Take Ultra preview - A look ahead to the Oscars

About this episode

Mark and Simon provide a preview of the upcoming Oscars and discuss the current state of the race.

Here's a cheeky preview of our latest Take Ultra video episode in which Mark and Simon look ahead to this week’s Oscars and assess the state of the race. Ultra-Vanguardistas get these live streams every other week, our weekly T2 episodes in video and loads more. You can join them here: https://www.patreon.com/c/kermodeandmayo/membership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark, Simon

Topics covered

• Oscars preview
• film industry
• awards season
• Take Ultra
• live streams

Keywords

• Oscars
• Take Ultra
• Mark Kermode
• Simon Mayo
• awards
• film
• live stream

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Organizations: Sony Music Entertainment, Patreon

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