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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‘The Taste of Things,’ ‘The Zone of Interest’ Make Heavily European Shortlist in Oscars International Category
Other films on the list include “The Teachers’ Lounge,” “Io Capitano,” “Society of the Snow” and “20 Days in Mariupol”
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Paul Giamatti to Receive Icon Award at Palm Springs International Film Awards
The honor will come for Giamatti’s performance in Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers”
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Penelope Spheeris’ ‘Decline of Western Civilization’ Trilogy Wins Legacy Award From Cinema Eye Honors | Exclusive
The rock ‘n’ roll documentaries were made over 17 years and chronicled unruly and vibrant subcultures
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How Many Votes Does It Take to Get an Oscar Nomination in 2024?
In 15 of the 23 categories, the magic number to land a nom is within two of last year’s number
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Oscars Gain More Than 200 Voters – but Actors Branch Keeps Shrinking
For the third year in a row, the Academy’s biggest branch drops in size
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‘Ferrari,’ ‘Society of the Snow’ and ‘The Killer’ Deliver the Sound of Trouble
TheWrap magazine: The sound teams on those three movies had to conjure up car wrecks, a plane crash and some assassinations
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‘20 Days in Mariupol’ Director Hopes His Film Can Go Where the News Cycle Can’t
TheWrap magazine: “Even the most important events last for a day or two and then disappear in the sea of other events,” Mstyslav Chernov says
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How Da’Vine Joy Randolph Found ‘Many Dimensions of Grief’ in ‘The Holdovers’
TheWrap magazine: “Grief has many facets. That was something I tried to constantly engage and explore,” the actress says
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Meet the Teenage Actors Who Make Italian Oscar Entry ‘Io Capitano’ So Powerful
TheWrap magazine: “It was a big pleasure and pride to represent what immigrants go through,” says Moustapha Fall, who joins Seydou Sarr in Matteo Garrone’s brutal drama
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The Sound of ‘Barbie’: Authentic, Artificial and Sparkly
TheWrap magazine: “Greta (Gerwig) would say things to us like, ‘Put a little sparkle on it,’ and at first I didn’t get what she was saying,” says re-recording mixer Kevin O’Connell
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Greta Gerwig Says Her Goal With ‘Barbie’ Was to ‘Write the Greatest Script Nobody Ever Makes’
TheWrap magazine: “It felt like the exact kind of idea I like, which is just on the edge of ‘how is this even possible?’” says Gerwig
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How to Shoot All That Pink and Other Lessons in ‘Barbie’ Cinematography
TheWrap magazine: “The first day on the set, I discovered that it was really a problem,” says cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto
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How One ‘Barbie’ Dance Song Turned Into a Giant Job for Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
TheWrap magazine: “Everything influenced everything else,” Mark Ronson says of the film’s mixture of songs, score and dance numbers
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How an Existential Crisis Led to Singaporean Oscar Entry ‘The Breaking Ice’
TheWrap magazine: “When you’re stuck, you look to find a new direction,” says director Anthony Chen of the movie that came out of his pandemic melancholia
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Sterling K. Brown Says ‘American Fiction’ Flexes How He’s ‘Much Sillier Than People Give Me Credit For’
TheWrap magazine: Brown, who won Emmys for “This Is Us” and “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” says “I guess I fool them into thinking that I am a serious actor
