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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‘Mank,’ Tenet,’ ‘Promising Young Woman’ Land Nominations From Art Directors Guild
Television nominees include “The Crown,” “The Queen’s Gambit” and Beyonce’s “Black Is King”
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Maria Bakalova on Her ‘Completely Insane’ Journey From Bulgaria to ‘Borat’
TheWrap magazine: “I thought, ‘Nobody is going to be giving a platform to an Eastern European person with an accent — forget about this, it’s just a dream,’” says the Golden Globe and SAG-nominated actress
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Which of the Oscars’ Special 2020 Rules Are Here to Stay?
TheWrap magazine: Online viewing? Streaming movies qualifying for film awards? Extended eligibility dates?
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Why Making ‘Nomadland’ Left Chloe Zhao ‘Emotionally Drained’
TheWrap magazine: “I wasn’t used to going into a place, getting attached to it and to people and then leaving it behind,” says the writer-director whose next film will be Marvel’s “The Eternals”
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‘Nomadland’ Film Review: Frances McDormand Hits the Road in Quiet, Lyrical Drama
Chloé Zhao’s film is a gentle, uncommonly rich drama in which the main character hits the road not to get away from home, but to find it
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A Guide to Oscar’s Shortlisted Documentary Shorts, From the Holocaust to Sophia Loren
The doc-shorts semifinalists offer a guided tour to many of the pressing issues of our time, but they throw in a few surprises, too
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George Clooney to Receive Cinema Audio Society’s Filmmaker Award
The CAS Awards will take place in a virtual ceremony on April 17
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‘I Care a Lot’ Film Review: Rosamund Pike Is Very Bad, and That’s Pretty Good
J Blakeson’s black comedy is a nasty little piece of provocation based around scenery-chewing badness from Pike and Peter Dinklage
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Sofia Coppola to Receive Honorary Award From American Society of Cinematographers
Coppola’s father, Francis Ford Coppola, received the Board of Governors Award in 1998
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Writers Guild Nominates ‘Trial of the Chicago 7,’ ‘One Night in Miami’ – and ‘Borat’ Too
More than half a dozen major Oscar screenwriting contenders, including “Mank,” “Nomadland” and “Soul,” were not eligible under WGA rules
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Oscar Race Finally Delivers Some Surprises, From ‘Jingle Jangle’ to Sia’s ‘Music’
Between the Oscar shortlists and some recent nominations, voters have managed to inject a bit of the unexpected (and sometimes the jaw-dropping) into this year’s competition
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Oscar Ceremony to Take Place ‘Live From Multiple Locations,’ Academy Says
In a statement, the Academy says it is “determined to present an Oscars like no other”
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‘Crip Camp,’ ‘Time,’ ‘Gunda’ Make Oscars Documentary Shortlist
The largest documentary field in Oscar history has been narrowed down to 15, with “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” “Collective” and “Welcome to Chechnya” among the other films making the cut
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Pedro Almodóvar and Pixar’s First Gay Hero Story Make Oscar Shortlists for Short Films
10 films will advance in the Best Animated Short and Best Live Action Short categories
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Denmark, Romania and Mexico Grab Spots on Oscars International Shortlist
The expanded shortlist, chosen without the input of an executive committee for the first time in 13 years, missed some challenging films but rounded up lots of favorites
