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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Shaka King Named Spirit Awards Honorary Chair, Gives Out $75,000 in Grants
The three grants went to an emerging director, producer and documentary filmmaker
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Romania Finally Gets an Oscar Nomination, But Don’t Expect ‘Collective’ Director to Get Patriotic
“The pride is more that this story is crucial when so many countries are dealing with manipulative, corrupt and incompetent politicians,” says director Alexander Nanau
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Academy Limits Oscars to Nominees and Their Guests, Cancels Governors Ball and Nominees Lunch
“We’d hoped the pandemic would be more in our rearview mirror by the month of April,” wrote president David Rubin in an email to members
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H.E.R. Just Got a Grammys-Oscars Twofer, Says It Changed Her Life
Note to Oscar producers: If you want H.E.R. to perform on the show, all you have to do is ask
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Oscar Nominations Analysis: ‘Nomadland’ Remains on Top in a Difficult and Confusing Year
Apart from “Promising Young Woman,” all of the chief rivals to Chloe Zhao’s film showed some signs of vulnerability
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Grammys Will Be Grammys: Another Show Ends With a White Winner Apologizing to the Black Artist They Defeated
At the end of what had been a top-notch collection of performances, Billie Eilish apologized to Megan The Stallion and some worrisome old trends resurface
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Grammy Predictions: The Women Will Dominate, Again
Two years after the Recording Academy president told female artists to “step up” (and then resigned), women are likely to win all four of the top awards for the second year in a row
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‘Nomadland,’ ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Win Scripter Awards for Adapted Screenplays
The awards go to the author of the original material as well as the screenwriter who adapted it for film or TV
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Black Comedy ‘Bye Bye Morons’ Dominates France’s Cesar Awards
This year’s French Oscar entry, “Two of Us,” won one award out of four nominations
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Can the Oscars Avoid the Curse of Pandemic-Era Awards Shows?
Let’s face it: Virtual ceremonies don’t really work
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Oscars Unveil Poster Created by Artists From Around the World
The artwork comes from seven different artists interpreting the question, “What do movies mean to you?”
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‘Mank,’ ‘Minari,’ ‘Chicago 7’ Make the Cut With American Cinema Editors
Other nominees for the ACE Eddie Awards include “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal,” “Promising Young Woman” and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
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Oscar Nomination Predictions: Will There Be Weird Choices for a Weird Year?
In a long season that’s been hard to endure and hard to predict, here are our best guesses in all 23 categories
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‘Mank,’ ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Cherry’ Land Nominations From American Society of Cinematographers
“Cherry” was the shocker in a category that also includes “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “News of the World”
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‘Collective’ Named Top Documentary at Cinema Eye Honors
Other awards go to “Time,” “Welcome to Chechnya,” “The Truffle Hunters” and “The Mole Agent”