Vanity Fair's All-Male Hollywood Cover: Why Is It A Risk?

Aussie music's night of nights has officially wrapped, and we're breaking it all down — the couple who basically turned the red carpet into their own rom-com, the international superstars who dropped in, and the speech Em swears is “the most Aussie acceptance speech ever.”

Plus, Vanity Fair has unveiled it's new all-male issue and we have… thoughts. From Jeremy Allen White to Jonathan Bailey and Andrew Garfield, the covers are stacked... but we need to talk about what this issue is actually saying about Hollywood right now.

And finally, celebrities have officially discovered Substack... joining the trend of stars slowly infiltrating our “normie” spaces. So what does it mean when celebs take over as creators… and are they coming for our jobs?

00:00 - Intro: Welcome to The Spill
00:28 - 2025 ARIA Awards: Big Night in Australian Music
02:41 - ARIA Winners: Ninajirachi & Amyl and The Sniffers
03:17 - The Sniffers' Controversial 'Prime Minister' Speech
04:47 - Thelma Plum and Adam Hyde (Keli Holiday)
05:23 - The Abbie Chatfield Manifestation Story & 'Dancing 2'
08:46 - The Vanity Fair All-Male Hollywood Issue Backlash
09:27 - Analysing the 'New Generation of Leading Men' on the Cover
12:52 - The Tradition of the Hollywood Issue: Starting with All Women
13:45 - The 'Safest' Time in History for an All-Male Cover
14:56 - The Rise of the 'Boy Next Door' Archetype
21:35 - The Substack Celebrity Controversy: Charli & Dua Lipa
23:10 - The Substack Bestseller List & Visibility for Writers
26:49 - Celebrity Side Hustles: From Podcasting to Substack
27:19 - Why Celebrities are Taking Our Jobs (and our thoughts on it)
31:17 - The Problem with Friends Interviewing Friends