Garfield Oscar Buzz for Altman Role, Per Variety

On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on The Closing Bell
Published 3:55 PM ET, Tuesday, October 6, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Variety: “Andrew Garfield Could Win an Oscar for ‘Artificial’ and His Norman Bates-Inspired Turn as Sam Altman”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 3:55 PM ET on The Closing Bell, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Andrew Garfield, Sam Altman.
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VarietyAndrew Garfield Could Win an Oscar for ‘Artificial’ and His Norman Bates-Inspired Turn as Sam Altman

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFolks, Variety says Andrew Garfield could win an Oscar for the film Artificial, playing a Norman Bates-inspired version of Sam Altman!
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentVariety calls him the Norman Bates of Silicon Valley, bro. Honestly, every startup founder has a basement full of stuffed birds, metaphorically.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorStuffed birds! Sounds like my favorite roadside diner outside Topeka, which also has a very questionable taxidermy moose!
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAlso Variety says Blood Sweat Honey launched Cinema Machine and a horror label called Graven Image.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPeak crossover: scary movies about tech, distributed by a firm named like a candle.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHorror, sci-fi and cult films! I've never seen one, but I've been to a county fair at midnight, so I'm basically qualified!