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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Producers Guild Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Picture Award
Other winners include “The Studio,” “The Pitt,” “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and “KPop Demon Hunters”
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Runaway Favorites, Unsettled Races and New Rules: It’s Time to Vote in Another Odd Oscar Season
This year’s Oscar season has been a lot of different things: boring, thrilling, confusing, endless…
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BAFTA’s N-Word Debacle Was a Perfect Storm of Bad Hearing, Bad Decisions and Bad History | Analysis
As the British film organization tries to recover from the racial epithet hurled at “Sinners” artists, the specter of #BAFTASoWhite resurfaces
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BAFTA Film Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Picks Up Another Best Picture Award
Acting awards go to Jessie Buckley, Robert Aramayo, Sean Penn and Wunmi Mosaku
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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Nearly Sweeps Annie Awards With 10 Film Wins
“Common Side Effects” led all TV series with four wins
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One Movie After Another: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Casting Director Tells All
TheWrap magazine: Oscar nominee Cassandra Kulukundis, who has worked on all 10 of PTA’s films, shares insights on all of them
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How the ‘Train Dreams’ Writers Adapted an ‘Unadaptable’ Book: Goodbye, Elvis!
TheWrap magazine: The king of rock ‘n’ roll makes a cameo appearance in Denis Johnson’s novella, but Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar just couldn’t work him into the movie
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Robert Duvall Didn’t Steal Scenes. He Grounded Them.
Having the late Oscar winner in your movie was a sign that you meant business, and a bar that every other actor in the movie would try to reach
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Writing Music for ‘Frankenstein,’ Alexandre Desplat Wanted to Make Guillermo del Toro Weep
TheWrap magazine: “We know that when he cries, we’re in the right spot,” the composer says
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Directors Guild Awards 2026: Paul Thomas Anderson Wins for ‘One Battle After Another’
Other winners include “The Pitt,” “The Studio,” “Dying for Sex” and “2000 Meters to Andriivka”
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Oscar Voters Make ‘Sinners’ the New Lords of the Academy Awards
Most of the top films were overlooked in at least one key category, but Ryan Coogler’s vampire feature ran the table
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Oscar Nomination Predictions: ‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle’ Could Lead a Record-Setting Year
“Sinners,” “One Battle After Another,” “Frankenstein” and “Hamnet” may all hit double digits in noms
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‘Late Shift’ Director Breaks Down Her Swiss Film’s Spin on ‘The Pitt’
Petra Volpe’s Oscar-shortlisted film follows an overburdened healthcare worker through a single shift
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How Many Votes Does It Take to Get an Oscar Nomination in 2026?
Depending on the category, the number can be as low as 30 or as high as 922
