How the Oscars Have Changed — and Changed Us
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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David, Richard, and Rebecca answer mailbag questions about how the Oscars have changed, the most annoying film discourses of all time, and tips for attending film festivals. They also dream-cast LGM with previous Oscar winners as the hosts. Finally, as David and Richard say farewell, they present the Little Gold Men Awards and share their favorite Oscar-watching memories.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Mint, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm David Canfield. |
| 0:10.2 | I'm Richard Lawson. |
| 0:11.1 | And I'm Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:16.2 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:17.2 | Happy last week of August. |
| 0:18.7 | We've got a great show for you today. |
| 0:20.2 | We'll be ending with a very special presentation of the Little Gold Men Awards, which we have devised. Rebecca Ford led the charge on those. You can stick around to find out who will win best acceptance speech. It's a ceremony you won't want to miss. But first, we are diving into our mailbag and answering some of the many great listener questions |
| 0:38.0 | we got over the past week. Thank you all so much for sending so many in, including about |
| 0:42.4 | topics that we very specifically care about. Our first question comes from Sophie. Sophie says, |
| 0:50.0 | My mailbag question is one of my favorite things to think about. And having read it, Sophie, I concur. |
| 0:55.0 | One thing that we don't ever get access to are the voting numbers. |
| 0:59.0 | So if you could see the vote totals from any category, from any year, which would you pick? |
| 1:04.0 | I also think nominations count for this. |
| 1:06.0 | Who came sixth and seventh, etc. |
| 1:09.0 | So many to choose from who wants to go first. |
| 1:13.2 | I mean, the one that springs to mind is, by how much did Olivia Coleman be Glenn close? |
| 1:18.0 | How close was it? |
| 1:19.5 | Yeah, I thought of that one too. |
| 1:20.9 | Yeah, that's, I feel like maybe something Glenn has asked herself. |
| 1:25.2 | So I would be very curious to see those numbers. |
| 1:27.4 | You could also just go to last year and Mikey Madison versus Demi Moore versus Fernando Torres. |
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