

Life of Pi

Les Miserables

Silver Linings Playbook

Argo

Amour

Django Unchained

Skyfall

Zero Dark Thirty

Minecraft

Sinners

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Avengers

The Hurt Locker

The Master

Flight

Moonrise Kingdom

Batman: The Dark Knight

There Will Be Blood

Boogie Nights

The Hobbit

Brokeback Mountain

The Piano Teacher

Funny Games

Cache (aka Hidden)

The White Ribbon

Silkwood

The Impossible

The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming

Inglourious Basterds

The Big Lebowski

Raising Arizona

Barton Fink

Sessions

As Good As it Gets

Norma Rae

Places in the Heart

Forrest Gump

Mrs. Doubtfire

Pulp Fiction

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Anna Karenina

Red Sparrow

Under the Skin

La La Land

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Oscars: WWTT Podcast – In An Oscars, Far Far Away With Bruce Vilanch
By Mister D
April 22, 2025

Welcome Oscars: WWTT? Fans to the 1978 Oscars for the films of 1977 — the year that changed movies forever. That’s because this is the year Star Wars came out. But did Star Wars win the Oscar? And if not, what legendary movie rose up to beat it? And what other legendary film about outer space creatures by a luminary director wasn’t even nominated that year. And what movie about dancing was nominated over Saturday Night Fever? Join us as we look back at a truly amazing year of movies, awards, oversights and possible snubs. And as always, Bruce Vilanch shares his personal stories with some of the stars and filmmakers of the era — including how he was cast in the opening credits of Footloose and how he wound up writing the Star Wars Holiday Special!

MOVIES MENTIONED

Spinal Tap

Manchurian candidate

The Odd Couple

Airplane

Airplane 2

Casablanca

Singing in the Rain

Star Wars

Julia

The Turning Point

The Goodbye Girl

Annie Hall

Jaws

Gravity

Arrival

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

West Side Story

Gypsy

Saturday Night Fever

The Duelists

Three Women

Goodbye Mr. Chips

The Owl and the Pussycat

Play it Again Sam

The Sunshine Boys

Funny Lady

Footloose

Equus

A Special Day

Parasite

Moonlight

Anora

The Spy Who Came Out of the Cold

The Empire Strike Back

Sleeper

Love & Death

The Godfather

The Godfather II

The Graduate

The Pumpkin Eater

Klute

The Miracle Worker

Opening Night

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

All the President’s Men

Bridge on the River Kwai

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Horse’s Mouth

Oh God!

The Late Show

Hannah and Her Sisters

Midnight in Paris

Citizen Kane

A Bridge Too Far

Slap Shot

Snow White

French Connection

The Deer Hunter

Rocky

The Star Wars Holiday Special!

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Oscars: WWTT? Podcast – Welcome to an Oscars full of murder, greed, corruption, violence…
By Bruce Vilanch
April 7, 2025

Welcome Oscars: WWTT? fans to the 2003 Oscars for the films of 2002. In the US we are in post-9/11 recovery; in the Middle East the Iraq War has just begun and on the Oscar stage it’s a battle between the hit musical adaptation of Chicago VS. The Hours, Gangs of New York, The Pianist and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. So, which film about murder and/or death takes home the gold and why? And who else should have been considered? That’s what we’re here to find out as we re-examine an Academy Awards show that was equal parts razzle-dazzle and controversy — including some things that would never fly today!

MOVIES MENTIONED

Bowling for Columbine

Chicago

Gangs of New York

The Hours

The Pianist

Frida

Road to Perdition

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Adaptation

Far From Heaven

Talk to Her

About Schmidt

Catch Me if you Can

Spiderman

Oliver

Joker 2

The Aviator

Shutter Island

The Lord of the Rings

25th Hour

Minority Report

Spirited Away

Y tu mama tambien

The Quiet American

Leaving Las Vegas

One Hour Photo

Punch Drunk Love

Uncut Gems

8 Mile

Secretary

Igby Goes Down

Unfaithful

The Deer Hunter

Entrapment

About a Boy

Winged Migration

Roger & Me

Fahrenheit 9/11

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

The Lion King

A Hard Day’s Night

Cats

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

The Departed

Amelia Perez

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OWWTT? Podcast: 1951 All About Oscar
By Bruce Vilanch
March 24, 2025

Strap in, it’s going to be a bumpy Oscars! On this episode Bruce and “Tex” look back at one of the greatest years in filmmaking history, the 1951 Oscars for the films of 1950. A year which produced perhaps the greatest Oscar battle of all time: SUNSET BOULEVARD vs. ALL ABOUT EVE. Hollywood tragedy vs. Broadway deception. With double digit nominations and luminary actors, writers, and directors for each project — this was a true heavyweight showdown where it would be almost impossible to get it wrong. Yet in some cases, they may have! (I’m looking at you Best Actor Award!) This is one of our favorite episodes to record just from the sheer volume of outstanding movies and performances — some of which you may not have seen or heard of and should promptly add to your playlist! “Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my Oscar!”

MOVIES MENTIONED

All About Eve

Sunset Boulevard

The Substance

Gone with the Wind

Titanic

La La Land

Mrs. Miniver

Born Yesterday

Samson & Delilah

Annie Get Your Gun

The Asphalt Jungle

Broken Arrow

Caged

Cinderella

Father of the Bride

King Solomon’s Mines

The Third Man

Destination Moon

The Flame and the Arrow

Harvey

The Magnificent Yankee

Adam’s Rib

The Gunfighter

Cyrano de Begerac

Roxanne

Mr. 880

Village of the Damned

Phffft

It Should Happen to You

Platoon

Arsenic & Old Lace

The Solid Gold Cadillac

Chicago

Caged Heat

Of Human Bondage

My Fair Lady

Gigi

The Ghost and Ms. Muir

A Letter to Three Wives

Sleuth

No Way Out

Cleopatra

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Key Largo

The African Queen

The Maltese Falcon

Gaslight

A Star is Born

The Philadelphia Story

David Copperfield

The Chapman Report

Panic in the Streets

Bitter Rice

Mystery Street

When Willy Comes Home

The Red Danube

The Furies

Stage Fright

D.O.A.

Night and the City

Cheaper by the Dozens

The Pink Panther

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Bruce Vilanch’s Podcast: 1999 – Saving Private Oscar
By Bruce Vilanch & Tex
Feb 18, 2025

On this episode of ‘The Oscars: What Were They Thinking?’ Bruce Vilanch and “Tex” storm the beaches of one of the Academy Awards’ biggest Best Picture controversies. 

Of course we’re talking about the 1999 Oscars, for the films of 1998.  This is known as the year that changed everything thanks to a guy you may have heard of named Harvey Weinstein.  In a shocking upset, a brash, shameless, indie upstart managed to out-campaign the Hollywood elite and take home a best picture Oscar for an artsy film about love and Shakespeare. Using the test of time, many people look back at this year as a complete miscarriage of justice. But was it really? And what other controversies and unbelievable moments took place that evening? Bruce was there and is more than happy to share them with us.  What do you think?  Did Shakespeare deserve Oscar love? Or did Saving Private Ryan “Earn it?”       

MOVIES MENTIONED

From Russia With Love

Shakespeare in Love

Elizabeth

Saving Private Ryan

The African Queen

Life is Beautiful

The Thin Red Line

Armageddon

A Simple Plan

The Truman Show

Affliction

Civil Action 

Apollo 13

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

In Like Flint

Shine

Rushmore

The Big Lebowski

Rocky Horror Picture Show

A Fish Called Wanda

Gods and Monsters

Hillary and Jackie

Little Voice

Primary Colors

Mrs. Brown

Schindler’s List

Amistad

Warhorse

Lincoln

West Side Story

Munich

The Mask of Zorro

Out of Sight

The Big Chill

Mighty Joe Young

King Kong

What Dreams May Come

Pleasantville

Velvet Goldmine

Beloved

The Last Days

Dance Maker

The Farm Angola USA

Lenny Bruce:  Swear to Tell the Truth

Regret to Inform

Prince of Egypt

Patch Adams

Mulan

A Bug’s Life

The Horse Whisperer

Babe: Pig in the City

Skyfall

Barbie

Quest From Camelot

Wicked

Tango

The Grandfather

Children of Heaven

Central Station

Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

American History X

Two Women

Lord of the Rings

One True Thing

Gia

Bulworth

The Best Years of our Lives

E.T.

The Day the Clown Cried

Guilty By Suspicion

On the Waterfront

Streetcar Named Desire

East of Eden

A Face in the Crowd

Splendor in the Grass

America, America

Gentleman’s Agreement

Viva Zapata

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