This Awards Season Keeps Getting Weirder

Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

Tv & Film

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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David and Richard unpack some truly bizarre SAG Award nominations and who they have boosted (Jonathan Bailey!) and who is falling (a few Oscar-winning actresses, to start). They also discuss the best-picture frontrunners outlined by the directors’ guild, Richard’s time at the National Board of Review gala, and the terrifying impact of the Los Angeles fires.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers.
0:09.8	I'm David Canfield.
0:11.1	I'm Richard Lawson.
0:15.7	Happy SAG Award nominations day and also a strange and terrifying day here in Los Angeles.
0:21.6	As listeners may know, Rebecca Ford and I live in Los Angeles, and there are massive wildfires raging around here.
0:28.6	Everyone involved with Little Gold Men is safe.
0:31.6	Unfortunately, Rebecca has been having a lot of issues with power and communication, so she is not on today's recording, but she is okay.
0:40.5	Yeah.
0:41.9	We're just glad she's safe right now and that you are safe, David.
0:45.4	But if anyone is in LA listening to this, leave if you feel like you should.
0:49.5	Truly.
0:50.2	And we'll see where we are by the time this podcast is live.
0:52.8	But for now, today we are going to talk about the SAG nominations as well as the DGA nominations.
0:57.2	It's a very busy day here in Los Angeles.
1:00.0	And also just talk a little bit about what's going on both New York and L.A.,
1:04.2	particularly Richard attending the National Board of Review Awards.
1:08.1	But yeah, it's a stressful day here in L.A. And then I saw the SAG nominations and got
1:13.8	a lot more stressed, Richard. I don't know how you did. I wouldn't say stressed. I would say
1:19.8	angry. Maybe that's a kind of stress. It's in some ways very expected list of nominees and in
1:27.4	others very surprising, but not really a good surprise, I don't think, for me.
1:32.0	I was surprised by a lot.
1:34.1	Just when you think you have the season figured out or you think things are coming together, the last showgirl gets to nominations from the Actors Guild, and I think we all know who to credit for that,
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