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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Can the Oscars Pull a Satisfying Show Out of a Year of Chaos and Ugliness?
Awards season (and real life) has been a mess, but that doesn’t mean the Academy Awards need to be one
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Gene Hackman Will Be Recognized During Oscars Telecast
The late actor will likely be added to the In Memoriam segment of Sunday’s ceremony
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Oscar Predictions: What’s It Gonna Be, Academy – Strippers or Priests?
With “Anora” and “Conclave” on top, picking Oscar winners could be as difficult as choosing a new pope
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‘Maria’ Wins Top Award From American Society of Cinematographers
Other winners include “Nickel Boys,” “Shōgun,” “Ripley” and “Sugar”
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‘Conclave’ Named Best Film at BAFTA Awards
Acting awards go to Mikey Madison for “Anora,” Adrien Brody for “The Brutalist,” Kieran Culkin for “A Real Pain” and Zoe Saldaña for “Emilia Pérez”
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‘Anora,’ ‘Nickel Boys,’ ‘Shōgun,’ ‘Hacks’ Win Top Writers Guild Awards
“Shōgun” wins three awards to top all shows and films — complete winners list
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The Lesson of This Week’s Awards Shows: While We Were Talking About ‘Emilia Pérez,’ People Were Already Voting for ‘Anora’
With Oscar voting beginning on Tuesday, has Sean Baker’s film quietly built the consensus it needs to win?
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Sean Baker Traces the Road to an Unlikely Oscar Frontrunner: ‘It’s Surreal, Quite Honestly’
TheWrap magazine: The director of “Anora” discusses the state of independent film: “I can’t imagine having to break in now”
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Jeremy Strong on the Dark Legacy of Roy Cohn: ‘We’re Living in His World Now’
TheWrap magazine: The Oscar-nominated star of “The Apprentice” says Cohn’s “brute force and misinformation” is seen in today’s politics
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How Kobe Bryant Set Kris Bowers on the Path to an Odd Oscar Landmark
TheWrap magazine: “It’s a very small niche,” Bowers says of being nominated for documentary short one year and original score the next
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‘Emilia Pérez’ Director Jacques Audiard Receives a 4th Oscar Nomination as Academy Names Eligible Producers
Audiard joins “Anora” writer-director-editor-producer Sean Baker as a rare person to be nominated four times for one film
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‘The Wild Robot’ Dominates Annie Awards for Animation
The DreamWorks Animation epic won in all nine categories in which it was nominated; “Flow” won two awards
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Producers Guild Victory Completes Remarkable Awards-Race Surge for ‘Anora’
With wins at the Critics Choice Awards, Directors Guild and Producers Guild in only two days, Sean Baker’s freewheeling film has to be considered an Oscar frontrunner
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‘A Complete Unknown’ Wins Top Prize at AARP Movies for Grownup Awards
Acting awards, which are restricted to performers over 50, went to Demi Moore, Adrien Brody, Joan Chen and Peter Sarsgaard
