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- Hello, and welcome
to the "Gold Standard"

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where the AV Club breaks down
our favorite award shows.

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My name is Jack Smart.

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I am joined by Cindy
White and Peter Scobel,

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- What's up?

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- fellow AV Clubbers,

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and we are of course talking about

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the 95th Academy Awards.

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Are you guys so excited for the Oscars?

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- Yes, so excited!

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- I can barely hold myself together.

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- That was entirely a rhetorical question

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because, of course, I know you're excited.

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We've been talking about it for months,

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now it's finally here.

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Let's talk about Best Actress,

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which I'm just gonna go
out on a limb and say,

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is my favorite race.

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It's my favorite category.

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- I know you love the actresses, Jack.

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- It's not just true this year,

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that is true every year.

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But yeah, this year is no exception.

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Who should we start with?

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Peter, I'm just gonna throw to you.

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Who do you think will win
best actress this year,

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and who do you think should win?

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Are they different people?

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Are they the same people?

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- I think Michelle Yeoh is
going to take home the gold

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when it comes to the actress.

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I think "Everything
Everywhere All At Once"

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is probably gonna sweep most categories.

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But, I think Cate Blanchett
should win for "Tár".

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Her character and her
acting in that is amazing.

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Blanchett went all in with that one.

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- Blanchett?

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Okay.

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I was wondering if we
would just go six for six,

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all of us going all in on Michelle Yeoh.

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Cindy, your turn.

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Are you about to pick
Michelle Yeoh for everything?

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- Very tempted.

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Tempted to go all in on Michelle,

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especially after she's
been sweeping the awards.

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- She did just win the SAG award, yes.

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It's interesting because until
the award season started,

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it was all about Cate Blanchett.

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Everybody's talking about
"Tár", that was her movie.

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She carried that movie,

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and for that reason

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I think she probably
deserves to win the award.

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She created this person who

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some people still thought
was a real person.

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You know, it was a very real portrait

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of a very flawed character,
and she did it so well.

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I love Michelle Yeoh,
and I think she will win,

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and I would not be sad about that.

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I would be very, very happy for her

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and I think it would be an incredible win.

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So either way, you know,

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I just hope that Andrea Riseborough

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doesn't come in as a spoiler

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and ruin it for the both of them. (laughs)

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- She certainly was the
surprise nomination.

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So in the theory goes

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that she could then be a
surprise win, you're saying?

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- Yeah, you never know.

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- Yeah, that would be really wild.

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And as much as I love a shocking,

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like an Olivia Colman winning
this category type of moment,

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not that that was
completely outta the blue,

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but we really all did
think that Glenn Close

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was going to win.

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Similarly, would it be so shocking

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if Andrea Riseborough came in?

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Yes, it would be so shocking.

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However, I am gonna go ahead
and agree with you both

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that for prediction it
will be Michelle Yeoh.

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She did just win the SAG Award.

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Cate Blanchett did win the BAFTA.

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Cate Blanchett, of course,
is a favorite of the Oscar.

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She has two, this would be her third.

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She's certainly very deserving,

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but I am gonna go separate

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from what the two of you
have said for should win.

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I think should win
should be Michelle Yeoh.

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No, it should be Ana
de Armas for "Blonde"!

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No, just kidding.
(all laughing)

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Just kidding, just kidding, just kidding.

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I don't wanna put that
out into the universe.

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No, Michelle Yeoh should win.

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I think as much as Cate
Blanchett is an example of,

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"Wow, we thought this was a real person.

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You can sense that this is a
part written for this role,

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for this actor."

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I think the same thing can
be said for Michelle Yeoh

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in "Everything Every All At Once",

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where there's pretty much
nobody else on the planet

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who could do that role and do it better.

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And I just want her to have her moment.

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I will quit this biz

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if Michelle Yeoh doesn't win Best Actress.

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Is that too extreme to say?
(Cindy gasps)