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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Cinema Eye Honors: ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka,’ ‘The Perfect Neighbor,’ ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Lead 2025 Nominations
The New York-based documentary awards also gave multiple nominations to “Cover-Up” and “Seeds”
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Cameron Crowe Looks Back: David Bowie, ‘Almost Famous’ and the Interview That Pissed Him Off for Decades | Video
“I realized I was holding a wound and I really got to confront it,” Crowe says of the process of writing his memoir “The Uncool”
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‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Wins Top Prize at Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Other films or series that won multiple awards included “Mr. Scorsese,” “Orwell: 2+2=5” and “Ocean With David Attenborough”
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‘One Battle After Another’ Leads Gotham Awards With Record 6 Nominations
Other Best Feature nominees include “Hamnet,” “Bugonia,” “Train Dreams” and “The Testament of Ann Lee”
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Oscars International Category Sends 86 Films to Voters
The total is one more than qualified last year, and includes “Sentimental Value,” “The Voice of Hind Rajab” and “It Was Just an Accident”
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‘Cover-Up,’ ‘Social Studies’ and ‘Deaf President Now!’ Nominated for Cinema Eye Honors
The organization devoted to nonfiction filmmaking also gave multiple noms to “My Mom Jayne,” “Pee-wee as Himself,” “Sly Lives!” and “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
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AFI Fest Kicks Off With Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Last Night in the Movie Business’
“No kings!” the Boss says while performing after the L.A. premiere of “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”
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Academy Screening Rooms Are Filling Up With Oscar Contenders — Except in the Best Picture Category
20 international films and almost 100 documentaries are available to Oscar voters, but the online platform in the top category is missing all the favorites
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Top Student Academy Awards Go to USC and Schools from the UK, Poland and Germany
The University of the West of England Bristol and the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School received their first-ever Student Oscars
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Jim Jarmusch, Werner Herzog, Charlie Kaufman Movies Headed to AFI Fest
The festival announces its full lineup, which also includes 19 Best International Feature Film Oscar contenders
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Oscars International Race 2025: Complete List of Entries
It’s looking to be a very political year in the category
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Oscars International Race Takes Shape as Academy Asks Voters to Save In-Person Screenings
Norway’s “Sentimental Value,” Brazil’s “The Secret Agent,” Germany’s “Sound of Falling,” Taiwan’s “Left Handed Girl” and South Korea’s “No Other Choice” are among the highest-profile entries so far
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Emmys Déjà Vu: Another Big, Satisfying Surprise Ends the Awards Show
For the second year in a row, the last award of the night is a major upset, in this case “The Pitt” beating “Severance”
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‘Driver’s Ed’ Review: Teenage Road Comedy Doesn’t Really Go Anywhere
TIFF 2025: Sam Nivola, Kumail Nanjiani and Molly Shannon star in Bobby Farrelly’s R-rated but tepid high school comedy
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Final Emmy Predictions: A Bunch of Strong Favorites and at Least One Sneaky Challenger
Conventional wisdom says “The Studio,” “Severance” and “Adolescence” will walk away with the top awards, but one of those might be vulnerable
