Pride Oscar Flashback: Ian McKellen Makes History With Gods and Monsters
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In 1999 Ian McKellen became the first openly gay male actor to be nominated for an Oscar — and, unbelievably, he remains the last. Plus, a look at the Emmys limited series race and the campaign strategies revealed in the Emmy ballot.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, the award season podcast from Vanity Fair. |
| 0:05.0 | I am delighted and proud to introduce him as Academy Award winner. |
| 0:10.0 | And the Oscar goes to... |
| 0:12.0 | And the Oscar goes to... |
| 0:15.0 | The winner, it's a tie. |
| 0:19.0 | And any little girl who's practicing their speech on the telly, you never know. |
| 0:25.0 | Mom, I just want an Oscar! |
| 0:36.0 | I am Katie Rich. I'm here with Richard Lawson. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello. |
| 0:39.0 | With David Canfield. |
| 0:40.0 | Hi. |
| 0:41.0 | And with Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:42.0 | Hello. |
| 0:43.0 | Today we are continuing our Pride Oscar flashbacks, our second to last. |
| 0:47.0 | It's Camp Leap June's almost over with 1998's Gods and Monsters. |
| 0:52.0 | But before that, we're going to dive into the Emmy race because Emmy voting is ongoing right now. |
| 0:56.0 | And that means the Emmy ballot is out. |
| 0:58.0 | And David, for Friday's Awards Insider newsletter, you took a deep dive into the ballot itself. |
| 1:03.0 | Which, you know, if you know what you're looking for, can have a lot of really fun surprises. |
| 1:07.0 | But not everybody knows what they're looking for. |
| 1:09.0 | So why don't you explain a little bit of what you found in there? |
| 1:12.0 | There's lots of surprises, as I'll ever in this year's ballot. |
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