Oscar Controversy Comes for Marty Supreme
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
John, Rebecca, and Hillary discuss last week's California Post story about an alleged incident on the set of Josh and Benny Safdie's Good Time (2017), and debate whether the news will affect Marty Supreme's Oscar chances. They also look back at Oscars scandals and whisper campaigns of the recent past, from Emilia Perez to Shakespeare in Love, and consider how social media has influenced the race over the years.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers. |
| 0:10.1 | I'm Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:11.2 | And I'm John Ross. |
| 0:13.5 | John, how are you doing? |
| 0:14.7 | You had a big night last night at the Grammys? |
| 0:17.0 | I had a big weekend. |
| 0:18.4 | I did Grammy's weekend right. Friday night I went to the Farel party very briefly because it was very late for me. Saturday I went to the legendary Clive Davis gala, which was very cool. And then Sunday I was at the Grammys with my colleague, Lindsay Underwood, |
| 0:39.3 | and we were a part of the live blog inside the room. |
| 0:43.7 | As someone who watched the show from afar, I thought it was pretty great. |
| 0:48.4 | I mean, I think the Grammys, they really know how to make a show, you know? |
| 0:51.3 | Like, there are moments you have to tune into, |
| 0:53.4 | even if you're not |
| 0:55.0 | following all these musicians all year round as I don't. But I mean, obviously, I feel like the headline |
| 1:00.6 | is the Bad Bunny win was such a huge moment. Did you feel like that was the biggest moment of the |
| 1:06.6 | night? That and also that there was way more political speeches. |
| 1:11.6 | I mean, there was way more politics and there was way more ice talk throughout the whole show or people had pins on. |
| 1:21.5 | We saw a little bit of that in Sundance, so it'll be interesting to see if it carries into film |
| 1:28.5 | award season as the next shows come up. I actually would say my biggest takeaway from the |
| 1:34.3 | Grammys was I really found Rebecca that me and you have a connection in that we will not wait |
| 1:41.5 | in a line and we believe that a security guard |
| 1:45.6 | is more of like a guardrail |
| 1:48.0 | and less of like an official figure |
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