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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How ‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Made the Journey From ‘Stupid Idea’ to Oscar Contender
TheWrap magazine: “This was very complicated — making it real in three languages, working with documentary material but keeping the strategies of fiction storytelling,” says director Fernando Trueba
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How ‘The Peasants’ Used 40,000 Oil Paintings to Make an Animated Movie
TheWrap magazine: “We are doing this because we want to push the boundaries of film,” says director Hugh Welchman
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Martin Scorsese on Why He Never Fit in Hollywood: ‘I Was Always an Outsider’
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to belong, but I never belonged,” the “Killers of the Flower Moon” director says of the studio system
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Annie Award Nominations: Disney, Pixar Shut Out of Best Feature Category for First Time as ‘Nimona’ Leads
The Netflix feature picked up nine nominations in total, followed by the likes of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and “The Boy and the Heron”
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Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan Nominated for Directors Guild Awards
Other nominees are Yorgos Lanthimos and Alexander Payne; first-time director nominees include Cord Jefferson and Celine Song
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One Big Thing Is Missing From Awards Season So Far: Voters Who Make Movies for a Living
“Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things” and “Past Lives” have been winning awards, but we have yet to hear much from industry voters
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Cillian Murphy on the Brain-Drain of Playing Oppenheimer: ‘Being That Brilliant Is a Burden’
TheWrap magazine: “Hyper-intelligent people see the world in different dimensions than we do,” says the Golden Globe-winning actor
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‘Succession’ Dominates Directors Guild TV Nominations, Again
Two years after landing all five nominations in its category, the drama series takes four out of five for its final season
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Academy Promotes Teni Melidonian and MaryJane Partlow to Exec Oscar Roles
Melidonian will become chief Oscars officer while Partlow is instated as executive VP of awards production and special events
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Ferrari’ Land Nominations From Cinema Audio Society
“Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro” and “Oppenheimer” are also singled out in a category that usually predicts Oscar nominees
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‘Oppenheimer’ Leads AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards Nominations
“Killers of the Flower Moon,” “The Color Purple,” “Barbie” and “Maestro” are also nominated in the top category
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How Honorary Oscar Winner Carol Littleton Fought to Make Film Editing More Diverse
TheWrap magazine: “I was not happy being sidelined because of nepotism and strict rules, and I was bound and determined it wasn’t going to happen to anybody else,” she says
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Only 265 of the 321 Oscar-Qualifying Films This Year Are Eligible for Best Picture
“Dumb Money,” “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” are among those not in the running for the top prize
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Why Wim Wenders Blurred the Lines Between Reality and Fiction in ‘Anselm’ and ‘Perfect Days’
TheWrap magazine: “I think the real is something very beautiful in fiction, and the fictional is very beautiful in the real,” the director says
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Golden Globes Make a Case for ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Poor Things’, but Not Much of One for Themselves
With new voters and new ownership, the Globes put on an awkward, clunky show with a distinctly international sensibility
