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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3 Short Films Qualify for Oscars With HollyShorts Film Festival Awards
“Hallelujah,” “Mulaqat/Sandstorm” and “Scale” take the top prizes at the Hollywood festival
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The Emmys Cold List: Here’s a Final Salute to Shows and Stars That Voters Overlooked in 2022
TheWrap magazine: From “The Is Us” to “Yellowstone” to Marvel, the Emmys left some favorites by the wayside this year
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Is the Golden Globes’ Comeback Doomed by the New-Look HFPA?
It’s not a good look to resurrect the Globes with less transparency and more of an eye on profit
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How Director Michael Showalter Went Behind the Mask of Elizabeth Holmes — and Tammy Faye Bakker
TheWrap magazine: Showalter has already directed Jessica Chastain to an Oscar this year, and he has the chance to do the same with Amanda Seyfried and an Emmy
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Werner Herzog, Laura Poitras Documentaries Added to Toronto International Film Festival Lineup
TIFF has also added 50 international films to the Contemporary World Cinema section
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Christina Ricci May Be Funny in ‘Yellowjackets,’ But Don’t Call Her Comic Relief
TheWrap magazine: “I tend to over-empathize with my characters, so the hardest thing was to feel like the character was being laughed at all the time,” the Emmy-nominated actress says
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Here’s the Emmy Rule That Makes Voters Look Lazy
It’s easy to blame Television Academy members for nominating so many actors from the same shows, but is the system itself to blame?
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AFI, BAFTA Awards Events Set Up an Awards Season Battle
The events are usually timed to coincide with the Golden Globes, but in January they’ll take place just before the Critics Choice Awards
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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Cleans Up in Emmy Writing Category — and Clocks Another Win for Diversity
TheWrap magazine: Four years ago, Stefani Robinson became the first Black woman ever nominated for writing and producing. This year, she did it again
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Why Hannah Einbinder Tells the ‘Hacks’ Creators Every Week, ‘You Have Given Me My Entire Life’
TheWrap magazine: “It feels like an honor to be included in something like [this],” said the Emmy-nominated actress who co-stars with Jean Smart
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Alex Borstein and Tony Shalhoub Face the End (and Brave the Twists) of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
TheWrap magazine: The two Emmy-winning actors have been nominated four times each for the comedy series, which is currently filming its final season
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Brett Goldstein Talks ‘Ted Lasso’ and the Art of Nuanced Swearing
TheWrap magazine: “I thought, ‘Well, he’s probably not a very funny character, but as long as he exists in the funny world around him, it’s fine,’” says the Emmy-winning actor and writer who plays Roy Kent
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Harry Styles, Emma Corrin to Receive Toronto Film Festival Award as Part of ‘My Policeman’ Cast
The TIFF performance award will also go to castmates David Dawson, Gina McKee, Rupert Everett and Linus Roache
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Goodbye, Vin Scully: In a Format Designed for Play by Play, He Found Poetry
A fan looks back in sorrow and appreciation at the greatest baseball announcer ever
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Janet Yang Elected President of Oscars Academy
The “Joy Luck Club” producer will be the fourth woman and first Asian American to head the Academy
