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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Robert Duvall and Alejandro Inarritu Added to Lineup of Palm Springs Honorees
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Oscar-Style Recount of Critics’ Choice Movie Award Ballots Points to Another Year of 9 Nominees (Exclusive)
The Academy’s system would reduce CCMA nominees from 10 to 8 — and the last three times that happened, the Oscars nominated 9
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Jason Reitman’s Live Read of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Gets a Surprise Guest: Mark Hamill
The original Luke Skywalker finally goes to the dark side to play the Emperor in Reitman’s reading
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New James Franco, Jennifer Aniston Films to Be Showcased at Palm Springs Film Festival
January 2015 festival will include 192 films from 65 countries
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Oscars Foreign-Language Day of Judgment Looms for 83 Films
By the end of the week, all but nine of the contenders will likely be eliminated
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Shonda Rhimes to Receive WGA’s Award for TV Writing
Paddy Chayevsky Award is given by Writers Guild of America, West for achievement in television
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Oscar-Winning Director Puts a Twist on Christmas in New Short Film (Exclusive Video)
Torill Kove’s “Redesigning Christmas” is an autobiographical vignette about an idiosyncratic holiday
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‘Boyhood’ Jumps Out to Big Lead in Critics’ Awards
With more than a dozen critics’ groups announcing awards, “Boyhood” has won two-thirds of the time
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‘Selma’ and ‘Boychoir’ to Bookend Palm Springs Film Festival
Festival will also showcase Eastern and Central European cinema
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Oscar Makeup Shortlist Includes ‘Foxcatcher,’ ‘Theory of Everything’ and ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’
“The Hobbit” and “Into the Woods” are left off the list of makeup and hairstyling contenders
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‘Birdman,’ ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ and ‘Boyhood’ Lead Critics’ Choice Movie Award Nominations
Best Picture nominees also include “Selma,” “Gone Girl,” “Nightcrawler,” “The Imitation Game,” “The Theory of Everything,” “Unbroken” and “Whiplash”
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‘Ida’ Dominates European Film Awards
Polish film wins five awards, including Best European Film and director
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Oscars List of Eligible Scores Tops 100, Without ‘Birdman’ and ‘Whiplash’
Two music-driven films don’t make the cut, but 114 other film scores do
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Lorde, Lana Del Rey, Coldplay, Glen Campbell, Patti Smith Among Oscar Song Contenders
79 songs qualify for Oscars, four more than last year
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‘Birdman’ Director Alejandro Inarritu on Globe Noms: ‘The Fact That This Movie Came Out Good Is a Miracle’
The director says he was scared while making his groundbreaking black comedy
