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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: How Kpop Demon Hunters Became Eligible to Win an Oscar Even Though it’s a TV Movie · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest keypop Demon Hunters has
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  Speaker 1: dominated pretty much everywhere it's gotten the chance to.
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  Speaker 2: It's the most streamed movie in Netflix's history by a
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  Speaker 2: long way.
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  Speaker 3: And Golden was a number one hit on the charts
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  Speaker 3: and didn't even claim the number one spot at the
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  Speaker 3: box office for a weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I did for a limited sing along release. Remember
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  Speaker 2: I think somebody was there. He went to that, and
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  Speaker 2: because of that it might end up dominating the Oscars
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  Speaker 2: as well. Netflix saw that it was a big opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to put it in about seventeen hundred theaters at the
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  Speaker 2: peak of its popularity so kids could sing along and
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  Speaker 2: casually raked in.
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  Speaker 1: It was eighteen million bucks.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, it was such a genius stroke.
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  Speaker 2: Now, only because of that theatrical release, the Academy has
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  Speaker 2: just ruled it's also qualified to be nominated for the Oscars.
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  Speaker 3: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Wild. So what do you think does the Academy go
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  Speaker 2: with its popularity or do they go against it because
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  Speaker 2: it's so popular, you know, because it's such a unique scenario.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's time they lean into popularity.
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  Speaker 2: Well, well, no, for sure. The nominations be announced for
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  Speaker 2: the Academy Awards January twenty second.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.