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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Lily Gladstone, Eva Green to Join Greta Gerwig’s Cannes Film Festival Jury
Others getting jury duty at the fest include directors Kore-eda Hirokazu, Nadine Labaki and Juan Antonio Bayona
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Oscars Will Require Expanded Theatrical Runs for Best Picture Eligibility for 2025 Awards
The rules are particularly restrictive for films that wish to compete in the Best Picture category
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‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ ‘The Young and the Restless,’ ‘African Queens: Njinga’ Lead Daytime Emmy Nominations
Netflix, CBS and ABC are the top networks or platforms, but syndicated shows land the most noms
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Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Selection to Include 8 Films From North and South America
The festival also announced three documentaries and six narrative films in its ACID program
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Cannes Critics’ Week Picks 11 Films From 16 Countries for 2024 Lineup
Constance Tsang’s “Blue Sun Palace” is the only American film in the sidebar devoted to first and second features
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Writers Guild Awards 2024: ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘American Fiction’ Win Top Film Awards
TV awards go to “The Bear,” “Succession,” “The Last of Us” and “Beef”
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New Films from David Cronenberg, Yorgos Lanthimos Headed to Cannes Film Festival
The festival’s main competition also includes work from Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Schrader, plus a film about the young Donald Trump
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Bruce Springsteen Hits Hollywood, Proves There’s a Lot of Life in Aging Rock Stars
The same week he appeared on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and a biopic landed at Disney, the Boss delivered a roof-shaking celebration that was also a meditation on loss
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Oscars Are Full of ‘Oppenheimer’ Love, but ‘Barbie’ Can’t Be Denied
It may have only won one award, but Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster comedy was a constant presence at the 96th Oscars
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The Pressure’s on at the Oscars – Can They Turn Barbenheimer Into Big Ratings?
In a fractured post-pandemic, post-strike world, the Academy is counting on some big movies and an earlier bedtime to lure viewers
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Oscar Predictions 2024: The Barbenheimer Showdown Will Be Pretty One-Sided
“Oppenheimer” is likely to win a lot, “Barbie” a little
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The Big Oscars Question for ‘Oppenheimer’: How Much Can It Win?
Christopher Nolan’s movie is favored to win a lot, but Oscar voters haven’t been in the mood for sweeps in recent years
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‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Top Prize From American Society of Cinematographers
Television winners included “Barry,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Boston Strangler”
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‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 2 More Prizes at the Golden Reel Awards
The Motion Picture Sound Editors become the latest group to honor Christopher Nolan’s epic
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ Win at Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell take home Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film for their Oscar-nominated track, “What Was I Made For?”
