This podcast is supported by Searchlight Pictures presenting A Complete Unknown,

now nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Actor Timothy Salome,

Best Supporting Actor Edward Norton, Best Supporting Actress Monica Barbaro,

Best Director James Mangold, and Best Picture of the Year.

A Complete Unknown enters the American Cinematic Songbook through the mind and music of Bob Dylan,

played by Timothy Shalame, whose embodiment of Dylan's superhuman genius brings electric life to an iconic enigma.

Critics hail its breathtaking cinema at the highest level and one of the best films of the year for your consideration.

Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men,

Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers.

I'm David Canfield.

I'm Richard Lawson.

And I'm Rebecca Ford.

So this whole award season, chaos has reigned until suddenly it has not.

It seems that we finally have an Oscar frontrunner at long last,

coming off of this weekend's very busy slew of events from the Critics Choice Awards to the DGA Awards to the PGA Awards.

The big headline, Anora won all of them,

which was a big surprise to pretty much everyone following the race, and even those like myself

who were more optimistic about the film's Oscar chances were not predicting a sweep by any means.

So we're going to get into those wins, what it all means. We'll take you inside the rooms.

Rebecca and I were at these shows. And a little bit later, we're also going to talk into those wins what it all means we'll take you inside the rooms rebecca and i were at these shows and a little bit later we're also going to talk about the white lotus which is back on

sunday yes we're actually going to talk about a television show we haven't done that in a while but to

start with nora guys how are we feeling is this our best picture winner uh yeah i think it's our

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