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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‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’ Film Review: Portrait of Civil Rights Icon Couldn’t Be More Timely
Dawn Porter’s film is partly a straightforward celebration of the civil rights icon, and partly an examination of voter suppression still being used against Black people today
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Oscars Finally Give Agents the Vote
Agents are now classified as Members-at-Large rather than Associate members
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How Niecy Nash Connected With a Baby Kidnapper for ‘Stolen by My Mother’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “The thing you can never judge is someone else’s pain,” says the three-time Emmy-nominated actress
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How Racism’s Legacy Shaped André Holland’s Performance in Damien Chazelle’s ‘The Eddy’ (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I think that trauma has a lot to do with how much he will allow himself to feel and to express,” Holland says of the jazz musician he plays
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Why Joey Soloway Didn’t Walk Away From ‘Transparent’ After the Jeffrey Tambor Scandal
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It really felt like, we have to do this on our terms — not on Jeffrey’s terms, not on MeToo’s terms, not on ‘Transparent’ fans’ terms,” says the showrunner formerly known as Jill Soloway
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‘Normal People’ Stars Were Frustrated With Their Characters Too: ‘You Just Want to Shake Them!’ (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “You want to go, ‘Your incapacity to speak is going to result in you having a very unhappy year in your life!’” says Paul Mescal, who stars with Daisy Edgar-Jones in the limited series
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‘Eurovision Song Contest’ Film Review: Will Ferrell as an Icelandic Wannabe Pop Star?
Ferrell and Rachel McAdams don silly costumes and belt out kitschy pop anthems, but the movie is workmanlike, mid-level Ferrell silliness
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Will the New Emmy Rules Really Lead to More (and More Diverse) Nominees?
If the rules had been in place last year, they actually would have resulted in fewer nominees
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Why ‘Watchmen’ Star Tim Blake Nelson Loved Acting Behind a Mask
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “Taking away the face actually empowered my character,” says the veteran character actor who plays Looking Glass in the sci-fi miniseries
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How ‘Mrs. America’ Directors Went From ‘Captain Marvel’ to a Feminist History Lesson
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “We were toward the end of postproduction and thinking of a long nap,” says Anna Boden of her and Ryan Fleck’s decision to tackle the FX miniseries
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Aunjanue Ellis on Why the Clark Sisters Gospel Group Deserve the Same Respect as Mozart
TheWrap Emmy magazine: The Emmy-nominated actress plays the demanding mother of the pioneering vocal group in the Lifetime movie “The Clark Sisters”
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‘The Plot Against America’ Star Morgan Spector on How Philip Roth ‘Accidentally Predicted’ Donald Trump
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It’s almost so on-the-nose that it’s ridiculous,” Spectors says of the ties between the 1940-set Roth novel and today
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John Ridley on TV’s Role Amid Protests Over Racial Inequality: ‘We Have to Be Part of the Solution’ (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It’s almost 30 years since I started, and there still are not enough showrunners of color or directors of color,” says the writer, director and producer
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‘Athlete A’ Film Review: Documentary About US Gymnastics Sex Abuse Scandal Is Heartbreaking and Infuriating
Directors Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen detail the investigation that uncovered years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in the USA Gymnastics program
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‘Irresistible’ Film Review: Jon Stewart’s Political Comedy Feels Curiously Tame
Steve Carell and Rose Byrne star as dueling political operatives in a film that mixes its occasional laughs with plenty of position statements and diatribes
