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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Good Morning, Oscar: November 23
“60 Minutes” showcases “Avatar,” Santa Barbara honors a quartet of actors, and that “New Moon” money won’t impress Oscar.
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Good Morning, Oscar: November 22
The documentaries cause more controversy, and the white noise gets louder and louder.
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Previewing Oscar’s Animated Shorts
It’s no longer a mystery category: footage from all of the shortlisted films is available here.
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Pixar, Nick Park on Animated Shortlist
The shortlist in the animated shorts category contains a few big names, and lots of foreign shorts.
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Academy: ‘Tyson’ Extortion Charge Is False
AMPAS has investigated James Toback’s charge that “extortion” kept his Mike Tyson doc off the shortlist, and found it groundless.
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Good Morning, Oscar: November 20
“Tyson” strikes back, things fall apart, and Nic Cage gets weird.
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Academy Says New Director Won’t Take Jobs
British director Hamish Hamilton will use a largely American crew for the Oscar show, says an AMPAS spokesperson.
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The Lessons of Oscar’s Doc Shortlist
Sorry, Michael: A big name doesn’t work anymore. Plus other lessons learned by the Academy’s documentary shortlist.
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Good Morning, Oscar: November 19
The doc shortlist gets scrutinized, and the top categories get analyzed.
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Michael Moore, Rock Docs Left Off Oscar Shortlist
“Capitalism: A Love Story” is not one of the 15 films that moves into the next round of the Academy’s feature-documentary competition.
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‘Basterds’ a Best Pic Winner? Nope
Tom O’Neil sees Quentin Tarantino riding to glory behind a DGA win … but the DGA doesn’t even like the guy.
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‘British Invasion’ Worries Oscar Staffers
New director Hamish Hamilton generally uses his entire British team, even on U.S. productions.
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Good Morning, Oscar: November 18
Peter Jackson cranks ups the suffering in “Lovely Bones,” while Alec Baldwin shrugs off the pressure.
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The Academy Likes ‘Mr. Fox’ … Probably
With the unwitting assistance of Wes Anderson’s animated film, AMPAS finds a way to obscure the reaction at its members screening.
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Golden Globes Expands Animation to Five
Following the lead of the Oscars, the Globes recognize a strong year for animated films by increasing the number of nominees.