The Oscar Nominations Are Here, and Sinners Just Made History
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Happy Oscar Nom Day! Rebecca, John, and VF Staff Writer Chris Murphy were up bright and early to analyze this year's Academy Award nominations. They talk about Sinners's historic 16 nominations, and the snubs (Wicked: For Good) and surprises (Kate Hudson) that might make this Oscars more unpredictable than everyone initially thought. Plus, they offer suggestions and predictions for the ceremony itself, from the In Memoriam segment to hosting bits for Conan O'Brien.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, |
| 0:06.1 | Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:10.4 | And I'm John Ross. |
| 0:12.3 | How you doing this morning, John? |
| 0:13.8 | We were up bright and early before the sun. |
| 0:16.5 | Yes, we were. |
| 0:17.8 | I was an hour ahead because I'm in Park City for Sundance Film Festival, |
| 0:23.6 | but it was still early, and it was a lot of surprises. |
| 0:29.6 | From the very start. |
| 0:30.8 | Yeah, it was a surprise-filled Oscar nominations morning. |
| 0:37.0 | Yes. So today on the show, we're talking about all the Oscar nominations morning. Yes. |
| 0:41.2 | So today on the show, we're talking about all the Oscar nominations and about how we think the nominees will be kicking off the next phase of their campaigns. |
| 0:46.5 | And later in the show, we're going to give our wish list for the Oscar ceremony, |
| 0:51.5 | from performances to what we want to see from the host, Conan O'Brien. |
| 0:56.5 | We're giving some more unsolicited advice. |
| 0:59.9 | And to help us out with all of this, we're joined by our trusty New York correspondent who did |
| 1:04.4 | not have to be up as early as we did. |
| 1:06.6 | Chris Murphy, hi, Chris. |
| 1:08.0 | Hello, hello. |
| 1:09.1 | I'm very well-rested and really, really surprised and happy about a bunch of these nominations. |
| 1:14.9 | You'll be our voice of sanity since you got more sleep than us. |
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