Sam Mendes's World War I drama, 1917, is currently the #1 movie in America. It won Golden Globe Awards for Best Director and Best Picture -- Drama, and it's nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, and Cinematography. The cinematography nomination is probably the least surprising one, as the entire movie is shot to look as though it was one long, unbroken take.

Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt could be about to become 'more than just friends'
'Very Male, Very White': Let's Talk About Those Oscar Nominations
This playboy tortoise had so much sex he saved his entire species. Now he's going home
Universal & Warner Bros. Form Home Entertainment Joint Venture
Whitney Houston, The Notorious B.I.G. Among 2020's Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees
The Treatment for Sign Stealing Isn't a Cure for MLB's Disease
Cooler on the Other Side: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Stuart Scott
New York Mayor Scorned Over His Favorite Bagel Order
Irish Island Looking for Two People To Manage Its Coffee Shop
Missouri could jail librarians for lending 'age-inappropriate' books

GUESTS:
Taneisha Duggan - Producing associate at TheaterWorks
James Hanley - Co-founder of Cinestudio at Trinity College
Irene Papoulis - Teaches writing at Trinity College

Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

Sam Mendes's World War I drama,&nbsp;1917, is currently the #1 movie in America. It won Golden Globe Awards for Best Director and Best Picture -- Drama, and it's nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, and Cinematography. The cinematography nomination is probably the least surprising one, as the entire movie is shot to look as though it was one long, unbroken take.
Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/jennifer-aniston-brad-pitt-could-21256789">Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt could be about to become 'more than just friends'</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/opinion/oscars-nominations-diversity.html">'Very Male, Very White': Let's Talk About Those Oscar Nominations</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/11/americas/diego-playboy-tortoise-sex-life-galapagos-scli-intl/index.html">This playboy tortoise had so much sex he saved his entire species. Now he's going home</a></li>
<li><a href="https://deadline.com/2020/01/universal-warner-bros-form-home-entertainment-joint-venture-1202831261/">Universal &amp; Warner Bros. Form Home Entertainment Joint Venture</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/796297606/whitney-houston-the-notorious-b-i-g-among-2020s-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-inductees">Whitney Houston, The Notorious B.I.G. Among 2020's Rock &amp; Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2020/1/14/21066585/alex-cora-boston-red-sox-fired-manager-sign-stealing">The Treatment for Sign Stealing Isn't a Cure for MLB's Disease</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theringer.com/2020/1/15/21066392/stuart-scott-espn-sportscenter-career-death-broadcaster">Cooler on the Other Side: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Stuart Scott</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/nyregion/bagel-ny-toasted-de-blasio.html">New York Mayor Scorned Over His Favorite Bagel Order</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fox61.com/2020/01/15/irish-island-looking-for-2-people-to-manage-its-coffee-shop-tmw/">Irish Island Looking for Two People To Manage Its Coffee Shop</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/16/missouri-could-jail-librarians-for-lending-age-inappropriate-books-parental-oversight-of-public-libraries-bill">Missouri could jail librarians for lending 'age-inappropriate' books</a></li>
</ul>
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Taneisha Duggan&nbsp;- Producing associate at TheaterWorks</li>
<li>James Hanley&nbsp;- Co-founder of Cinestudio at Trinity College</li>
<li>Irene Papoulis&nbsp;- Teaches writing at Trinity College</li>
</ul>
Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

The Colin McEnroe Show is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called The Nose for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

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