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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Fall Film Festivals Kick Off an Awards Season Without Actors – For Now?
The Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals will introduce lots of awards contenders, but the red carpets won’t have much star power
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Telluride Film Festival Lineup Includes ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Nyad,’ ‘Saltburn’
“Rustin,” “Wildcat,” “The Royal Hotel” and “The Bikeriders” are among the other films headed to the Colorado festival
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From Jenna Ortega to Martin Short, These Emmy Dark Horses Might Surprise
Doesn’t a weird Emmy year deserve some weird Emmy winners?
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Riley Keough Reveals What Made Her Stay on ‘Daisy Jones,’ Even When She Wanted to Quit
TheWrap magazine: “I think something in me knew that it would be a healing experience,” the Emmy-nominated actress says
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Why ‘Ms. Marvel’ Composer Laura Karpman Spearheaded South Asian Music’s Entrée Into the MCU
TheWrap magazine: “It’s good to make [South Asian music] a part of the Avengers, a part of the world of Captain Marvel or the Guardians of the Galaxy,” the Emmy-winning musician says
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Why ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ Included Songs by Industry Legends Like Barry Manilow and Patti Smith
TheWrap magazine: “We wanted to show that there were so many different genres of music in the ’70s,” music supervisor Frankie Pine says
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5 Burning Emmy Questions That’ll Take a Long Time to Answer
But don’t worry: We’ll have the answers about “Succession,” “Ted Lasso” and lots of others in January 2024
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‘Bad Sisters’ Director Shares the Key to Finding Its Tone: ‘It’s a Drama With Jokes’
TheWrap magazine: “Five Irish sisters who plot to murder their brother-in-law… What’s not to love?” Dearbhla Walsh tells TheWrap
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Why Jessica Chastain Prefers ‘Sadness and Pain’ to Feminine Perfection
TheWrap magazine: “I love playing women who make mistakes, who do complicated things,” she says of playing Tammy Wynette in “George & Tammy”
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Norman Lear: Emmy Voters Are Still Paying Attention to the 101-Year-Old Master
TheWrap magazine: “Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter” was designed as “the celebration of a life well lived,” executive producer Brent Miller says
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‘We Were Meant To’ Wins Top Award From HollyShorts Film Festival (Exclusive)
The Hollywood festival qualified four short films for this year’s Academy Awards
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‘Succession’ Composer Nicholas Britell Says Scoring Logan Roy’s Death ‘Was Unlike Anything I’ve Done’
TheWrap magazine: The three-time Emmy nominee (also of Disney+’s “Andor”) tells TheWrap about avoiding the shadow of John Williams and more
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The January Emmys: A Guide to Just How Confusing They’ll Be
Some Emmy nominees won’t be eligible for awards like the Critics Choice and Golden Globes, while others will be up for different seasons
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John Oliver’s in a New Category — But Strikes Keep His Former Emmy Talk Show Competitors From Taking Advantage
The guy who always won has moved, but the nominees can’t campaign for the empty throne
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What Lena Waithe Learned From Mary Tyler Moore: ‘I Was Inspired to Write Timeless Television’
TheWrap magazine: The “Master of None” star served as one of the producers on the Emmy-nominated documentary “Being Mary Tyler Moore”
