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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Mads Mikkelsen Says Blockbusters Like ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Are Fine, but He Really Wants to Make More Danish Films
TheWrap magazine: “More and more, it becomes clear to me that I need to go back,” says the star of Oscar entrant “The Promised Land”
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Why a Former Doctor Used Film to Diagnose Social Problems in ‘Blaga’s Lessons’
“The best treatment starts with a good diagnosis,” director Stephan Komandarev said at TheWrap’s screening of the prize-winning Bulgarian film
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Rosamund Pike Says She Loved ‘Saltburn’ Because ‘Playing Shallow Is Fun’
TheWrap magazine: “She’s not the sharpest tool in the box,” says Pike of the glamorous but deliberately oblivious woman she plays in Emerald Fennell’s dark comedy
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‘The Morning Show,’ ‘Succession’ Lead Critics Choice Awards TV Nominations
“Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Beef,” “Lessons in Chemistry” and “A Small Light” also receive multiple nominations
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Colman Domingo to Receive Spotlight Award in Palm Springs
The star of “Rustin” and “The Color Purple” will be honored on Jan. 4 at the Palm Springs Convention Center
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167 Documentaries Enter Oscars Doc Race – See the Full List
Taylor Swift’s concert movie isn’t eligible, but two different movies named “Bella” are
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Why ‘Past Lives’ Star Greta Lee Didn’t Want Anybody to See the Movie
TheWrap magazine: “It was totally thrilling, but also terrifying once it was complete,” says Lee of the Celine Song movie she made with Teo Yoo and John Magaro
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Carey Mulligan to Receive International Star Award at Palm Springs Film Awards
The “Maestro” star will be honored during a Jan. 4 ceremony at the Palm Springs Convention Center
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Lily Gladstone on Her Journey Into the Mainstream With ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: ‘I’m in a Better Position to Advocate’
TheWrap magazine: “I’ve flown under the radar and kept my indie cred ’til now,” the breakout actress says
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Song or Score? ‘The Holdovers’ Music Blurs the Line
TheWrap magazine: “It’s what we jokingly call scource — half score, half source music,” says composer Mark Orton
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Why Jon Batiste Followed His Huge ‘American Symphony’ With a Gentle Love Song
TheWrap magazine: The composer and performer says the ballad “It Never Went Away” “felt spiritually connected to everything that happened” as his wife battled leukemia
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How Composer Ludwig Göransson Took Viewers Inside J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Head
TheWrap magazine: “You’re with him — you’re feeling his feelings, you’re seeing through his eyes throughout the whole film,” Göransson says
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How ‘American Fiction’ Grew Out of Cord Jefferson’s Own Experiences of Being Piegonholed as a Black Writer
TheWrap magazine: “The subtext of all those conversations is an inability to see Black life as being as complex and dynamic and broad and deep as anybody else’s life,” Jefferson says
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‘Past Lives’ Wins Top Prize at Gotham Awards
Acting awards go to Lily Gladstone, Charles Melton and Ali Wong
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How Maori Singer Stan Walker Reclaimed His Identity With a Song From Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’
TheWrap magazine: “Even though I’m 33 years old, I feel born again in a whole new way,” says the New Zealand singer
