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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Emmy Statuette Gets a Small Makeover for Its 75th Anniversary
For this year’s ceremony, the design of the base has been changed to include a nod to this landmark year
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Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton to Receive Honorary Oscars
Sundance Institute founder Michelle Satter will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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6 Burning Questions for Emmy Voting, From ‘Succession’ Dominance to the Comedy Crunch
As the ballot deadline looms, we’re wondering what awaits when nominations are revealed on July 12
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Academy’s Board Continues Its Makeover With 11 First-Time Governors
Term limits prevented 11 governors from running for re-election, with Lou Diamond Phillips among the first-timers elected to the board
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Eve Hewson Says She Was Drawn to ‘Bad Sisters’ Because She, Too, Is a ‘Wild Child’: ‘I’m Not Going to Lie About That’
“There’s something in playing a character from where you are from — it is so instinctive and in your blood,” the Irish actress says of the Apple TV+ drama
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Oscars Toughen Theatrical Requirements to Qualify for Best Picture
Effective in 2024, contending films will be required to play in 10 of the top 50 U.S. markets in addition to normal qualifying runs
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‘Black Mirror’ Ruled the Emmys, but This Year’s Eligible Anthology Series Will Struggle to Crash the Party
Netflix’s eight-time Emmy-winning horror hit sparked a 2021 category adjustment for anthology series that makes it harder for a breakthrough
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How ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ Created Music Meant to Be ‘the Greatest Songs Ever’: ‘It Was Like a Musical, in a Way’
TheWrap magazine: “The way that the music is referred to in the novel is with all the most intimidating adjectives: classic and timeless — and we are not songwriters,” writer/producer Scott Neustadter says
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Rufus Sewell Found the Key to the Political Drama ‘The Diplomat’ in Screwball Comedy
TheWrap magazine: “The dynamic of the relationship was incredibly, recognizably real,” the British actor says of the flirting, fighting characters he and Keri Russell play
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Not So Funny: Why the Emmy Comedy Categories Are Losing Nominees This Year
A decrease in submissions is hitting the comedy field particularly hard, reducing the number of nominees in key categories
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If This Is a New Start for the Golden Globes, Why Are the Same People Voting?
The awards show is reorganizing as a for-profit enterprise, but the now-defunct HFPA is still supplying the voters
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Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander to Be Honored at 2023 Karlovy Vary Film Festival
The two actors will receive the President’s Award and bring their latest films to the Czech festival
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Why Elton John Turned Down Playing the Super Bowl but Said Yes to Dodger Stadium: ‘I Was Having the Best Time’
TheWrap magazine: The Disney+ stadium show also included “one of the greatest moments of my career” courtesy of a certain dancing music icon
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When Every Series Is a Blend of Comedy and Drama, What’s an Awards Show to Do?
The Emmys must decide where series belong, but the lines between comedy and drama are all but indistinguishable these days
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Elle Fanning Explains the Hazards of Acting in ‘The Great’: ‘Your Brain Is Just on Fire’
TheWrap magazine: The actress also talks about the season’s big death and admits, “I was crying all the time”
