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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SAG Awards Predictions: Stakes Are High in the Actress Categories
Performers whose Oscar chances could get a boost on Sunday include Carey Mulligan, Frances McDormand, Maria Bakalova and Yuh-Jung Youn
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SAG Awards Will Tape Acceptance Speeches Days Early – But Can Actors Keep a Secret?
The nominees will know who won on Wednesday and Thursday, but SAG is counting on nondisclosure agreements and courtesy to keep the results confidential until Sunday
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‘Tina’ Film Review: Tina Turner Documentary Reaches for Pain and Glory but Falls Short
Directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s film is occasionally thrilling, but it also feels curiously truncated and oddly incomplete
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With a Month to Go Until the Oscars, Can Anybody Beat ‘Nomadland’?
After winning the Producers Guild Award, Chloé Zhao’s drama may be in the best shape of any Oscar contender since “Argo” in 2013 — or, gulp, “La La Land” in 2017
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‘Shoplifters of the World’ Film Review: Teen Angst Gets a Soundtrack by the Smiths
The film’s best moments testify to the way the right song can make sense of the world, but there’s also a lot of jumbled coming-of-age melodrama in here, too
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Netflix Picks up Travon Free’s Oscar-Nominated Short ‘Two Distant Strangers’
The film directed by Free and Martin Desmond Roe uses a “Groundhog Day”-style premise to tell a powerful story about police violence against Black men
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‘Nomadland’ Takes Top Prize at Producers Guild Awards: Complete List of Winners
TV awards go to “Schitt’s Creek,” “The Crown,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “Hamilton,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Carpool Karaoke”
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‘Without Getting Killed or Caught’ Film Review: Lyrical Documentary Captures Songwriting Legend Guy Clark
SXSW Film Festival: Music documentary explains and teases, celebrates and mourns in a way that should enlighten those who aren’t fans and satisfy those who are
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‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,’ ‘Promising Young Woman’ Top 2021 Writers Guild Awards: Complete Winners List
Television awards went to “Ted Lasso,” “The Crown,” “The Queen’s Gambit” and “Mrs. America”
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Union Station Makes a Promise: Even During the Oscars, the Trains Will Run on Time
And for a change, the subway stop beneath the Dolby Theatre will remain open during the Oscars, even though part of the show is taking place there
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While the Oscars Embrace Diversity, the Golden Globes Scramble for Relevance
The week may have begun with the Oscar nominations, but attention very quickly shifted back to the under-fire Hollywood Foreign Press Association
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‘Alone Together’ Film Review: Charli XCX Documentary Is For, and About, the Singer’s Fans
SXSW Film Festival: The film ostensibly chronicles the making of the singer’s last album, but it’s less interested in the artistic process than in community in a time of isolation
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Oscar Producers Tell Nominees That the Show Will Be Safe — With No Zooming
“We feel the virtual thing will diminish (our) efforts,” the producers write in an email to nominees
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‘Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free’ Film Review: Ragged Documentary Fits the Man and the Music
SXSW Film Festival: Mary Wharton’s film chronicles a small moment in Petty’s career, but it turns into a loving and lovely portrait of the late rock ‘n’ roll star
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Oscar Voters Can Watch All the Nominees in the Academy Screening Room – Except These 2
A pair of big films nominated for visual effects aren’t available in the members-only streaming site for voters
