This week’s interview episode features two dynamic talents starting to introduce themselves to much larger (read: national TV) audiences. First, Alex Edelman speaks with Hillary Busis about winding down his lauded, years-long solo stage show Just For Us with a rousing HBO special. Then, David Canfield catches up with Shōgun ’s breakout star Anna Sawai, as they take a deep dive on her searing performance as Lady Mariko—through to this week’s pivotal episode. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vf...
Apr 09, 2024•53 min
With this week’s premieres of Netflix’s Ripley, Starz’s Mary & George, and Apple’s Sugar, some big names are officially in the Emmys hunt: Andrew Scott, Julianne Moore, and Colin Farrell. How will they fare in a strike-affected season? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @rilaws , @beccamford , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Apr 04, 2024•44 min
We’ve got two Oscar-nominated actresses pulling double duty on this week’s interview episode. First, Amy Ryan takes a break from her current acclaimed Broadway run of Doubt to discuss with David Canfield her scene-stealing work opposite Colin Farrell in Sugar. Then, Chris Murphy catches up with Andrea Riseborough, hot off her final episode of The Regime while also leading the Masterpiece miniseries Alice & Jack. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @rilaws , ...
Apr 02, 2024•58 min
While we just wrapped a strike-delayed Emmys season a few months ago, we're already in full swing on the next one. We break down some of the big new contenders set to make a splash, including Shōgun and Lessons in Chemistry , while wondering if anything can take down past champs like The Bear and The Crown . Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @karajwarner , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs Learn about your ad choices...
Mar 28, 2024•51 min
It’s been 15 years since Tom Hiddleston debuted the character of Loki in the MCU, and in conversation with Kara Warner, the actor reflects on that long, complex journey to the second season of his Disney+ series. Then, David Canfield catches up with Maya Erskine, who gives a powerhouse performance opposite Donald Glover in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @karajwarner , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Br...
Mar 26, 2024•58 min
Joe Reid returns and Rebecca Ford makes a very special brief appearance from maternity leave for our annual tradition: making predictions about the awards year ahead, and looking back at how much we got wrong this time last year. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @karajwarner , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 29 min
David Canfield catches up with two stars of some of the spring's biggest shows. First, Alison Brie takes on a black sheep role in the Peacock family drama Apples Never Fall. Then, Anthony Boyle is juggling several types of breakout roles on two Apple historical series, Masters of the Air and the upcoming Manhunt. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @karajwarner , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs Learn about your ad ch...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr
One last look back at this year’s show! Katey and Richard talk to comedy writer Louis Virtel about writing material for the Oscars, the jokes that didn’t make the cut, and how John Cena wound up naked onstage. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @karajwarner , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Mar 14, 2024•27 min
We see Oppenheimer here! A look back at the best actress shakeup, the Oppenheimer winning streak that got slightly interrupted, the Kenergy, and Al Pacino's moment in the spotlight. Plus, the inside scoop from the Vanity Fair Oscar party, where the man of the moment may just have been Flavor Flav. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @karajwarner , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs Learn about your ad choices: dovetail....
Mar 11, 2024•52 min
Get your ballots ready! We’re making our best bets on everything from the multiple Poor Things and Barbie crafts showdowns to the ever intriguing races for best actor and best actress. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @karajwarner , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 30 min
For the first time ever, Little Gold Men listeners call in and share their favorite Oscar night habits, from elaborate punny food menus to very specific rules about who is and is not allowed to watch. The hosts share their own stories too, including being in the auditorium for the La La Land/Moonlight mix-up to the moms whose passion for the Oscars got us watching in the first place. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @karajwarner , @david...
Mar 05, 2024•33 min
This Had Oscar Buzz hosts Joe Reid and Chris Feil return for our annual flashback tradition, this time revisiting the Oscars of 2004, where The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won 11 Oscars, Billy Crystal made a semi-triumphant return, and the show might have had its best ending ever. Plus, a look back at the busy weekend of the SAG, PGA, and Independent Spirit Awards. Plus! We want to hear from YOU about your favorite Oscar party viewing traditions. Send us a 30-60 second voice memo to li...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 14 min
With less than two weeks to go before this year's Oscars, the heads of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science look ahead to this year's ceremony, to rule changes coming up in the future, and to the lingering power of the Barbenheimer effect. Join our first ever Oscar Pool! Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com , and please put "Oscar Pool" in the subject line to register. (Subject to availability) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @kar...
Feb 27, 2024•32 min
It was yet another big weekend for Oppenheimer , but that's not the whole story out of London. Plus, if you want to win your Oscar pool, you've got to get the shorts right, and we watched them all. Join our first ever Oscar Pool! Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com , and please put "Oscar Pool" in the subject line to register. (Subject to availability) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @karajwarner , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer ...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 3 min
David Canfield has talked to the best actress nominee several times this season, and catching up with her shortly after the Oscar nominees luncheon learned that she’s been pleasantly surprised by her big Hollywood breakthrough— and, of course, happy to be in the company of her celebrated costar, Messi the dog. Join our first ever Oscar Pool! Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com , and please put "Oscar Pool" in the subject line to register. (Subject to availability) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram...
Feb 20, 2024•26 min
The Academy has added an Oscar for best casting, after years of lobbying — but what will a best casting Oscar actually look like? Plus, inside the DGA Awards and the Oscar nominees luncheon, and a look at the seemingly ever growing momentum around Anatomy of a Fall. Join our first ever Oscar Pool! Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com , and please put "Oscar Pool" in the subject line to register. (Subject to availability) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyric...
Feb 15, 2024•52 min
First, Kara Warner talks to the Oscar-nominated star of Poor Things, who says his comic blowhard performance could be the first of many funny roles if anyone wants to cast him in one. Then American Fiction writer-director Cord Jefferson tells Katey Rich about how he had to get talked into witnessing his film’s blockbuster Toronto Film Festival premiere, and what gives him hope for the future of Hollywood. Join our first ever Oscar Pool! Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com , and please put "Oscar Po...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 3 min
A look ahead at the next major events of awards season, and then more listener questions! Can Poor Things get an Oscar boost as it thrives at the box office? Is Thelma Schoonmaker going to make history? And will the Oscars ever go back to February? Join our first ever Oscar Pool! Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com , and please put "Oscar Pool" in the subject line to register. (Subject to availability) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @becc...
Feb 08, 2024•50 min
She's still not quite used to the term "Oscar nominee," but the Holdovers star is working on getting as many tickets as she can to the ceremony, reconnecting with the co-stars she spent 3 months "trapped in a blizzard" with, and making sure that whatever her next project is, she will surprise everybody. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @beccamford , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs....
Feb 06, 2024•29 min
A look at the highlights of this year’s Sundance, including Oscar buzz for Kieran Culkin and a whole lot of docs to look out for. Plus listener questions about Cillian Murphy, Lily Gladstone, Oscar alternate universes, and more! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @beccamford , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Feb 01, 2024•49 min
First, the writers of May December share their low key Oscar nominations day celebration and how growing up in a casting family gave Samy Burch unique insight on Hollywood. Then, the writer and director of international feature nominee Perfect Days looks back on the post-pandemic experiences that inspired the film, and why he feels optimistic about the future of moviegoing. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws ...
Jan 30, 2024•57 min
One of the directors and one of the stars of the Oscar-nominated animated feature discuss how performances are built in the recording booth, how much it changed over the course of production, and how a world built to be a "mood ring" came alive for Steinfeld's Gwen Stacy. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @beccamford , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: do...
Jan 25, 2024•31 min
The already infamous Barbie snub, the surprising strength of American Fiction, and everything else you need to know about this year’s nominations. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @beccamford , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Jan 24, 2024•51 min
Our first-ever live show, discussing the Critics Choice Awards and the final days of Oscar voting. Plus, a conversation with the star, costume designer, and clothing consultant of Killers of the Flower Moon about the complex historical details and community effort that went into the film’s exquisite costumes. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @beccamford , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett ...
Jan 18, 2024•58 min
First, David Canfield catches up with the star of Todd Haynes's May December , who reflects on her decades of working with the director and the bond she's built on the campaign trail with her co-star, Charles Melton. Then, Katey Rich talks to Washington Post reporter Jada Yuan about her deeply personal connection to the Manhattan Project, and how that led her to writing the official behind the scenes account of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer . Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider...
Jan 16, 2024•57 min
As Oscar voting begins, we look back at the results of the Golden Globes, the SAG nominations, the BAFTA longlist, and the buzz we're hearing about everything from The Zone of Interest to potential best supporting actor surprises. Plus, a look ahead at Monday's Emmy Awards. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @beccamford , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: ...
Jan 11, 2024•55 min
First, the newly minted Golden Globe winner tells Katey Rich about how doing press for The Holdovers has forced him to look back over his career, and the part of winning awards he could absolutely do without. Then Jon Batiste reflects with Rebecca Ford on the extremely vulnerable process of making the documentary American Symphony, and the song he almost didn’t contribute to it. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @ri...
Jan 09, 2024•54 min
Will Oppenheimer and Barbie dominate? Will Charles Melton surprise? Will Taylor Swift be there?? We’ve got more questions than answers about this year's Golden Globes— but that’s what makes it fun! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @beccamford , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Jan 04, 2024•48 min
David Canfield talks first with the star of the Finnish comedy, and surprise Golden Globe nominee, Alma Poysti, and then with the actress at the heart of 2023’s undeniably dominant film— Barbie star America Ferrera. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws , @beccamford , @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 1 min
We're pleased to share this episode of The New Yorker 's podcast Critics at Large, in which Vinson Cunningham , Naomi Fry , and Alexandra Schwartz look back at Martin Scorsese's career. In films like Goodfellas and Mean Streets , the director has made a study of how evil happens. His latest, Killers of the Flower Moon , asks the same question of one of the darkest chapters in U.S. history. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kat...
Dec 28, 2023•44 min
