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 Audio Society Likes the Sound of ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Dune,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’
“Belfast” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth” are also singled out for nominations at the CAS Awards
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The Sundance Blues: Good Films Can’t Overcome a Muted Virtual Festival
Sundance 2020: This year was supposed to be a triumphant return to an in-person festival, but the pandemic other plans
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‘Dune,’ ‘Matrix,’ ‘ Nightmare Alley’ and ‘A Quiet Place’ Top Sound Editing Nominations
Other films singled out by the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Golden Reel awards include “West Side Story,” “Belfast” and “No Time to Die”
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‘Dune,’ ‘The French Dispatch’ Receive Nominations From Art Directors Guild
“Nightmare Alley,” “West Side Story,” “Licorice Pizza” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth” are among the other honorees for the ADG Awards
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How Andrew Garfield Went From Jonathan Larson to Jim Bakker to Spider-Man in One Crazy Year
TheWrap magazine: “It was a very mystical, profound thing, a kind of storytelling ritual of grief and even gratitude,” says Garfield of his role in “tick, tick…BOOM!”
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Guillermo del Toro on ‘Nightmare Alley’: No Monsters, No Problem
TheWrap magazine: “In my movies, the real monster is man, and it was about time to try it without any fantastical elements,” says the director
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How Oscar Voters Could Make the Best Picture Category Even Weirder This Year
Expanding the category to 10 nominees could increase variety, but only if voters take advantage of the opportunity they’ve been given
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‘My Sunny Maad’: Making an Animated Film That Doesn’t Feel Like Animation
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to make a film where people would forget it’s animated,” says Czech director Michaela Pavlatova
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Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz on Pain, Friendship and Sexy Mothers
TheWrap magazine: “When Penélope arrived in the Spanish cinema, let’s just say that housewives and mothers became much more attractive,” says Almodovar
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Shakespeare Shares Scripter Award Nomination With Joel Coen for ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’
The Bard finally gets recognition for Hollywood awards
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‘Dune,’ ‘Encanto,’ ‘Loki’ Top Visual Effects Society Award Nominations
Other films with multiple nominations include “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
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‘The Morning Show’ Design Problem: Go Around the World Without Leaving L.A.
TheWrap magazine: Production designer Nelson Coates had to stage scenes set in China, New York, New Orleans and Italy, all in Southern California
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The Hardest Costume Design Challenge on ‘Cyrano’ Had Nothing to Do With the Lead Character
TheWrap magazine: “They are the aliens of the 1700s,” says costume designer Massimo Cantini Parrini of the characters that caused him “a great deal of suffering”
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‘The Harder They Fall’ Wins Top Prize at African American Film Critics Association Awards
Jeymes Samuel’s Western wins four awards, and “King Richard” takes another four
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The Big Design Challenge for ‘Licorice Pizza’: Find 1970s L.A. in the 2020s
TheWrap magazine: “We were looking for pockets where people hadn’t demolished their ranch houses to build white modern monstrosities,” production designer Florencia Martin says
