Awards season in Los Angeles means there are countless screenings, Q&As, and cocktail parties to attend. But not all of them have a view of the Santa Monica Pier and the Pacific Ocean. On Thursday, Vanity Fair and IHG’s Regent Santa Monica Beach hosted a live Little Gold Men taping with Train Dreams star Joel Edgerton. After the conversation, guests mingled on the hotel’s terrace overlooking the beach and enjoyed a particularly beautiful Southern California night.

Following his Golden Globe nomination this week, Edgerton has been gaining steam in the best-actor race. Train Dreams, which premiered at Sundance and was quickly purchased by Netflix, has had a slow but steady rise this season, with more and more voters seeing the film and responding to it. When asked by Little Gol

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