Little Gold Men

This week on Little Gold Men, the hosts explore why Shōgun, The Bear, and Baby Reindeer are expected to clean up and which shows remain on the bubble.

Fresh off her Emmy win, the veteran scene-stealer had an offer to star in a glitzy new TV show. She turned it down to make Janet Planet—an indie gem that feels like a career statement.

“There’s a version of this show that is very stoic and takes itself too seriously, and I don’t think any of us ever wanted to make that show,” says the star of AMC’s hit vampire series. “And thank God!”

The Emmy winner tells Vanity Fair why her bold performance in the acclaimed film required taking a big risk.

The Oscar-winning icon speaks about her remarkable spring on screen and stage, and why she feels more liberated as an actor than ever.

From the unhinged chaos of the best Real Housewives franchise to the career-best work from industry veterans Zahn McClarnon and Carla Gugino, we implore the Television Academy to keep their eye on this group of contenders.

Mulaney breaks down his fascinating talk show experiment, from his favorite segment to potentially doing a second season in a new city (but only if “everybody was there”).

On this week’s roundtable episode of the Little Gold Men podcast, the panelists discuss Broadway’s biggest night, when a play with music just might outshine all the musicals.

The Bridgerton breakout on his busiest season yet, costarring with Matt Bomer in a groundbreaking queer love story, and the spot where two very different characters intersect: “Tim, if he’d been born 60 years later, may have played Fiyero in the school production of Wicked. And he would have loved the shiny boots.”

The Bronx-born stage and screen veteran on bonding with Philip Seymour Hoffman, facing years of rejection, and the pandemic-forced turning point that brought her to this moment.

With Shōgun now ruling the drama races, Baby Reindeer has the limited-series field all to itself. But TV’s biggest night may offer up some big twists elsewhere.

The Tony nominee and star of Broadway’s Merrily We Roll Along takes a walk down memory lane, reminiscing about falling in love with Sondheim, his first days as an actor in New York, and why he turned down a starring role on Ryan Murphy’s musical series.

The Good Place alum has hit a career high in back-to-back plays over the past 12 months—bringing him his first Tony nomination, and an opportunity to reflect on some tougher years in his journey as an actor.

The Emmy winner on finding her Loot groove in season two, building a surprising career, and the legacy of her extraordinary run on Saturday Night Live.

The Late Night host on celebrating his show’s 10th anniversary, the double-edged success of “Seth Goes Day Drinking,” and why he once thought Trump hosting SNL was a good idea.

From Megalopolis to Emilia Perez to The Apprentice, this was a festival of big swings. Some really worked, some really didn’t—and only a few will likely make it to the Oscars. We break it all down.

“It is funny, it is dramatic, it is full of action, it is full of moral dilemmas, and then, like, weird-as-shit stuff just happens,” showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet says in a new live edition of Vanity Fair’s Little Gold Men podcast. “And that, to us, was what we had to nail. We felt like if we fucked that up, we did not make Fallout.”