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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‘Jane’ Wins Top Prize at Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards
Other winners at the second annual event included “Kedi,” “Cries From Syria,” “Ex Libris” and “The Vietnam War”
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‘Lady Macbeth,’ ‘Three Billboards’ Land British Independent Film Nominations
“The Death of Stalin,” “I Am Not a Witch” and “God’s Own Country” also received multiple nominations
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Syria, LA Riots in the Spotlight With IDA Awards Nominations
Documentaries nominated for the IDA’s top honor include “City of Ghosts,” “Dina,” “Faces Places,” “LA 92” and “Strong Island”
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Max von Sydow Wins Career Achievement Award From LA Film Critics
The critics organization will announce its 2017 winners on December 3 and present the award to Von Sydow on January 13
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170 Films Enter Oscars Documentary Category, Setting New Record
The previous high was 151 eligible films in 2013
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‘Stranger Things’ Creators the Duffer Brothers Tease Season 2: ‘It Gets Pretty Crazy’ (Exclusive Video)
“Once things go wrong, we really escalate the stakes quickly,” Ross Duffer tells TheWrap
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‘Bruce Springsteen on Broadway’ Review: The Boss Delivers an Intimate Musical Autobiography
Nearly 50 years after coming out of New Jersey with the songs and the drive that would make him an icon, Springsteen is doing something that feels wholly fresh
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‘Wonderstruck’ Review: Todd Haynes Aims for Magic, But It’s Elusive
As a formal exercise in the look and feel of cinema, “Wonderstruck” is dazzing; as a piece of storytelling, it’s more problematic
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‘Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Review: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell Get Dark and Freaky
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has made a deranged-stalker flick with a thrilling, almost Kubrickian level of coldness and precision
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Oscars to Invite More Voters for Foreign Language Nominees, Allow International Streaming (Exclusive)
Second phase of voting will now be open to hundreds more members, with international members getting a special break
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Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ Leads Gotham Awards Nominations
Other nominations in the independent film awards went to “The Florida Project,” “Call Me By Your Name,” “Good Time,” “I, Tonya” and “Lady Bird”
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Los Angeles Film Festival Moves to September Next Year
The festival had struggled to attract top-tier films in the summer, but the move puts it into a highly competitive spot during awards season
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Motion Picture Academy Expels Harvey Weinstein
AMPAS Board of Governors sets new precedent by kicking out Weinstein for actions not related to his Academy membership
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What Will It Take for the Academy to Expel Harvey Weinstein?
Here’s the procedure the Academy’s Board of Governors will have to use when they meet on Saturday to consider Weinstein’s fate
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NYU, Berkeley, Ringling College Win Top Student Academy Awards
Two schools from Germany and one from China take the gold medals in the international categories
