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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Final Oscar Nomination Predictions for an Abnormal Year at the Movies
The Academy should heap nominations on “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “The Fabelmans,” “Elvis” and more
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‘The Pod Generation’ Review: Creepy Futuristic Satire Looks Great, Gets Tiring
Sundance Film Festival 2023: Sophie Barthes’ film with Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor is better at creating a brave new world than telling a story inside that world
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‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ Review: Documentary Celebrates Troubled Rock Icon
Sundance Film Festival 2023: Lisa Cortés’ film loves its subject without denying his messy contradictions
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Sundance’s Grand Re-Opening Brings Jubilation, and ‘Radical’ Adds Tears
Sundance Film Festival 2023: After two years of a virtual festival, audiences in Park City are ready to gather again
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‘The Son’ Review: Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern Battle Pain and Guilt in Tough Look at Teen Depression
Director Florian Zeller once again explores mental illness in a bolder, less focused follow-up to “The Father”
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‘When You Finish Saving the World’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg’s Indie Drama Wants You to Cringe
Eisenberg’s understated directorial debut stars Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard as a mother and son who just can’t communicate
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‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Land Scripter Award Nominations for Adapted Screenplays
“Living,” “She Said” and “Women Talking” join those two landmarks as Scripter finalists
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‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Leads Annie Award Nominations
The awards for animation give “Pinocchio” nine nominations and “Turning Red” seven
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Steven Spielberg Hits, Tom Cruise Stumbles and What Else We Learned During This Wild Awards Week
Four days, two awards shows, 13 nominations announcements and nine lessons
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‘A Man Called Otto’ Star Mariana Treviño on Why Playing a Strong Latin Mother Matters
TheWrap magazine: “I love that we can show the Latin American family when we’ve been isolated and disconnected,” says the actress who costars with Tom Hanks
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‘All That Breathes’ Named 2022’s Best Documentary at Cinema Eye Honors
Other winners include “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “Navalny,” “Fire of Love,” “Moonage Daydream” and “The Territory”
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‘Causeway’ Star Brian Tyree Henry Says Role in Apple Film ‘Terrified the Hell’ Out of Him
TheWrap magazine: “James was unlike anyone I had read before,” the “Atlanta” star says
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Why Guillermo del Toro Wanted to Make a Disobedient Pinocchio in His Version of the Classic
TheWrap magazine: “I didn’t quite understand why he needed to be an obedient boy to be loved,” the filmmaker says
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Producers Guild Awards Go for Big Hits: ‘Avatar,’ ‘Top Gun,’ ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Elvis,’ ‘Everything Everywhere’
The guild, a strong Oscar predictor, also nominated Golden Globe winners “The Fabelmans” and “The Banshees of Inisherin”
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Steven Spielberg, Martin McDonagh, the Daniels Nominated for Directors Guild Awards
Other film nominees include Joseph Kosinski and Todd Field
