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Katey Rich

Awards Editor

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Katey Rich is Awards Editor at Ankler Media and one of the preeminent voices covering the film and television awards landscape. She writes Prestige Junkie, and hosts the Prestige Junkie podcast and Prestige Junkie After Party, where she interviews the actors, creators and contenders shaping the year’s most talked-about films and series.

Her coverage spans the full awards ecosystem — from campaigns and contenders to the industry dynamics driving the conversation — making her a trusted authority on Oscar and Emmy races (and everything in between).

Prior to joining Ankler Media, Rich spent a decade at Vanity Fair, where she founded and co-hosted the Little Gold Men podcast and led the publication’s Awards Insider franchise, including its Oscar Party livestreams.

She has appeared as an entertainment expert on BBC, NBC News, Apple News, KTLA and KCRW, and is a frequent guest on leading industry podcasts.

Rich is based in North Carolina and frequently reports from Los Angeles.

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Prestige Junkie

Governors Awards: My Night Inside Hollywood’s Starry Power Room

Tom Cruise got an Oscar, the ‘One Battle’ cast rolled deep and Timothée Chalamet was MIA (again!). Plus: My chat with Park Chan-wook


A Wild & Crazy ‘SNL’ 50th Season: Wigs, Stars & Will Ferrell’s Shorts 

Four behind-the-scenes Emmy nominees reveal what was really going on backstage during the anniversary season


‘Nobody Expected This’: Meet the Year’s Least Likely Emmy Nominee 

‘Somebody Somewhere’ star Jeff Hiller became a first-timer for the cult HBO comedy. Plus: The cancel culture movie that could rock Oscar season


Prestige Junkie podcast 

🎧 What It Really Feels Like to Be an Oscar Nominee

I talk to 16 of this year’s contenders — including Amy Madigan and Rose Byrne — to find out


🎧 Star Wars to ‘Train Dreams’: Joel Edgerton Live from TIFF

I talk to the Australian actor about his career and new Netflix indie darling


🎧 Michael B. Jordan Tuned Out His Inner Director to Play Twins in ‘Sinners’

The actor tells me: ‘I had to be selfish in the best way possible’