Academy Awards
Topic#14 trending in Culture & Entertainment this week · most on Watch What Crappens
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are annual awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for artistic and technical excellence in film. They recognize cinematic achievements from around the world and are widely regarded as among the film industry’s most prestigious honors.
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Mentions of Academy Awards per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, culture & entertainment.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 7 | 0.60‰ | 1 |
| Aug 8 | 1.15‰ | 1 |
| Aug 10 | 1.68‰ | 1 |
| Aug 22 | 0.33‰ | 1 |
| Aug 27 | 1.06‰ | 2 |
| Sep 1 | 1.10‰ | 1 |
| Sep 8 | 0.88‰ | 2 |
| Sep 15 | 0.77‰ | 2 |
| Sep 22 | 1.60‰ | 4 |
| Sep 28 | 1.57‰ | 2 |
| Oct 2 | 1.05‰ | 1 |
| Oct 3 | 1.43‰ | 1 |
| Oct 4 | 2.38‰ | 3 |
| Oct 6 | 2.16‰ | 1 |
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Oscar-season jokes and awards speculation drive scattered podcast discussion
On The Big Picture, Sean Fennessey argued that Tom Cruise may want an Academy Award for a transformational performance, while Amanda Dobbins discussed past Oscar recognition for comparable films.[1]
Watch What Crappens repeatedly used the Oscars as a comic backdrop, including jokes about Lisa Barlow’s supposedly curated looks and invitation.[2][3]
Watch What Crappens also joked that hostile behavior was especially inappropriate before the Oscars, without discussing a specific awards event or result.[4]
The shows therefore overlap in treating the Academy Awards as a reference point, but The Big Picture discusses an awards argument while Watch What Crappens uses them mainly for satire.[4][1][2]
Sources · 4 moments
- 1.The Big Picture · Is ‘Digger’ the Tom Cruise Movie We’ve Been Waiting For? Plus: Our Top 10 Tom Cruise Performances.Sean Fennessey · Oct 2 · Listen at 1:09:33 ↗
“And so doing a transformational part at this stage of his career, the ultimate psychoanalysis is in the arc of the great movie stars, much like his forebear, Paul Newman, presumably wants to win an Academy Award.”
- 2.Watch What Crappens · #3562 RHOSLC S7E3: I Left My Toothbrush in San Francisco - Live in KC!Ben Mandelker · Oct 4 · Listen at 13:47 ↗
“And they're in some boutique where they're always, like, pawing through some shirts next to, like, a Jamba Juice. They're like, yeah, so what's new with you? Yeah, it's so good to see you. And Lisa's like, yeah, these looks, they're curated”
- 3.Watch What Crappens · #3562 RHOSLC S7E3: I Left My Toothbrush in San Francisco - Live in KC!Ben Mandelker · Oct 4 · Listen at 1:17:58 ↗
“by Whitney. So she's upset. And Lisa's like, yeah, she's delusional. She can like make up lies about anything on the fly. It's like ridiculous. Like, I can't stand people who just like make up lies out of nowhere. Hold on one second. I just”
- 4.Watch What Crappens · #3565 Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip S509 Part Two: Leave No Bluestone UnturnedRonnie Karam · Oct 6 · Listen at 33:26 ↗
“Like, I'm like A+++, because I have like a 5.0 GPA. And like, trying to move forward with like Heather Gay, it's like, it's like so much. By the way, especially when you're saying like fuck you with all these like egregious things, like bei”
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