Hi, everybody. Just a quick note before we get started. We recorded this episode on Tuesday,

which was before the riots that happened in Washington, D.C. So if our tone about the new year

and the fresh year ahead seems a little optimistic, given everything that's happened this week,

that's why we still think it's a great episode and we hope you enjoy it.

Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, the award season podcast from Vanity Fair.

It's such an honor to present this next award.

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And the Oscar goes to

And I can't deny the fact that you like me right now. You like me.

I'm the King of the World. There's a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won Best Picture.

I'm Katie Rich, the deputy editor of Vanity Fair.com. A happy new year, everybody. I'm here with

our film critic, Richard Lawson. Hello. And our senior writer, Joanna Robinson. Hi, Katie.

We made it, you guys. I had a good break. Did you guys have a good break?

Yeah, I mean, I was stressed out about stuff still to come, politically speaking.

But it was, you know, symbolically nice to watch the year tick forward. And I actually did get to

watch a lot of good things. I mean, mostly below deck Mediterranean, which is a fantastic,

I mean, it's the best thing that's ever been made. But

Even so, but also watch a lot of below deck. I was just looking at his guide,

his like list from last year. I was just going to say. So after reading that this morning,

I felt in very good company and a little bit less guilty for not rewatching or for the first time

some classic movies or anything. Yeah, I took a big break from watching stuff. I watched Mandalorian

and not much else. And it was great, honestly. Great time. Yeah, I mean, I think if there's one

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