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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Kôji Yakusho Describes His Journey From Japanese Star to Janitor for ‘Perfect Days’
TheWrap magazine: “After the shoot, the Tokyo Toilet Project told me, ‘Hey, you can start working at our company tomorrow,’” says Yakusho
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How a Storage Unit Transformed the Documentary ‘Joan Baez I Am a Noise’
TheWrap magazine: “I had no idea what was in there,” Baez says of giving her directors the key to a unit that contained tapes of her therapy sessions
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‘American Fiction,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Spider-Man’ Make AFI’s Top 10 List
Television programs on the AFI’s list of the year’s best TV include “Beef,” “The Bear,” “Jury Duty” and “Succession”
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Oscars Animation Category Breaks Record as Academy Reveals Animated, Documentary and International Entries
Thirty-three animated features, 167 docs and 88 international films will be competing this year
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Mexico’s ‘Tótem’ Puts a Kid in the Spotlight: ‘Childhood Is Destiny,’ Director Says
TheWrap magazine: “I think it’s vital to be in a dialogue with our childhood,” Lila Avilés says of her latest Oscar contender
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‘Omen’ Director Baloji Says ‘Hating’ His Name Led Him to Making His First Film
TheWrap magazine: Baloji means “sorcerer” in Swahili, and the artist-director says “all my work is based on my name”
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How Eve Hewson Proved She’s Funny by Playing Irish Women
TheWrap magazine: With “Flora and Son” and “Bad Sisters,” the actress “feels seen for the first time”
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Named 2023’s Best Film by National Board of Review
Martin Scorsese’s epic drama also won awards for directing, cinematography and lead actress Lily Gladstone
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Mads Mikkelsen Says Blockbusters Like ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Are Fine, but He Really Wants to Make More Danish Films
TheWrap magazine: “More and more, it becomes clear to me that I need to go back,” says the star of Oscar entrant “The Promised Land”
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Why a Former Doctor Used Film to Diagnose Social Problems in ‘Blaga’s Lessons’
“The best treatment starts with a good diagnosis,” director Stephan Komandarev said at TheWrap’s screening of the prize-winning Bulgarian film
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Rosamund Pike Says She Loved ‘Saltburn’ Because ‘Playing Shallow Is Fun’
TheWrap magazine: “She’s not the sharpest tool in the box,” says Pike of the glamorous but deliberately oblivious woman she plays in Emerald Fennell’s dark comedy
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‘The Morning Show,’ ‘Succession’ Lead Critics Choice Awards TV Nominations
“Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Beef,” “Lessons in Chemistry” and “A Small Light” also receive multiple nominations
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Colman Domingo to Receive Spotlight Award in Palm Springs
The star of “Rustin” and “The Color Purple” will be honored on Jan. 4 at the Palm Springs Convention Center
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167 Documentaries Enter Oscars Doc Race – See the Full List
Taylor Swift’s concert movie isn’t eligible, but two different movies named “Bella” are
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Why ‘Past Lives’ Star Greta Lee Didn’t Want Anybody to See the Movie
TheWrap magazine: “It was totally thrilling, but also terrifying once it was complete,” says Lee of the Celine Song movie she made with Teo Yoo and John Magaro
