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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‘Little Women’ Wins Scripter Award for Adapted Screenplay
Television award goes to Phoebe Waller-Bridge for “Fleabag”
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‘Miss Americana’ Film Review: Taylor Swift Gets Intimate and Political in New Documentary
Sundance 2020: The Netflix film is about being a woman in entertainment and in society and trying to maintain, as she says, “a sharp pen and an open heart.”
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‘Falling’ Film Review: Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut Is a Dark Family Drama
Sundance 2020: The actor turned writer-director has made a beautifully controlled drama about age, memory and forgiveness
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3 Reasons Why ‘Parasite’ Really Could Win Best Picture – And 1 Reason Why It Can’t
After winning the SAG ensemble award and the ACE Eddie Award, can Bong Joon Ho’s black comedy become the first non-English film to take home the top Oscar?
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‘Ford v Ferrari,’ ‘1917,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Win Awards From Motion Picture Sound Editors
“Chernobyl” wins two TV awards, while “Game of Thrones,” “Barry” and “El Camino” were also victorious
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SAG Awards Crown ‘Parasite,’ Give the Oscar Race a Shot of Uncertainty
With “1917” winning the Producers Guild Award on Saturday night, we might be looking at a year in which the two leading Oscar contenders don’t have a single acting nomination between them
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‘1917’ Named Top Film at Producers Guild Awards
“Succession,” “Fleabag” and “Chernobyl” win the PGA’s television awards
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‘Parasite,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Win Top Awards From American Cinema Editors
TV winners include “Fleabag,” “Better Things,” “Killing Eve” and “Game of Thrones”
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How the 5 Oscar Front-Runners Can Win
Several films have separated themselves from the pack, but each faces a different path to victory
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Oscars 2020: Fewer Movies (and Nonwhite Actors) Get More Nominations, and That’s No Joke
Even as the Academy tries hard to create a more diverse body of voters, awards season itself automatically and perhaps unfairly narrows the field of movies that are seen as contenders
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Why the Oscars Could Be Walking Into a Diversity Minefield This Season
Golden Globes voters took heat for snubbing female directors, and SAG did the bare minimum for diversity
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10 Lessons Ahead of Monday’s Oscar Nominations, From the Emerging Top 5 to a ‘1917’ Achilles Heel
After a dizzying week of awards, parties and nominations, who has the upper hand and who needs a little help?
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Oscar Nomination Predictions 2020: Look for ‘Once Upon a Time,’ ‘1917,’ ‘The Irishman’ and White Men to Dominate
By our reckoning, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” “The Irishman,” “1917” and “Joker” will have the most nominations
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‘Bombshell’ Dominates at Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards
The film about Fox News wins three awards; “Joker” and “Downton Abbey” also win, while TV winners include “Big Little Lies” and “Saturday Night Live”
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‘Just Mercy’ Film Review: Michael B Jordan and Jamie Foxx Power Solid Racism Drama
Jamie Foxx shines as a man who was sent to Alabama’s death row for a crime he didn’t commit