'One Battle After Another' star and Oscar nominee Teyana Taylor, inside the Oscar nominees luncheon

'One Battle After Another' star Teyana Taylor joins Awardist host Gerrad Hall to talk about her first Oscar nomination and dives deep into playing the layered and complex revolutionary group leader Perfidia Beverly Hills. She details going head-to-head with Sean Penn and his Col. Lockjaw, and how director Paul Thomas Anderson and her developed the script for Perfidia's emotional letter to her daughter, Willa. Plus, Gerrad and PEOPLE magazine's Andrea Mandell take you inside this week's Oscar Nominees Luncheon, and give their take on where things currently stand in the Oscar race, including Best Picture and the tight Best Actor categories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This episode was published on Feb 12, 2026.

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