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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Netflix Picks up Travon Free’s Oscar-Nominated Short ‘Two Distant Strangers’
The film directed by Free and Martin Desmond Roe uses a “Groundhog Day”-style premise to tell a powerful story about police violence against Black men
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‘Nomadland’ Takes Top Prize at Producers Guild Awards: Complete List of Winners
TV awards go to “Schitt’s Creek,” “The Crown,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “Hamilton,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Carpool Karaoke”
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‘Without Getting Killed or Caught’ Film Review: Lyrical Documentary Captures Songwriting Legend Guy Clark
SXSW Film Festival: Music documentary explains and teases, celebrates and mourns in a way that should enlighten those who aren’t fans and satisfy those who are
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‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,’ ‘Promising Young Woman’ Top 2021 Writers Guild Awards: Complete Winners List
Television awards went to “Ted Lasso,” “The Crown,” “The Queen’s Gambit” and “Mrs. America”
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Union Station Makes a Promise: Even During the Oscars, the Trains Will Run on Time
And for a change, the subway stop beneath the Dolby Theatre will remain open during the Oscars, even though part of the show is taking place there
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While the Oscars Embrace Diversity, the Golden Globes Scramble for Relevance
The week may have begun with the Oscar nominations, but attention very quickly shifted back to the under-fire Hollywood Foreign Press Association
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‘Alone Together’ Film Review: Charli XCX Documentary Is For, and About, the Singer’s Fans
SXSW Film Festival: The film ostensibly chronicles the making of the singer’s last album, but it’s less interested in the artistic process than in community in a time of isolation
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Oscar Producers Tell Nominees That the Show Will Be Safe — With No Zooming
“We feel the virtual thing will diminish (our) efforts,” the producers write in an email to nominees
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‘Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free’ Film Review: Ragged Documentary Fits the Man and the Music
SXSW Film Festival: Mary Wharton’s film chronicles a small moment in Petty’s career, but it turns into a loving and lovely portrait of the late rock ‘n’ roll star
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Oscar Voters Can Watch All the Nominees in the Academy Screening Room – Except These 2
A pair of big films nominated for visual effects aren’t available in the members-only streaming site for voters
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Can We Please Get Steve Kornacki on the Oscars Show?
In a year as crazy as this one, why not switch to an Oscar-style electoral college and bring in MSNBC’s unflappable stats geek to keep viewers in the know?
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Shaka King Named Spirit Awards Honorary Chair, Gives Out $75,000 in Grants
The three grants went to an emerging director, producer and documentary filmmaker
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Romania Finally Gets an Oscar Nomination, But Don’t Expect ‘Collective’ Director to Get Patriotic
“The pride is more that this story is crucial when so many countries are dealing with manipulative, corrupt and incompetent politicians,” says director Alexander Nanau
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Academy Limits Oscars to Nominees and Their Guests, Cancels Governors Ball and Nominees Lunch
“We’d hoped the pandemic would be more in our rearview mirror by the month of April,” wrote president David Rubin in an email to members
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H.E.R. Just Got a Grammys-Oscars Twofer, Says It Changed Her Life
Note to Oscar producers: If you want H.E.R. to perform on the show, all you have to do is ask
