Inside The Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue, Plus Why Great Films Are Flopping

Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

Tv & Film

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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John and Rebecca take stock of a series of star-studded Oscar contenders that are having trouble at the box office. They debate why so many indie adult dramas can't find an audience in today's marketplace, and what that might mean for their awards chances. Then, they break down the best actor race, one of the most competitive we've seen in years. And speaking of leading men, Rebecca and John are also joined by Vanity Fair's Global Editorial Director Mark Guiducci, who shares how the newly unveiled Hollywood Issue of Vanity Fair came together.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Rebecca. I'd like to ask for your help with something. We're currently conducting a survey of our audience and we want to hear from you as a Little Gold Men listener. This is one of the best ways for us to learn about what you value as a listener and a chance for you to help shape the future of our podcast. Whether it's a dream guest for the show or thoughts on your favorite
0:21.5	episodes or topics you'd like us to discuss, we want to hear from you. As a token of our appreciation,
0:27.6	you'll be eligible to enter a prize drawing up to $1,000 after you complete the survey. You can find
0:33.6	links to this survey in our episode and show notes. Thanks so much for listening to Little Gold Men from Vanity Fair.
0:48.3	Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers.
0:53.8	I'm Rebecca Ford. And I'm
0:55.0	John Ross. Hi, John. Hey, Rebecca. We're a little tired. Let's be honest. It's been the busiest week
1:05.1	of the Hollywood season so far. Yeah. But before we get into all that, I just wanted to remind our listeners that we're gearing up for a mailbag episode soon and we really want your questions. You can send us as an email or a voice note to Little Gold Men at VF.com. Anything about this award season, we would love to answer it. Yeah, we've received some hot takes, if you will, but we want more.
1:28.3	Yes, we want them all.
1:29.9	But anyway, I really want to congratulate us for surviving this past week
1:34.9	because it was not only extremely busy, but also some of my favorite things I think I've
1:41.2	gotten to do since joining Vanity Fair.
1:43.2	So it was a really fun one.
1:44.9	John, do you want to talk about the now infamous Adam Sandler, Timothy Chalameh conversation and basketball
1:51.6	game that we got to host? Yes. So we on Saturday with Netflix and A24 hosted a Vanity Fair scene selection live with Adam Sandler and Timothy
2:05.1	Chalame, where they talked about their work and also played basketball.
2:11.9	It was at a high school gym, there were students there, there were cheerleaders.
2:21.0	It was wacky and why.
2:26.9	It was like something only in the world of the Timothy Shalame promotion tour.
2:33.2	The video is going live beginning of December, and it was really funny.
2:36.3	It was emotional at times.
2:41.0	And we got to watch those two play basketball.
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