Only 1 woman is nominated for Best Director at the 2026 Oscars | Elaine Low

This week, Rae and Natalie sit down with Elaine Low from The Ankler to break down the biggest stories affecting women this awards season, including the gender gap that's still defining Hollywood.Did you know that no woman has *ever* won an Oscar for Best Cinematography? This year, Autumn Durald Arkapaw made history as the first woman of color ever nominated in the category for her work on Sinners, yet only 3 women total have ever received a nom in this category. Let that sink in.This year, Jessie Buckley, Rose Byrne, Renate Reinsve, Emma Stone, and Kate Hudson are all nominated for Best Actress — but in Best Director, only one woman made the list: Chloé Zhao, who is just the second woman in Oscar history to be nominated twice. If she wins Best Director for Hamnet at the 2026 Oscars, she'll become the first woman *ever* to win the category twice, joining only 3 other women who have ever taken home the Best Director Academy Award in the 98-year history of the Oscars. So what's really going on? Is it the films? The opportunities? Or something deeper? We dig into Hollywood's diversity problem, the economics driving the entertainment industry, and what awards season reveals about who really holds power in film.EPISODE CREDITS...Hosted by Natalie Lizarraga and Rae WilliamsDirected by Lauren AmesExecutive Produced by Sydney Kramer and Rachel ApirianProduced by Lauren Ames, Rae Williams, and Natalie LizarragaFilmed by Travis Orozco and Davielle WaldnerEdited by Davielle WaldnerBROADLINES IS ALSO ON...SpotifyAppleJOIN THE CONVERSATION...InstagramLinkedInTikTokXWebsiteBroadlines is a production of The Female Quotient and recorded in Los Angeles, California.