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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Oscars’ Sci-Tech Awards Go to Animation, Rigging, Crane Systems
The awards will be handed out at the annual Sci-Tech Awards on February 10 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel
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‘Darkest Hour,’ ‘Blade Runner,’ ‘Downsizing’ Look Good to the Art Directors Guild
Nominees for the ADG’s Excellence in Production Design Awards also include “The Shape of Water,” “Lady Bird,” “Dunkirk” and “Murder on the Orient Express”
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Cate Blanchett Named Cannes Film Festival Jury President
Oscar winner will preside over 71st annual fest in South of France
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‘Dunkirk,’ ‘Molly’s Game,’ ‘Get Out’ Receive Film Editing Nominations
Other nominees for the ACE Eddie Awards include “Blade Runner 2049,” “The Post,” “The Shape of Water,” “Lady Bird,” “I, Tonya,” “Get Out” and “Three Billboards”
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Critics Groups Split Between 11 Different Films as 2017’s Best
But “Get Out” leads the pack, with seven film of the year recognitions and 15 best screenplay nods
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Why Oscars Could Produce Only 7 Best Picture Nominees This Year
TheWrap’s analysis of Critics’ Choice Award ballots according to Academy rules shows wide but shallow support for this year’s contenders
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Academy Adds 571 New Oscars Voters, Tops the 7,000 Mark
Every one of the Academy’s 17 branches grew in size, but the huge Actors Branch didn’t have the biggest increase
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‘Get Out’ Wins the Producers Guild’s Stanley Kramer Award
Jordan Peele’s horror thriller takes an honor designed for movies that raise social awareness
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Oscars Original Score Category Gives John Williams a Shot at 51st Nomination
Other past winners in the mix include composers Alexandre Desplat, Hans Zimmer, Michael Giacchino, Mychael Danna and Dario Marianelli
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Taylor Swift, Elvis Costello and Mary J Blige to Compete in Oscars Song Race
List of 70 eligible songs also includes new work from Diane Warren and Common, Ryan Tedder and T Bone Burnett, Alan Menken and Pasek and Paul
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‘Star Wars,’ ‘Blade Runner,’ ‘Shape of Water’ Advance in Oscars VFX Race
“Dunkirk” and “War for the Planet of the Apes” also make the list, but “Beauty and the Beast” and “Thor: Ragnarok” are eliminated
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Oscars Foreign Language Shortlist Includes ‘The Square,’ ‘A Fantastic Woman’
Angelia Jolie’s “First They Killed My Father” does not make the list of semi-finalists, which were chosen from a record-breaking 92 eligible films
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SAG Awards’ Winners and Losers: ‘Lady Bird’ and ‘Get Out’ Get a Boost, ‘The Post’ Doesn’t
If history is to be trusted, the Oscar Best Picture winner will be “Get Out,” “Lady Bird,” “Three Billboards,” “Mudbound” or “The Big Sick”
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‘Get Out’ Wins Big With African American Film Critics Association
Jordan Peele’s film won four awards, including picture, actor and director; Frances McDormand, Laurence Fishburne and Tiffany Haddish win other acting prizes
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Golden Globes Lessons: Voters Snub Diversity in Directing to Forgive Ridley Scott
Jordan Peele or Greta Gerwig were expected to add a modicum of diversity to the directing nominees, but instead Scott got in after showing the HFPA a rough cut
