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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Inside ‘jeen-yuhs’ Directors’ 20-Year Struggle to Capture Kanye’s Brilliance and Craziness
TheWrap magazine: The hip-hop superstar killed the film once and tried again on the eve of its release, but co-director Chike says, “Nothing was going to stop (it) from coming out”
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How José Andrés’ Mission to Feed the World Complicated Ron Howard’s Attempt to Make a Movie About It
TheWrap magazine: His crew would be so moved by Andrés’ passion that they’d put down their cameras to help out, the director says with a laugh
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Jeff Probst on Why ‘Survivor’ Needed a Makeover After 40 Seasons
TheWrap magazine: “We wanted the players to have to reassess everything they thought they knew,” the producer and host says
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Why Judd Apatow Spent a Month Editing One Scene of His George Carlin Documentary
TheWrap magazine: “We spent a month on that five minutes to make sure that it reflects the complexity of his opinions,” Apatow says
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Emmy Predictions for Limited Series: Too Many Scammers, Not Enough Room
“The Dropout”? “WeCrashed”? “Inventing Anna”? Here are our projections for one of the most competitive of the marquee categories
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Why Phil Rosenthal Loves to Talk With His Mouth Full
TheWrap Emmy Magazine: “Food is the great connector — and then for me, laughs are the cement,” says the enthusiastically omnivorous host and creator of “Somebody Feed Phil”
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Expect an Emmy Bloodbath in the Overcrowded Drama and Comedy Series Races
Between returning nominees, new shows and past series back in eligibility, these high-profile categories are unbelievably packed
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Cannes 2022 Winners: ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Wins Palme d’Or
Other winners include “Close,” “Stars at Noon,” “Decision to Lave” and “Holy Spider”
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‘Tori and Lokita’ Film Review: Dardenne Brothers’ Refugee Drama Bursts With Humanity
Cannes 2022: The Cannes veterans sketch a heartbreaking portrait of young refugees clinging to each other in an unwelcoming Europe
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Guillermo del Toro Leads Cannes Symposium on Film’s Future: ‘What We Have Now Is Unsustainable’
Cannes 2022: The Mexican director leads a wide-ranging conversation with Paolo Sorrentino, Costa-Gavras and other noted filmmakers
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‘Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind’ Film Review: Ethan Coen Shakes the House With Rock Doc
Cannes 2022: The solo Coen brother takes a playful look at a protean rock ‘n’ roller in a film based around great live performances
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Cannes So Far: Income Inequality, Ticket Troubles and the Ghost of COVID
Cannes 2022: At a scattershot festival, some of the biggest films have taken sharp looks at the way society enshrines inequality
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How Ethan Hawke’s Love for Paul Newman Started at Church and Came to Cannes
Cannes 2022: The actor-director brought two episodes of “The Last Movie Stars,” his documentary series about Newman and Joanne Woodward, to the festival that often featured the couple
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‘War Pony’ Film Review: Riley Keough and Gina Gammell Tell Indigenous Story From the Inside
Cannes 2022: The two first-time directors enlisted Native American collaborators for their tales of life on the Pine Ridge Reservation
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‘Armageddon Time’ Director James Gray Says the US – and Hollywood – Are ‘in Serious Trouble’
Cannes 2022: “We used to think of franchises as McDonald’s and Burger King — now it’s cinema,” Gray says
