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While not known for their love for comedies, the Academy has often proven a fan for the works of James L. Brooks. This week, we\u2019re talking about his (likely) final film, the 2010 flop How Do You Know<\/em>. The film stars Reese Witherspoon as a softball player grappling with the end of her career while torn between romance with two men (played respectively by Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd): a Major League Baseball player and a man facing punishment for the corporate crimes of his fathers\u2019 business. Also the final film of Jack Nicholson\u2019s before his retirement, How Do You Know<\/em> was savaged by critics, quickly dismissed by audiences in a packed holiday season, and even failed to land any Globes Comedy nominations in the year of The Tourist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This episode, we discuss Brooks\u2019 Oscar track record, including his previous misses between Oscar darlings and the two times he directed a Best Picture nominee without getting a directing nomination. We also discuss our desire for a new Witherspoon romcom, who is the Oscar ceremony\u2019s new front mascot now that Nicholson doesn\u2019t attend, and that time Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholson jokingly flirted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Topics also include the current Searchlight\/Hulu situation, Paul Rudd\u2019s potential for a future Oscar nomination, and Kathryn Hahn hiding her pregnancy behind a Sony Vaio.<\/p>\n Follow Us on Twitter!\n\n
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