Steve Pond
Steve Pond
Steve Pond’s inside look at the artistry and insanity of the awards race, drawn from more than three decades of obsessively chronicling the Oscars and the entertainment industry.
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One Big Thing Is Missing From Awards Season So Far: Voters Who Make Movies for a Living
“Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things” and “Past Lives” have been winning awards, but we have yet to hear much from industry voters
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Cillian Murphy on the Brain-Drain of Playing Oppenheimer: ‘Being That Brilliant Is a Burden’
TheWrap magazine: “Hyper-intelligent people see the world in different dimensions than we do,” says the Golden Globe-winning actor
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‘Succession’ Dominates Directors Guild TV Nominations, Again
Two years after landing all five nominations in its category, the drama series takes four out of five for its final season
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Academy Promotes Teni Melidonian and MaryJane Partlow to Exec Oscar Roles
Melidonian will become chief Oscars officer while Partlow is instated as executive VP of awards production and special events
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Ferrari’ Land Nominations From Cinema Audio Society
“Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro” and “Oppenheimer” are also singled out in a category that usually predicts Oscar nominees
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‘Oppenheimer’ Leads AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards Nominations
“Killers of the Flower Moon,” “The Color Purple,” “Barbie” and “Maestro” are also nominated in the top category
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How Honorary Oscar Winner Carol Littleton Fought to Make Film Editing More Diverse
TheWrap magazine: “I was not happy being sidelined because of nepotism and strict rules, and I was bound and determined it wasn’t going to happen to anybody else,” she says
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Only 265 of the 321 Oscar-Qualifying Films This Year Are Eligible for Best Picture
“Dumb Money,” “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” are among those not in the running for the top prize
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Why Wim Wenders Blurred the Lines Between Reality and Fiction in ‘Anselm’ and ‘Perfect Days’
TheWrap magazine: “I think the real is something very beautiful in fiction, and the fictional is very beautiful in the real,” the director says
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Golden Globes Make a Case for ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Poor Things’, but Not Much of One for Themselves
With new voters and new ownership, the Globes put on an awkward, clunky show with a distinctly international sensibility
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Golden Globe Predictions: Can Barbenheimer and New Voters Save the Show?
Even smart choices might not be enough to bring credibility to an embattled, revamped awards show
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Emma Stone’s ‘Poor Things’ Journey: Why a Stripped-Down Approach Was Key to the Strangest Role She’s Played
TheWrap magazine: “She doesn’t shy away from any life experiences, whether it’s food, or politics, or philosophy, or sex, or dancing, or travel or science,” Stone says
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Poor Things’ Make the Costume Designers Guild’s Best-Dressed List
Nominees for CDG awards also include “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “Saltburn,” “Ahsoka,” “Loki” and “The Masked Singer”
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘Maestro’ Lead Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Nominations
Other nominated films include “Barbie,” “Nyad,” “Saltburn” and “Poor Things”
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With ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Maestro’ and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ This Is the Year of Female Editors
TheWrap magazine: It’d be only the third time in Oscar history for three female editing nominees
