Steve Pond is TheWrap’s Executive Editor, Awards and has been writing and overseeing awards coverage on the site since 2009. He spent decades writing about film, television, music and the entertainment industry for the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Premiere, New York Times, Playboy and many other publications. He is the author of the L.A. Times bestseller “The Big Show,” a behind-the-scenes look at the Academy Awards based on 15 years of unprecedented access to that show.
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Record 93 Countries Are in the Running for International Oscar This Year
High profile contenders include South Korea’s “Parasite,” Spain’s “Pain and Glory,” France’s “Les Miserables,” Senegal’s “Atlantics,” Romania’s “The Whistlers” and the Czech Republic’s “The Painted Bird”
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International Documentary Association to Give Awards to Freida Lee Mock, Rachel Lears
The IDA also awards prizes to Cinereach and to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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‘Almost Famous’ Hits the Stage, But How True Is the New Musical to the Movie?
Cameron Crowe’s semiautobiographical rock ‘n’ roll story is a full-fledged musical on its way to Broadway, and we ask — and answer — a few burning questions
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‘Pain and Glory’ Film Review: Antonio Banderas Plays Pedro Almodóvar – Sort Of
Cannes 2019: Almodóvar’s gentle memory piece replaces the youthful provocation of his early films with mature reflection
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Oscars International Race 2019: Complete List of Films
South Korea’s “Parasite” and Spain’s “Pain and Glory” are among the leading contenders in a field that also includes notable films from France, Brazil, Colombia, Romania, Japan and the Netherlands
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Yes, ‘The Irishman’ Will Be a Killer Contender at the Oscars
Martin Scorsese’s melancholy mob epic, which premiered at the New York Film Festival on Friday, is a film that all awards voters will have to come to terms with
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How an Unpublished Cameron Crowe Story About Elvis Presley Turned Into ‘Almost Famous’
The story, written 23 years ago but never published until now, nudged Crowe to write a screenplay about himself, his mother and his relationship to rock ‘n’ roll
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‘Apollo 11,’ ‘Diego Maradona,’ ‘Knock Down the House’ Are on the Awards Track, Says DOC NYC Short List
The annual list from the documentary festival has a strong track record of predicting Oscar nominees and winners
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Tom Hanks to Receive the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. deMille Award
Hanks is also expected to be in the running for a competitive Golden Globe for playing Mister Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
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Emmys Give Golden Sendoffs – But Not in the Ways We Expected
“Game of Thrones” and “Fleabag” were the big winners for their final seasons, but “Veep” went home empty-handed
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‘Roma,’ ‘Mission: Impossible’ Win Awards From Location Managers Guild
“Chernobyl” and “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” take the TV honors at the LMGI Awards
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Martin Scorsese to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From Visual Effects Society
The honor comes with the release of “The Irishman,” in which Scorsese uses VFX to de-age his main characters
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‘Where’s My Roy Cohn?’ Film Review: A Timely Doc About Lawyer, Power Broker and Trump Mentor
Matt Tyrnauer’s film is a delectable look at a despicable person
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Emmys Take a Risk by Jumping on the No-Host Bandwagon
The Television Academy has embraced the hostless show that worked for the Oscars in February, but typically Emmy hosts have also been used to promote the broadcasting network as well
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Emmy Predictions in All 27 Major Categories, From ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Veep’ (Photos)
Expect “When They See Us” to dominate in the limited series categories
