“Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas” took the honor for Podcast of the Year on Tuesday night at the fourth annual The Ambies awards recognizing excellence in audio.
The awards were handed out in 27 categories at a ceremony held Tuesday night at downtown Los Angeles’ J.W. Marriott LA Live Los Angeles and live streamed on The Podcast Academy’s YouTube channel. The ceremony was hosted by Trixie Mattel, Season 3 winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Trixie Mattel.
“This is amazing,” said Joel Anderson, host of Slate’s most recent season of its “Slow Burn” podcast. “Becoming Clarence Thomas” follows the Supreme Court justice’s life story and his journey from youthful radical to conservative icon.
“Weight For It,” hosted by Ronald Young Jr., earned the most wins, with three Ambies including Best Indie Podcast, Best Indie Podcast Host/Hosts and Best Society and Culture Podcast.
“I can’t even lie — this feels good,...
The awards were handed out in 27 categories at a ceremony held Tuesday night at downtown Los Angeles’ J.W. Marriott LA Live Los Angeles and live streamed on The Podcast Academy’s YouTube channel. The ceremony was hosted by Trixie Mattel, Season 3 winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Trixie Mattel.
“This is amazing,” said Joel Anderson, host of Slate’s most recent season of its “Slow Burn” podcast. “Becoming Clarence Thomas” follows the Supreme Court justice’s life story and his journey from youthful radical to conservative icon.
“Weight For It,” hosted by Ronald Young Jr., earned the most wins, with three Ambies including Best Indie Podcast, Best Indie Podcast Host/Hosts and Best Society and Culture Podcast.
“I can’t even lie — this feels good,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Josh Close (Killers of the Flower Moon) has signed on to star in American Solitaire, an indie drama marking the first feature from writer-director Aaron Davidman.
He stars in the film as a U.S. soldier struggling to make sense of civilian life when he is confronted with the complexities of gun violence in America. Pic’s producers are Davidman, Lisa Bruce, David Oyelowo and Dylan Kussman (Wrestling Jerusalem). Marcus Gardley is serving as consulting producer.
Most recently, Close was seen playing Horace Burkhart, the brother of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Osage murderer Ernest, in Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award-nominated epic Killers of the Flower Moon. Prior to that, he starred opposite Trace Lysette and Patricia Clarkson in the acclaimed drama Monica, which was released by IFC Films after world premiering in Venice.
He stars in the film as a U.S. soldier struggling to make sense of civilian life when he is confronted with the complexities of gun violence in America. Pic’s producers are Davidman, Lisa Bruce, David Oyelowo and Dylan Kussman (Wrestling Jerusalem). Marcus Gardley is serving as consulting producer.
Most recently, Close was seen playing Horace Burkhart, the brother of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Osage murderer Ernest, in Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award-nominated epic Killers of the Flower Moon. Prior to that, he starred opposite Trace Lysette and Patricia Clarkson in the acclaimed drama Monica, which was released by IFC Films after world premiering in Venice.
- 2/20/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Chris Pine and Olivia Wilde are getting into the scripted podcast game.
The pair are among a star-studded cast for QCode’s latest audio series, Ad Lucem.
Created by Pretty Little Liars star Troian Bellisario and Fargo star Josh Close, the series also stars Fiona Shaw, Clancy Brown and Patrick Adams. Bellisario also stars in the series.
Ad Lucem is a socio-political thriller series set in New York City a few years in the future.
It revolves around revolutionary tech company, Ad Lucem Oi and its latest earth-shaking innovation, a Corporeal Augmented Reality Assistant, or Cara for short. Cara isn’t just another listening device, but a live operator who provides individual organic response, to service and facilitate you in the way only a human can. But it is quickly revealed that Ad Lucem Oi’s determination to “maintain the thread of human connection” might have unintended consequences.
It...
The pair are among a star-studded cast for QCode’s latest audio series, Ad Lucem.
Created by Pretty Little Liars star Troian Bellisario and Fargo star Josh Close, the series also stars Fiona Shaw, Clancy Brown and Patrick Adams. Bellisario also stars in the series.
Ad Lucem is a socio-political thriller series set in New York City a few years in the future.
It revolves around revolutionary tech company, Ad Lucem Oi and its latest earth-shaking innovation, a Corporeal Augmented Reality Assistant, or Cara for short. Cara isn’t just another listening device, but a live operator who provides individual organic response, to service and facilitate you in the way only a human can. But it is quickly revealed that Ad Lucem Oi’s determination to “maintain the thread of human connection” might have unintended consequences.
It...
- 5/15/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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