Little Gold Men

By Conde Nast & Vanity Fair

TV & Film

What's Little Gold Men about?

From Vanity Fair, Little Gold Men is the inside story of Oscar season: from the buzzy premieres of festival season to the breathless acceptance speeches in February, chronicling all ups and downs in between. Featuring biweekly updates on the state of the race, LGM also deep-dives into the best of Oscar history, and features guest appearances from some of the people who orchestrate this annual mad dash toward Hollywood glitz and glory.

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Your Guide to the Oscar-Nom...

04.15.2021

Chris Murphy joins for a deep dive into the animated, documentary, and live-action short categories, and we share clips from two of our Cocktail Hour Live events: an interview with best actress nominee Andra Day, and a conversation between MIchael ...

Little Gold Men episodes:

04.15.2021 Your Guide to the Oscar-Nominated Shorts, and a Look Inside Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour Live Chris Murphy joins for a deep dive into the animated, documentary, and live-action short categories, and we share clips from two of our Cocktail Hour Live events: an interview with best actress nominee Andra Day, and a conversation between MIchael ...
04.08.2021 The Two Wildest Oscar Races Left How the SAG Awards upended both the best actress and best supporting actress races yet again. Plus, a conversation with Minari director Lee Isaac Chung. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.01.2021 We Answer Your Most Pressing Oscar Questions Plus, a conversation with Time director Garrett Bradley, and a sneak preview of Vanity Fair’s upcoming event Cocktail Hour Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.25.2021 Riz Ahmed on the Power of His Oscar Nomination The Sound of Metal star talks about the value of representation and what comes next, plus a look at the WGA winners, the no-Zoom-allowed Oscars, and what's next on the awards calendar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.16.2021 The Biggest Surprises of the Oscar Nominations Breaking down the Lakeith Stanfield shocker, the troubling trend about Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and One Night in Miami, and who we now expect to be the big winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.11.2021 Our Final Oscar Nomination Predictions What the Critics Choice Award winners and BAFTA nominees told us, and which surprises still lay ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.01.2021 The Golden Globes Revealed Two Incredibly Unpredictable Actress Races A morning-after analysis of the Globes, technical difficulties and all, plus a conversation with Delroy Lindo and Spike Lee about Da 5 Bloods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.25.2021 Inside This Year's Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue, and How We Pulled It Off Jeff Giles joins to share inside stories about the making of a Hollywood Issue unlike any other. Plus, a look ahead at the Golden GLobes, and a conversation with Another Round star Mads MIkkelsen. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
02.18.2021 The Mauritanian Star Tahar Rahim Is Ready for the Spotlight This Time A conversation with the Golden Globe nominee, plus a look at the trials and tribulations of the best original song Oscar category with special guest Noah Gittell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.11.2021 What Judas and the Black Messiah and the Trial of the Chicago 7 Get RIght—And What They Leave Out Cassie da Costa joins for a look at the recent spate of films that examine the FBI's surveillance of black activists and artists in the mid-20th century, and how much further those stories could have gone. Plus, a conversation with ...
02.04.2021 What to Make of the SAG and Golden Globes Nominations How Jared Leto happened, what to make of Minari's shutout one place and success another, and more analysis of the week's awards announcements. Plus, a look back at the Sundance Film Festival and Netflix's Firefly Lane. Learn more about your ...
01.28.2021 The Indie Spirit Nominations, the AFI List, and More Awards Season Milestones Are Here A look at a new batch of honors, and the surging support for Promising Young Woman and Sound of Metal. Plus, conversations with Never Rarely Sometimes Always star Sidney Flanigan and Malcolm & Marie star John David Washington. Learn more ...
01.21.2021 The Late-Breaking Oscar Contenders Are On Their Way A look at the movies that have yet to debut, and conversations with two major contenders, One Night in Miami's Kingsley Ben-Adir and Miss Juneteenth's Nicole Beharie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
01.14.2021 Emerald Fennell's Guide to Candy-Colored Revenge An interview with the writer and director of Promising Young Woman (and also Camilla from The Crown!), plus a look at new releases MLK/FBI, One Night in Miami, and Locked Down, and the Gotham Award winners. Learn more about your ...
01.07.2021 What to Expect As Awards Season Finally, Actually Begins A look at the critics awards to come, the controversy around the Golden Globes, and the contenders we still have yet to see. Plus, conversations with Mank star Amanda Seyfried and Da 5 Bloods and Lovecraft Country star Jonathan Majors. ...
12.31.2020 Cristin Milioti and Jason Woliner on Two of the Year’s Best Comedies This holiday week episode features two interviews, first with Palm Springs star Milioti and then with Borat 2 director Woliner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
12.24.2020 The Christmas Movies to Help You Escape 2020 Who Weekly co-hosts Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber join to discuss the best of this year's Christmas movie crop. Plus a look at the first critics' awards of the season, and a conversation with The Crown star Emma Corrin. Learn ...
12.17.2020 How The Flight Attendant Broke Big A conversation with the star of the HBO Max thriller Kaley Cuoco, plus a look at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival lineup, new releases The Father and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and the massive list of upcoming titles announced by ...
12.11.2020 The Best TV of 2020, the NBA Included A look at our TV critic's year-end top 10, plus discussion of the potential of an in-person Oscars, the drama at HBO Max, and new releases Let Them All Talk and Wolfwalkers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
12.03.2020 The Old Hollywood Stories That Mank Gets Right—And What It Misses A wide-ranging discussion of David Fincher's new film, plus a look at The Prom, Sound of Metal, Nomadland, and Richard's top 10 list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11.26.2020 Why The Personal History of David Copperfield Is Unlike Any Other Period Piece You've Seen Director and co-writer Armando Iannucci talks about adapting the Dickens classic to reflect the modern Britain he loves. Plus a look at the trouble within Star Wars fandom, and a holiday weekend spent with Happiest Season and other movies worth ...
11.24.2020 Special Presentation of In VOGUE: The 1990s -- It Bags and It Girls We’re excited to bring you a new series from Vogue -- In Vogue: The 1990s. If you miss the 90s for all its nostalgia, fashion, and culture, you're going to love this episode on the fusion of fashion and celebrity ...
11.19.2020 Let the Carrie Coon Best Actress Hype Begin Now The star of The Nest talks about the not-quite-haunted-house thriller. Plus conversations about The Personal History of David Copperfield, I Hate Suzie, The Crown, and the upcoming Small Axe series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11.16.2020 Introducing SELF: Checking In Introducing Checking In, the advice podcast where we answer real health and wellness questions from real people like you. Hosted by SELF’s Editor in Chief, Carolyn Kylstra, and featuring trusted experts, doctors, therapists, thought leaders, and even a few celebrities, ...
11.12.2020 Congratulations America: The Crown Is Back Here, in our moment of post-election deep breathing, arrives the fourth season of Netflix's royal soap opera, and not a moment too soon. Plus discussion of new releases Mank, Dating Amber, and Ammonite, Richard's review of Hillbilly Elegy, and our ...
11.04.2020 2000 Oscars Flashback: Gladiator, Steven Soderbergh, Julia Roberts, and Everything Else We Were Thrilled to Remember This Had Oscar Buzz co-hosts Joe Reid and Chris Feil join for a special flashback episode about the 2000 Oscar race, and everything that's changed about the awards since then. Note: this episode was pre-recorded before Election Day, and contains ...
10.29.2020 Borat 2 Brings a Surprise Oscar Contender Into the Race Meet Maria Bakalova, who might have the season's wildest best supporting actress campaign. Plus a look at The Craft: Legacy and Kindred, and a conversation with On the Rocks director Sofia Coppola. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10.21.2020 The Little Gold Men Book Club: Rebecca A look at Netflix's new movie, the 1940 Hitchcock classic, and the Daphne du Maurier novel that started it all. Plus discussions of new releases The Witches and On the Rocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10.19.2020 Introducing Allure: The Science of Beauty Do you start group chats about the best scalp treatments? Google AHA vs BHA exfoliants until the wee hours? Take progress photos of your dark spots after trying a new vitamin C serum? You’re our people. And we know you’re ...
10.15.2020 The Netflix Movie That Could Get Every Supporting Actor Nomination A look at Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 and a slew of other new titles, plus a conversation with Film Fest 919 founders Carol Marshall and Randi Emmerman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10.08.2020 Does The Social Network Deserve an Anniversary Celebration? Vanity Fair TV critic Sonia Saraiya joins this week's show to argue that David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's Facebook movie got more wrong about social media than we even realized. Plus discussion of Emily in Paris, The Good Lord Bird, ...
10.01.2020 It's the Autumn of Jessie Buckley Joanna talks to the star of Fargo and I'm Thinking of Ending Things. The episode also includes discussion of the many release date changes that have shaken up the Oscar race, the trailer for Minari, and the movies Enola Holmes ...
09.21.2020 The Surprising Success of the Pandemic Emmys It felt more or less like a real awards show, which considering the circumstances was a little bit of a miracle. A look at the big winners Succession, Watchmen, and Schitt's Creek, and what every awards show might be able ...
09.21.2020 Introducing In Vogue: The 1990s The story of a pivotal decade, In VOGUE: The 1990s is a new audio docuseries that revisits the pivotal moments in 90’s culture through the lens of fashion. From slip dresses with army boots to colorful tracksuits and minimal pantsuits, ...
09.17.2020 The Oscars Are Seven Months Away, But The Buzz Has Already Begun A look at the Toronto International Film Festival and the winners from Venice, plus a look ahead at Sunday's Emmy awards and a conversation with Academy governor DeVon Franklin about the organization's new inclusivity standards. Learn more about your ad ...
09.10.2020 What the Oscar Inclusivity Rules Actually Mean A closer look at a new set of standards for best picture contenders, plus discussion of the Venice and Toronto film festivals and a conversation with Unpregnant star Haley Lu Richardson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
09.03.2020 Your Guide to Charlie Kaufman's Latest Mind-Bender A discussion of both the new film I'm Thinking of Ending Things and the book it's based on. Plus a look at new releases Bill and Ted Face the Music, Mulan, and Tenet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
08.27.2020 So, What's It Like to Actually See Tenet? Ben Croll dials in from Paris to talk about the release of the summer's only blockbuster. Plus, an interview with Giancarlo Esposito and a conversation between Emmy nominees and longtime friends Amy Sherman-Palladino and Lesli Linka Glatter. Learn more about ...
08.24.2020 BONUS: Little Gold Women: Shira Haas and Anna Winger Take Us Behind the Scenes of Unorthodox Ang Ferragauto and LaToya Ferguson discuss what made the limited series such a major hit, and then the show's co-creator and star discuss the steps they took to tell an authentic story about an Orthodox Jewish woman from Brooklyn starting ...
08.20.2020 Can the Emmys Break Out of Their Rut Again? A year after Fleabag's surprise sweep, two other newcomers are favored to win the top prize. Can the Emmys continue embracing change? Plus, conversations with Emmy nominees Linda Cardellini and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
08.17.2020 BONUS: Little Gold Women: Laura Linney and Julia Garner on Season 3 of Ozark Hosts LaToya Ferguson and Ang Ferraguto discuss the third season of the crime drama, and stars Laura Linney and Julia Garner reveal some of their favorite moments. Sponsored by Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
08.13.2020 The Real Monsters of HBO's Splashy New Drama Series A look at the new series Lovecraft Country, the Sundance-winning documentary Boys State, and a conversation with Succession star Sarah Snook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
08.06.2020 Geena Davis on How to Have a Film Festival in the Coronavirus Era The two-time Oscar winner and co-founder of the Bentonville Film Festival joins the festival's president of programming Wendy Guerrero to describe how they're pulling off this year's event. Plus, a look at newly announced plans from the Toronto International Film ...
07.29.2020 The 2020 Emmy Nominations Are Here! At long last, we have an actual awards show to talk about. Guests Hillary Busis and Sonia Saraiya help Mike and Richard break down the snubs, surprises, and strange narratives among this year's nominees. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
07.23.2020 How I May Destroy You Became the Show of the Summer Discussing Micaela Coel’s undefinable 12-episode dramedy, with guests Yohana Desta and Hillary Busis. Plus a look at what in the world festival season has in store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
07.16.2020 All Your Peacock Questions, Answered NBC's new streaming service has launched, with multiple tiers and price points and an endearingly oddball lineup of films. So, will anyone actually sign up for it? Plus a look at the handful of stellar new films out now, including ...
07.09.2020 The Emmy Contenders Voters Can’t Ignore Making the case for the best of this years top Emmy contenders, plus conversations with two of them, Thandie Newton and Janelle Monae. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
07.02.2020 New TV Shows and Movies Worth Staying In For A look at new releases Irresistible, Hamilton, Eurovision, and The Baby-Sitters Club. Plus, conversations with Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk and Unbelievable star Kaitlyn Dever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
07.01.2020 BONUS: Chris Evans and Michelle Dockery on Defending Jacob This episode was made in collaboration with Apple TV+. Hosts LaToya Ferguson and Joe Reid discuss the eight-part limited series, based on the novel by William Landay. Stars Chris Evans and Michelle Dockery also discuss their performances as parents caught ...
06.25.2020 The Enduringly Cool Lesbian Classic You Can Watch For Free Yohana Desta shares what she learned from Cheryl Dunye, director of 1996's The Watermelon Woman, which is now free on Criterion Channel. Plus, a conversation with Succession star Jeremy Strong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Little Gold Men episodes:

Your Guide to the Oscar-Nominated Shorts, and a Look Inside Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour Live

The Two Wildest Oscar Races Left

We Answer Your Most Pressing Oscar Questions

Riz Ahmed on the Power of His Oscar Nomination

The Biggest Surprises of the Oscar Nominations

Our Final Oscar Nomination Predictions

The Golden Globes Revealed Two Incredibly Unpredictable Actress Races

Inside This Year's Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue, and How We Pulled It Off

The Mauritanian Star Tahar Rahim Is Ready for the Spotlight This Time

What Judas and the Black Messiah and the Trial of the Chicago 7 Get RIght—And What They Leave Out

What to Make of the SAG and Golden Globes Nominations

The Indie Spirit Nominations, the AFI List, and More Awards Season Milestones Are Here

The Late-Breaking Oscar Contenders Are On Their Way

Emerald Fennell's Guide to Candy-Colored Revenge

What to Expect As Awards Season Finally, Actually Begins

Cristin Milioti and Jason Woliner on Two of the Year’s Best Comedies

The Christmas Movies to Help You Escape 2020

How The Flight Attendant Broke Big

The Best TV of 2020, the NBA Included

The Old Hollywood Stories That Mank Gets Right—And What It Misses

Why The Personal History of David Copperfield Is Unlike Any Other Period Piece You've Seen

Special Presentation of In VOGUE: The 1990s -- It Bags and It Girls

Let the Carrie Coon Best Actress Hype Begin Now

Introducing SELF: Checking In

Congratulations America: The Crown Is Back

2000 Oscars Flashback: Gladiator, Steven Soderbergh, Julia Roberts, and Everything Else We Were Thrilled to Remember

Borat 2 Brings a Surprise Oscar Contender Into the Race

The Little Gold Men Book Club: Rebecca

Introducing Allure: The Science of Beauty

The Netflix Movie That Could Get Every Supporting Actor Nomination

Does The Social Network Deserve an Anniversary Celebration?

It's the Autumn of Jessie Buckley

The Surprising Success of the Pandemic Emmys

Introducing In Vogue: The 1990s

The Oscars Are Seven Months Away, But The Buzz Has Already Begun

What the Oscar Inclusivity Rules Actually Mean

Your Guide to Charlie Kaufman's Latest Mind-Bender

So, What's It Like to Actually See Tenet?

BONUS: Little Gold Women: Shira Haas and Anna Winger Take Us Behind the Scenes of Unorthodox

Can the Emmys Break Out of Their Rut Again?

BONUS: Little Gold Women: Laura Linney and Julia Garner on Season 3 of Ozark

The Real Monsters of HBO's Splashy New Drama Series

Geena Davis on How to Have a Film Festival in the Coronavirus Era

The 2020 Emmy Nominations Are Here!

How I May Destroy You Became the Show of the Summer

All Your Peacock Questions, Answered

The Emmy Contenders Voters Can’t Ignore

New TV Shows and Movies Worth Staying In For

BONUS: Chris Evans and Michelle Dockery on Defending Jacob

The Enduringly Cool Lesbian Classic You Can Watch For Free

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