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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Oscars Break Another Record With 105 Eligible Songs, But Trent Reznor’s ‘Mank’ Tune Isn’t One of Them
Reznor and Atticus Ross’ “(If Only You Could) Save Me” was written for David Fincher’s film, but it didn’t make the Academy’s largest-ever eligibility list
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SAG Awards Nominations Make a Messy Awards Year Even Messier
Screen Actors Guild voters boosted “Minari” and hurt “Mank,” but their own idiosyncrasies didn’t do much to make the awards picture clearer
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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Leads All Films as BAFTA Unveils Longlists for Film Awards
The lists, which BAFTA hasn’t used since 2012, were reintroduced as part of an extensive overhaul of its voting procedures to increase diversity and inclusion
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Golden Globes Voters Tried to Be Bold and Inclusive But Just Couldn’t Do It
For all the landmarks in the directing and acting categories, the films with the most Globes nominations are a very white bunch
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‘CODA,’ ‘Summer of Soul’ Win Top Jury and Audience Awards at Sundance Film Festival
Other awards go to “Flee,” “Hive,” “Writing With Fire” and actor Clifton Collins Jr. for “Jockey”
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Why Gong Li Traded in Her Glamour for the Chinese Sports Movie ‘Leap’
“If I was offered a role that does not allow me to develop my character fully, I would not waste my time,” says the actress, who is one of China’s most recognizable international stars
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Oscar Shortlists: Apes, Pop Stars and ’60s Hair Battle in FX, Music and Makeup Categories
Four below-the-line categories will narrow their contenders to 10 or 15 semi-finalists before nomination voting begins
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Golden Globes Nominations Predictions: In a Weird, Frustrating Year, No Film Will Dominate
“One Night in Miami,” “Nomadland,” “Da 5 Bloods” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” are among the films liable to get the most love from isolated Globes voters
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What Will Make the Oscar Shortlists in Documentary and International Categories?
Here’s what might happen as doc and international contenders are narrowed to 15 semifinalists
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Leslie Odom Jr to Receive Spotlight Award From Palm Springs Film Awards
Odom is being honored for his performance as Sam Cooke in “One Night in Miami”
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COVID Impacts Sundance 2021: Screenings Go Virtual, Films Are Haunted by the Pandemic
Sundance 2021: From a documentary about the virus to movies that grapple with isolation and dread, this has been a festival like no other
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‘In the Earth’ Film Review: Don’t Mess With Mother Nature, Says Ben Wheatley
Sundance 2021: The British director returns to his horror roots with a messy, creepy, annoying and at times deliciously nasty concoction fueled by COVID-era currents of dread
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‘Rebel Hearts’ Film Review: Nuns Make a Ruckus in ’60s-Set Documentary
Sundance 2021: Director Pedro Kos has created an affectionate salute to women who were dubbed “The Pope’s Unruly Flock”
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Oscars Voters Top 9,000, and You Can Thank Agents for That
An unusually large influx of new voters this year came from agents finally getting the right to vote
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Why John Lee Hancock Headed to the Dark Side for ‘The Little Things’
“I was living in a crappy apartment in Hollywood, looking at the streets and observing things around me, and there it was,” says the writer-director
