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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Sundance Trades Utah Snow for L.A. Traffic With ‘Next Weekend’ Festival
Four-day showcase for 10 indie films is Sundance's first U.S. festival outside of Park City
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Cory Monteith Film ‘All the Right Reasons’ Added to Toronto Film Fest
Other Canadian films added to festival lineup include new work from Denis Villeneuve, Bruce McDonald and Xavier Dolan
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Playboy Cartoonist Doc Heads to Kickstarter for Oscar-Qualifying Funds
Director Steven-Charles Jaffe got Steven Colbert, Guillermo del Toro and Hugh Hefner to appear in his doc on Gahan Wilson, but now he needs money to meet Academy qualifying rules
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Ellen DeGeneres: The Most Relaxed Oscar Host Ever
During her first hosting gig, she was spotted canoodling with her significant other backstage
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How ‘Spectacular Now’s’ James Ponsoldt, Shailene Woodley & Miles Teller Saved the Teen Movie
It's not easy to make a coming-of-age movie that feels as if it's showing you real people, not movie characters
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Academy’s First Black President Cheryl Boone Isaacs: ‘This Was Major, and I Know It’
Newly elected president Cheryl Boone Isaacs says she supports the super-sizing of the Academy — but doesn't envision new Oscar categories
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Gotham Awards Add New Acting Categories, Set Dec. 2 Date
Independent film awards presented by IFP opens categories to established actors rather than just "breakthrough" performances
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Hillary Clinton Biopic Director James Ponsoldt on the Pressure to Get ‘Rodham’ Right
"You can't afford to get it wrong," Ponsoldt tells TheWrap
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Cheryl Boone Isaacs Elected Academy’s First African-American President
Public relations exec also becomes only the third woman to serve as head of AMPAS
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New Guillermo Arriaga, Punisher Shorts to Open HollyShorts Fest (Exclusive)
Dan Carrillo Levy's Arriaga-written "Zero Hour" and Thomas Jane's fan-directed "Punisher: Dirty Laundry" will screen at fest's Aug. 15 launch
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Toronto Fest’s Documentary Lineup Takes Aim at Donald Rumsfeld, Bob Guccione, More
TIFF doc slate is full of cinema legends: Claude Lanzmann, Marcel Ophuls, Frederick Wiseman; Greek films, revivals also announced
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Eli Roth’s ‘Green Inferno’ Heading to Toronto Film Fest’s Midnight Madness Section
Nine horror and genre films are announced for 25th anniversary of TIFF section
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DGA Awards Adds Variety Categories, Makes Internet Programming Eligible
Directors Guild also announces dates for 2014 film and television awards
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Tom Hanks’ ‘Captain Phillips’ to Open New York Film Festival
Paul Greengrass drama starring Tom Hanks continues trend of high-profile NYFF openers, including "Life of Pi" and "The Social Network"
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‘Act of Killing’ Director on Filming His Shocking Documentary: It Gave Me Nightmares
Joshua Oppenheimer talks with TheWrap about death threats and government-sanctioned killings in Indonesia nearly 50 years ago