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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‘American Factory’ Named Top Documentary at Cinema Eye Honors
The Obama-produced documentary also wins for directing; awards for broadcast documentaries go to “Leaving Neverland” and “Tricky Dick”
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Writers Guild Nominates ‘Little Women,’ ‘The Irishman,’ ‘Parasite’
Other nominees include “Marriage Story,” “Joker,” “Jojo Rabbit” and “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” — but Quentin Tarantino’s script for “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” wasn’t eligible
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Golden Globes Analysis: The Stars Ignore Ricky Gervais on a Night of Surprises
Quentin Tarantino is cruising, Martin Scorsese is sweating and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has no use for consistency or predictability
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Golden Globes 2020 Predictions: Expect Wins for Scorsese, Tarantino and Bong Joon Ho
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association isn’t always predictable, but we do our best in all 14 film and 11 television categories
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Golden Globes Have a Prime Position on the Awards Calendar, but Do They Matter?
The Academy’s shortened season has helped, not hurt, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual bash — but there’s a difference between perception and reality
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‘1917,’ ‘Joker,’ ‘The Irishman’ Among American Society of Cinematographers Nominees
“Ford v Ferrari” and “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” are also nominated by the ASC, which has a good record of predicting Oscar nominations
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How Oscar Voting Really Works: Critics’ Top 10 Lists Would Produce These 7 Best Picture Nominees
We tabulated more than 200 Top 10 lists as if they were Oscar ballots, and came up with a smaller-than-usual slate of nominees
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How Many Votes Does It Take to Get an Oscar Nomination in 2020?
We have the category-by-category breakdown, ranging from a high of 424 to a low of 26
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5 Awards Shows on One Night! Inside the Most Crammed Awards Season Ever
It’s gonna rain awards stuff for the next 40 days and 40 nights
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8 Biggest Changes to the Oscars in the 2010s, From #OscarsSoWhite to Envelopegate
The past 10 years saw the Academy reshape itself in the wake of #OscarsSoWhite, #MeToo, declining ratings and executive changes
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Quentin Tarantino to Receive Director of the Year Award from Palm Springs Film Festival (Exclusive)
The “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” director is the 12th and final honoree to be announced by the festival
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The Safdie Brothers Detail the 10-Year Journey to Make the Adam Sandler Drama ‘Uncut Gems’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “What’s great is that it’s a happy ending, but then all of a sudden it’s not,” producer Scott Rudin told the filmmakers
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Here’s What’s on My Oscar Season Christmas Wish List: Eddie Murphy, ‘A Hidden Life’ and Lots More
Dear Santa: Can you also make sure the poor Oscar voters watch all the movies in time?
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Terry Gilliam Lets Loose on ‘Don Quixote,’ Trump, Harvey Weinstein, Marvel and More
“I’m here to say things that get me into trouble when you print them,” says the Monty Python member whose most recent film is “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote”
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Academy Allows ‘Cats’ to Submit Its New, Improved Version to Oscars
The Oscar rulebook prohibits changing a film after its initial run — but it doesn’t cover what happens when a movie makes changes in the middle of that run, as “Cats” did