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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‘Tár,’ ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ ‘Women Talking’ Receive Indie Spirit Award Nominations
Acting nominees include Cate Blanchett, Brian Tyree Henry, Regina Hall and Michelle Yeoh
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Governors Awards Mix Campaigning, Calls for Action and a Long-Awaited Oscar for Diane Warren
Directors Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy and actor Michael J. Fox are also honored at the annual ceremony
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Oscars Documentary Race Hits 144 Entries, Up From 2021
The list includes “All that Breathes,” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “Fire of Love,” “Navalny” and “Good Night Oppy”
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‘Good Night Oppy’ Wins Top Prize at Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Other winners include “Navalny,” “Fire of Love,” “Bad Axe,” “Moonage Daydream,” “Descendant” and “The Beatles: Get Back”
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‘All That Breathes,’ ‘Fire of Love’ Lead IDA Documentary Award Nominations
Top nominees also include “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “No Simple Way Home,” “A House Made of Splinters” and “Navalny”
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‘The Territory,’ ‘Fire of Love’ Lead Cinema Eye Honors Documentary Nominations
“All That Breathes,” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” and “A Night of Knowing Nothing” also receive multiple noms
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‘Armageddon Time’ Review: James Gray Looks at His Childhood Without Nostalgia
Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong are among the stars in a semi-autobiographical story that is both unsentimental and touching
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‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review: Mock Rock Biopic Is Ridiculous Fun
Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t look much like Weird Al, which makes perfect sense given this movie’s twisted logic
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‘Causeway’ Review: A Subdued Jennifer Lawrence Shines in Intimate Drama
The actress joins Brian Tyree Henry for a gentle Lila Neugebauer film that moves with the languid rhythms of New Orleans
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Oscars International Race Hits 92 Entries, One Short of All-Time Record
All of the films have now been placed in groups and assigned to voters in the category
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Jerry Lee Lewis Appreciation: In Praise of the Coolest, Meanest SOB in Any Room
A memorable encounter with a cantankerous, cologne-drenched rock ‘n’ roller whose favorite whiskey had gone missing
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‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Review: A Beautiful, Horrifying New Take on Classic Anti-War Story
Edward Berger’s film is the first German-language adaptation of a novel once banned and burned in that country
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‘The Return of Tanya Tucker’ Review: Country Firebrand Makes a Comeback in Touching Documentary
Kathryn Horan’s film is the respectful chronicle of a renaissance engineered by Brandi Carlile
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Top Student Academy Awards Go to USC, NYU, German and Australian Schools
This is the first year the Student Oscars have had U.S. and international schools competing head-to-head
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‘Four Hours at the Capitol’ Leads Nominations in Cinema Eye Honors Broadcast Categories
“The Beatles: Get Back,” “We Need to Talk About Cosby” and “How to With John Wilson” also receive multiple nominations