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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								I Made an Emmys Wish List, But Will My Wishes Come True?It was a modest list, but Emmy voters can be a frustrating lot 
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								‘A Star Is Born’ Producer Lynette Howell Taylor Elected Academy PresidentHowell Taylor will be the fifth woman to serve in the position, and the third in the last 12 years 
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								Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein,’ New Baz Luhrmann Elvis Movie Added to 2025 Toronto Film Festival LineupMore than 50 movies were added to the festival, including work directed by Edward Berger, Bobby Farrelly, Brian Cox, Aziz Ansari and Maude Apatow 
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								Emmy Nominations Analysis: ‘Severance’ and ‘The Studio’ Dominate, but Does That Make Them Frontrunners?Rivals “The Pitt” and “Hacks” received enough nominations to make them serious contenders all the way to Emmy night 
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								Emmy Nomination Predictions 2025: How Will They Find Room for All Those ‘White Lotus’ Actors?This year’s top nominees should include “The Bear,” “Hacks,” “The Pitt,” “Severance,” “The Studio” and Mike White’s wild ensemble drama 
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								New Steven Soderbergh, Nia DaCosta Films to Premiere at Toronto International Film FestivalTIFF will screen Soderbergh’s “The Christophers” and DaCosta’s “Hedda” in addition to new works from Alejandro Amenábar, Byun Sung-hyun and Chandler Levack 
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								Academy Board of Governors Adds Haifaa al-Mansour, Effie T. Brown, Annie ChangThe three new governors-at-large will give the board a makeup of 30 women and 25 men 
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								Academy Board of Governors Election Dominated by Incumbents, Including Marlee Matlin, Jason Reitman and Jason BlumThe only first-time governors elected in 17 races were Peter Kujawski, Gigi Williams, Carter Burwell and Andrew Roberts 
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								Richard Gere Doesn’t Think Intimacy Coordinators Would Have Worked in the ’80sIn a recent interview with TheWrap, his “The Agency” co-stars Michael Fassbender and Jodie Turner-Smith debate the matter with the veteran actor and ’80s sex symbol 
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								Eddie Redmayne Explains the Art of Getting People to Root for a Ruthless Killer in ‘The Day of the Jackal’TheWrap magazine: “How do you do such appalling things and yet still keep people engaged?” the Oscar-winning actor asks 
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								Tom Cruise, Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas to Receive Honorary OscarsCruise, Allen and Thomas will be given Academy Honorary Awards, while Parton will get the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 
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								‘The Agency’ Stars on Why the Espionage Drama Feels Timely in the Trump EraTheWrap magazine: Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Richard Gere and Jodie Turner-Smith talk about intrigue, global machinations and … Steve Bannon? 
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								Kathy Bates Thought Her Career Was Over – Then ‘Matlock’ Left Her GobsmackedTheWrap magazine: “I was older and I just felt, ‘This is it, I’m done,’” the actress says of the days before “American Horror Story” and “Matlock” brought her back 
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								Jason Reitman, Teddy Schwarzman, Hiro Matsuoka Elected to Academy Museum Board of TrusteesTom Dolby and Cindy Huang will also be joining the board that oversees museum activities 
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								What I Learned Reading the 846 Pages of Emmy BallotsSubmissions are down but nominations will be up, and “Saturday Night Live” put EVERYBODY on the ballot 














