This podcast is supported by the film Amelia Perez. Zoe Saldanya, Carla Sophia Gascone, and

Selena Gomez star in director Jacques Odiard's audacious, genre-defying cinematic achievement.

It's an electrifying odyssey that boasts tour-to-force performances, liberating song and dance,

and bold visuals. Vanity Fair raves,

there is no other movie like Amelia Perez,

a thrilling reminder of the limitless potential of this medium.

And now, Awards Watch declares,

it's the best picture of the year.

Amelia Perez, for your awards consideration.

Hi, everyone, and thank you for tuning in to the 559th episode of the Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast.

I'm the host, Scott Feinberg, and my guest today is one of the biggest

movie stars of the past 40 years. The New York Times has called her someone whose films,

such as 1985 St. Elmo's Fire, 1990s ghost, 1992's A Few Good Men, 1996's Striptease, and

1997's GI Jane, quote, help define the 1980s and 90s, close quote.

And though she has been nominated for an Emmy Award, a SAG Award, and two Golden Globe Awards,

she is only now at the age of 62, beginning to be widely recognized as a great actress as well.

Indeed, she might well land her first

ever Oscar nomination, in the category of best actress, for her performance as Elizabeth Sparkle,

a once massive Hollywood star who is increasingly cast aside as she ages, and who resorts to

extreme measures to try to retain her youth and beauty, in Coralie Farjat's, the substance.

To me, Moore.

Over the course of a conversation at Moore's home in Beverly Hills, Moore and I discussed her difficult childhood and how she discovered acting in the first place.

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