{"id":5250,"date":"2022-03-23T16:57:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=5250"},"modified":"2022-03-23T16:57:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:57:56","slug":"nbc-news-now-presents-best-pictures-real-life-stories-behind-this-years-nominees-a-special-hosted-by-joe-fryer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2022\/03\/23\/nbc-news-now-presents-best-pictures-real-life-stories-behind-this-years-nominees-a-special-hosted-by-joe-fryer\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NEWS NOW PRESENTS \u201cBEST PICTURES: REAL LIFE STORIES BEHIND THIS YEAR\u2019S NOMINEES,\u201d A SPECIAL HOSTED BY JOE FRYER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Best Pictures: Real Life Stories Behind This Year\u2019s Nominees&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>Will Stream on NBC News NOW on Wednesday, March 23 at 10:30 p.m. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 23, 2022 \u2013 NBC News NOW will present&nbsp;<strong><em>Best Pictures: Real Life Stories Behind This Year\u2019s Nominees<\/em><\/strong>, a special hosted by&nbsp;<strong>Morning News NOW&nbsp;<\/strong>anchor&nbsp;<strong>Joe Fryer<\/strong>, that explores the true events, headliners and issues that inspired this year\u2019s Oscar-nominated films and performances. The special airs tonight, March 23 at 10:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The co-directors of the Oscar-nominated documentary&nbsp;<em>Writing with Fire<\/em>, Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, as well as Tony-winner Wilson Jermaine Heredia of&nbsp;<em>tick, tick&#8230;BOOM!&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>RENT<\/em>&nbsp;join the streaming special with Joe Fryer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plus, the special includes additional NBC News interviews with&nbsp;<em>King Richard<\/em>\u2019s Will Smith,&nbsp;<em>Don\u2019t Look Up<\/em>\u2019s Leonardo DiCaprio,&nbsp;<em>Belfast&nbsp;<\/em>director Kenneth Branagh,&nbsp;<em>West Side Story<\/em>\u2019s Ariana DeBose,&nbsp;<em>Spencer&nbsp;<\/em>star Kristen Stewart, and&nbsp;<em>Summer of Soul<\/em>&nbsp;director Questlove. Additional profiled films include&nbsp;<em>The Power of the Dog, Being the Ricardos<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Eyes of Tammy Faye.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The special is the latest in the streaming network\u2019s growing slate of original and special programming. Recent specials have included&nbsp;<em>NBC News Special Report: Inside Ukraine with Lester Holt<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Black History NOW<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Can You Hear Us NOW?, Meet the Press: Election Night Special, Generation LatinX, Cuba\u2019s Fight for Freedom: Patria y Vida, TransAmerica, Elevate: Success in the She-cession, The Racism Virus&nbsp;<\/em>and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To watch, tune in to NBC News NOW tonight, March 23rd, at 10:30 p.m. ET.&nbsp;NBC News NOW is available on Peacock, Fubo, Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus, The Roku Channel, Tubi, Xumo, YouTube, YouTube TV and NBC News\u2019 apps on Roku, Fire TV and Apple TV.&nbsp;The special is also available on-demand on Peacock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the latest culture news, visit NBCNews.com\/Culture-Matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more information, contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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