This podcast is supported by the film Amelia Perez, the most Oscar-nominated film of the year.

13 nominations including Best International Feature Film, Best Director Jacques O'Diard,

and The Best Picture of the Year.

The Times calls it a gorgeous musical epic from the French maestro, Jacques O'Diard,

featuring the Golden Globe winning and Oscar-nominated original song, El Mal.

Collider Raves, Amelia Perez,

is a one-of-a-kind cinematic feat.

Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men,

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

I'm Rebecca Ford.

We're continuing our Oscar nominee interviews today with the one and only Ariana Grande.

She's up for best supporting actress, her first Oscar nomination, for her incredible portrayal of Glinda in Wicked.

Popular, you're gonna be popular. I'll teach you the proper boys when you talk to boys,

the ways to alert and drums. I'll show you what shoes to wear, how to fix your hair.

If you followed the massive press tour, you probably notice that Ariana can get pretty emotional when talking about playing Glinda.

That's because it's been a dream of hers for years.

As you can hear in our interview, she knows this character inside and out.

I think we all knew she could sing, but for me, her work as an actor, from her comedic bits to the more dramatic moments, was what really impressed me.

We talked about how this role has permanently transformed her voice, the similarities she sees between herself and Glinda, and what's been especially fun about being a part of award season.

I also got to learn her most overused phrase in a round

of Proust questionnaire roulette, although you might be able to guess what it is before we get to the end.

I'm so excited to welcome Oscar-nominated actor Ariana Grande to the podcast. Thank you for joining me.

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