The Year The Oscars® Slapped

This week the Junkies take on the big story from this year’s Academy Awards® presentation: How Apple TV+ was the first streaming service to produce a Best Picture winner. Oh, and whatever else happened. But first, it’s time to talk what was poppin’ this week; Alex loved the wild, arty weirdness of Atlanta, while Shauna loved the allegorical Turning Red. Nicole is all about The Afterparty, while Hayley celebrates the historical romantic gay pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death. Then the Junkies talk about the Oscars®, including the Will Smith incident that overshadowed almost everything else that happened, but really, really shouldn’t have.<br /><br />Thank you to Olympus Games, the home of the Pop Culture Junkie Podcast.<br /><br />Links:<br /><br />Apple Podcast:<br /><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728" rel="noopener">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728</a><br /><br />Spotify:<br /><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W" rel="noopener">https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W</a><br /><br />Website: <a href="http://www.popculturejunkie.com" rel="noopener">www.popculturejunkie.com</a><br />Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/PopCultureJunkiePodcast</a><br />Twitter: @PopJunkies<br />Instagram: @pop.culturejunkies<br />Email: <a href="mailto:junkies@popculturejunkie.com">junkies@popculturejunkie.com</a><br /><br />Alex on Instagram: @alcasnun<br />Alex on Twitter: @alcasnun<br /><br />Hayley on Instagram: @thirtynerdythriving<br /><br />Nicole on Instagram: @nicole_eldridge<br />Nicole on Twitter: @naeldridge14<br />Nicole on TikTok: @nicole_eldridge<br /><br />Shauna on Twitter: @shaunatrinidad<br />Shauna on Instagram: @shaunatrinidad