The First Weekend at Cannes, in Parties, Acquisitions, and Premieres
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
After a party- and screening-filled weekend on the Croisette, Rebecca and John report back from the Cannes Film Festival, including a peek inside Vanity Fair's casually elegant event at Tetou. They discuss the couple of great films and the larger number of disappointing ones, and give a preview of the premieres to come. Plus, did Rebecca help Jordan Firstman decide which studio to go with for Club Kid? Did the cast of the new White Lotus season spill any juicy secrets to John? There's one way to find out!
Follow along on Vanity Fair's Cannes liveblog, and send your festival questions to littlegoldmen@vf.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:03.0 | And I'm John Ross. |
| 0:04.0 | We're the hosts of Little Gold Men from Vanity Fair. |
| 0:07.0 | And this week we're recording from the Cannes Film Festival on the French Rivier. |
| 0:11.0 | So if you love film or want to know what's happening on the ground at the most glamorous film festival of the year, follow along. |
| 0:18.0 | We're going to be giving you an inside look at parties, premieres, press conferences all week, |
| 0:23.8 | and talking about some of the films that you may see on your Oscar ballot next year. |
| 0:29.0 | Find Little Gold Men from Vanity Fair wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:37.4 | Music Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, |
| 0:46.2 | Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers. |
| 0:49.3 | I'm Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:50.4 | And I'm John Ross. |
| 0:53.0 | John, we're still here. |
| 0:55.0 | We're still in Cannes. |
| 0:55.8 | We are. |
| 1:00.7 | We've been here for 45 years. It feels like at this point, but it's going great. |
| 1:05.0 | And we're still also updating Vanity Fair's live blog every day. |
| 1:12.0 | It's a mix of red carpet, gossip we're hearing on the ground, who might be buying what. So it's a lot of fun. |
| 1:16.4 | So readers should definitely go to vanity fair.com to see all those updates. |
| 1:25.2 | I literally just updated the live blog right now. In real time. Breaking news, Jordan Firstman's film sold to 824. All right, John, let's get into it. |
| 1:29.1 | I think we should talk about this weekend. |
| 1:31.5 | This is the big weekend of the festival where lots and lots of things happen. |
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