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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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Appalachia: ‘Big Coal is a Criminal Enterprise’
Kennedy activist calls coal mining in West Virginia a subversion of democracy in a new documentary based on his writing
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Lisa Kudrow, Zach Galifianakis Win Webby Awards
The web stages its own awards show — which turns out to be as clunky as many of those old-media awards shows
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HollyShorts Festival to Honor Producers, Showcase Jennifer Aniston, Rachel Weisz
Honorees produced directorial debuts by Aniston, Weisz, Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow
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‘Gandu,’ ‘Hot Coffee’ Win Top Jury Prizes at Seattle Film Festival
Audience awards go to the narrative feature “Paper Birds,” from Spain, and the documentary “To Be Heard”
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Seattle’s Film-Festival Marathon Winds Down with Rock and Politics
North America’s longest and best-attended film festival finishes with a slate of scathing documentaries and gentle character studies
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Outfest, NewFest Go From AIDS Doc to Dolly Parton Musical
Two LGBT film festivals announce lineups; “Gun Hill Road” takes prime spot at both
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Paramount, Twitter Team for ‘Secret’ ‘Super 8’ Screenings
Studio links with Twitter to co-sponsor and promote Thursday night sneaks of J.J. Abrams/Steven Spielberg film
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Produced By Conference: Ego, Money and Credit Take Center Stage
Producers dish on an undeserved Oscar, difficult stars and the new movie from the makers of “Little Miss Sunshine”
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Harvey Weinstein Praises ‘Private Ryan,’ Bashes Silicon Valley
The indie-film kingpin speaks glowingly of the movie he beat at the Oscars in 1999, but says some tech companies view movies as product
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Kevin Smith to Indie Producers: ‘Lower Your Expectations, the Way My Wife Did’
Profane filmmaker dominates Produced By panel with tales of surviving in changing indie landscape
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‘X-Men’ Producer: ‘There’s Too Much 3D Right Now’
Lauren Shuler Donner was among the tentpole producers taking shots at the format Saturday at the Produced By conference
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L.A. Film Fest Adds Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Erykah Badu
Black/MacLaine conversation will take game-show approach; alien-invasion film and Iraqi true story also added to galas
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Making ‘Tree of Life’: Inside the Malick Method
Terrence Malick’s collaborators talk about the wild, unconventional journey that turned into a remarkable new film
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Oprah Embraces Poetry Doc — and Complicates Things for ‘Louder Than a Bomb’
Makers of vibrant high-school poetry film find Oprah’s Doc Club a new destination in a changing landscape — but it comes at a price
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Curtis Hanson: ‘Tell Geithner to F—ing Blow Me’ and Other ‘Too Big’ Changes
“L.A. Confidential” director faced daunting task: turn financial conversations between men in suits into a thriller