Steve Pond
Steve Pond
Steve Pond’s inside look at the artistry and insanity of the awards race, drawn from more than three decades of obsessively chronicling the Oscars and the entertainment industry.
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Academy Board of Governors Election Dominated by Incumbents, Including Marlee Matlin, Jason Reitman and Jason Blum
The only first-time governors elected in 17 races were Peter Kujawski, Gigi Williams, Carter Burwell and Andrew Roberts
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Richard Gere Doesn’t Think Intimacy Coordinators Would Have Worked in the ’80s
In a recent interview with TheWrap, his “The Agency” co-stars Michael Fassbender and Jodie Turner-Smith debate the matter with the veteran actor and ’80s sex symbol
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Eddie Redmayne Explains the Art of Getting People to Root for a Ruthless Killer in ‘The Day of the Jackal’
TheWrap magazine: “How do you do such appalling things and yet still keep people engaged?” the Oscar-winning actor asks
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Tom Cruise, Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas to Receive Honorary Oscars
Cruise, Allen and Thomas will be given Academy Honorary Awards, while Parton will get the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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‘The Agency’ Stars on Why the Espionage Drama Feels Timely in the Trump Era
TheWrap magazine: Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Richard Gere and Jodie Turner-Smith talk about intrigue, global machinations and … Steve Bannon?
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Kathy Bates Thought Her Career Was Over – Then ‘Matlock’ Left Her Gobsmacked
TheWrap magazine: “I was older and I just felt, ‘This is it, I’m done,’” the actress says of the days before “American Horror Story” and “Matlock” brought her back
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Jason Reitman, Teddy Schwarzman, Hiro Matsuoka Elected to Academy Museum Board of Trustees
Tom Dolby and Cindy Huang will also be joining the board that oversees museum activities
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What I Learned Reading the 846 Pages of Emmy Ballots
Submissions are down but nominations will be up, and “Saturday Night Live” put EVERYBODY on the ballot
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Emmy Submissions in Key Categories Drop for the 2nd Year in a Row
The decline in entries isn’t as big as it was last year, but it suggests that the TV industry hasn’t recovered from the hits it has taken in recent years
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Why Brett Goldstein Returned to Stand-Up Comedy After ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Shrinking’
TheWrap magazine: “Stand-up’s really good for your brain,” the writer and actor who made the HBO special “The Second Best Night of Your Life,” says
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Encounters With Brian Wilson: A Tortured Genius Found His Own Love and Mercy | Appreciation
He was troubled and fragile and undeniably brilliant, driven to make music of surpassing beauty, complexity and depth
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On the Set of ‘Hacks’: Intense Conversation and Bad Champagne
TheWrap magazine: It was a cold night on the beach as Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder filmed a scene that turned the tide in Season 4
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How ‘The Studio’ Staged Long Shots and Made Its Own Frank Lloyd Wright Building
TheWrap magazine: Cinematographer Adam Newport-Berra and production designer Julie Berghoff go behind-the-scenes on the production of the Seth Rogen comedy
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With Emmy Voting About to Begin, Can We Please Get a Few Surprises?
We know that shocks tend to be few and far between, but here’s hoping for a little variety and less category-hogging
