Introducing the Smackdown Panel for '20/'21
Monday, April 12, 2021 at 11:08AM Are you ready for the season premiere of what's going to be the final season (at least in its current form) of Supporting Actress Smackdown? The Smackdown and companion podcast arrive this Thursday. We're starting with the current Oscar race honoring the films and performances of 2020 and your votes count so hurry up and get them in.
Let's meet your fellow panelists, shall we?
GRACE AKI
Grace Aki is a playwright, actor and host of the comedic storytelling podcast “Tell me on a Sunday.” Currently she is developing a solo play entitled To Free a Mockingbird which won "Audience Choice" at Atlanta Fringe. As a comedian she hosts the seasonal comedy show “SWEET MEAT” in New York City. When she’s not doing all that, she feeds her cat and analyzes movies. [Twitter | Instagram | Official Site]
SCOTT FEINBERG
Scott Feinberg is The Hollywood Reporter’s awards columnist and host of its Awards Chatter podcast. He is also a trustee professor at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, and a member of the board of the Los Angeles Press Club. [Twitter | Instagram]
PETER KNEGT
Peter Knegt is a writer and filmmaker. He covered the Oscar beat for nearly a decade at Indiewire, which is where he got his start. He's also written a book on the history of LGBTQ rights in Canada and made six short films. Since 2016, he's written and produced content for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, including the docuseries Canada's a Drag and the interactive project Superqueeroes, both of which won him Canadian Screen Awards. [Twitter | Instagram | IMDb]
JORGE MOLINA
Jorge Molina is a writer, producer, and film festival programmer originally from Mexico City, now based in LA. He's currently the Programming Coordinator at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, and has worked in places like Outfest LA, the TCM Film Festival, and Sundance. He has written several features that have placed in national fellowships, and his short film "Muy Gay Too Mexicano" recently ended its festival run. He's the creator and showrunner of Kindgom of Pavement's scripted podcast "Just to be Nominated", a murder mystery set in the world of award season campaigning, currently releasing episodes bi-weekly. He can be found listening to ABBA Gold at any given moment. [Twitter | Instagram | IMDb]
MATT NEGLIA
Owner & Editor in Chief of Next Best Picture and host of the Next Best Picture Podcast. Critics Choice Member & Awards Pundit from New York. [Twitter | Instagram]
HOSTED BY...
NATHANIEL ROGERS
Nathaniel is the creator and owner of The Film Experience. He is a member of Gurus of Gold, Critics Choice, and the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and a longtime Oscar pundit here at TFE. His writing has also appeared at other publications including Vanity Fair, Vulture, Slate, Towleroad, Tribeca Film, and Winq.
If you are a working actor, a renowned critic, film historian, a novelist, a comedian, or an arts professional of some kind, chances are good that he has meant to invite you to a Smackdown panel, or would have if he happened to know you were obsessed with actresses. [Twitter | Contact | Instagram]
Reader Comments (12)
Great panel!
Exciting lineup! Scott Feinberg's coverage's always good and he's a fantastic interviewer. Looking forward to this.
Your best lineup yet!
Get Kathleen Turner for the next panel!!! <3
Great set of smackdowners. I'm especially excited to see Peter Knegt included. His "Once upon a time in the Scottish Highlands" is one of my favorite of pieces of writing in the last few years.
Grace is the best! Can’t wait to hear her on the podcast with this panel.
I love seeing Peter Knegt taking part. This will be fun.
Rue -- omg i wish. I think y'all will likely the next panel (for the year 2000) which is now booked but the years after that I'm still sending out invites for.
Facially, they look like people who will give Glenn an extra star out of sentimentality or career respect. :P
Did Nathaniel steal Matt Neglia's look or the other way around? Who is Single White Female-ing who?
omg, it's so soon, I can't wait. Looks like a wonderful bunch of panelists and I really look forward to seeing who takes home TFE gold!
Yay! All exciting but especially pumped for Matt, whose podcast I love.