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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‘Bully’ Premiere Ignores the Ratings Controversy, Goes for the Gut
Harvey Weinstein’s not there, but host Joel McHale says unrated anti-bullying documentary “is definitely going to beat “John Carter’”
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Sony Pictures Classics Moves from Arthouse to Grindhouse With ‘The Raid’
“The Raid: Redemption,” an Indonesian martial arts flick, is business as usual, insists Sony Pictures Classics, a company known for artier fare
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New Bruce Springsteen Album ‘Wrecking Ball’: He’s Mad and That’s Good
“Wrecking Ball” is Bruce Springsteen’s angriest, most political and most substantial album in at least a decade. But he still has hope
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s Oscar Tickets Are in Jeopardy Over Plan to Attend in Costume
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Oscar tickets haven’t been revoked — but Academy officials have told him, “Our red carpet is not for stunting”
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’21 Jump Street’ to Debut at South by Southwest
SXSW festival lineup also includes martial arts epic “The Raid,” Duplass brothers’ “Do-Deca-Pantathalon” and a number of music films
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Stephen Daldry Lands Palm Spring Fest’s Directing Award
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” director to receive festival’s Director of the Year honor
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The Academy’s Master List: Few Contenders, Lots of Pretenders
265 films qualified for Oscar consideration in 2011 — but let’s be honest, most of them don’t really have a chance
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Slamdance Lineup: Disco, Porn & Hacking
Competition lineup of first-time directors drawn from nearly 5,000 submissions
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Lars von Trier Won’t Be Tried Over Nazi Comments, Says French Prosecutor
Danish director faced five years in jail for joking, “I’m a Nazi” at Cannes last spring
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Spike Lee, Stephen Frears, Julie Delpy Films to Premiere at Sundance
Festival’s 2012 lineup of premieres will also include new documentaries from Joe Berlinger and Stacy Peralta
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More Awards Confusion: Only 2 PGA Doc Nominees Are on Oscar Shortlist
Top 5 List includes “Bill Cunningham” and “Project Nim,” doing nothing to clarify confusing documentary-awards picture
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Sundance 2012: New Films From Jonathan Kasdan, Kirby Dick to Debut
Festival will present 110 films, drawn from more than 4,000 submissions
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Celebs Back to Jury Duty as Economy Kills Special Treatment (Exclusive)
New York’s Juror Appreciation Day, during which celebs extol jury duty as they’re being dismissed from it, falls prey to budget cutbacks
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Oscars and Globes Look for Hosts, but Why the Panic?
Rumors swirl about Ricky Gervais’s return to the Golden Globes and Brian Grazer’s search for an Oscar host
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Dolby Uses Extreme Sports to Hype Its Booming New Sound
“Art of Flight” snowboarding film aims to please diehards and woo newcomers, but it’s not easy