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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Oscars Academy Nails Diversity Goals for Membership, Eligibility Rules Could Be Next
Even as AMPAS reaches the benchmarks set in 2016, the organziation is making dramatic changes to Oscar eligibility to fight bias
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Awkwafina, John David Washington, Florence Pugh Among the 819 Invited to Join Oscars Academy
12 different people associated with the 2020 Best Picture winner “Parasite” were also invited to join
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Carl Reiner Appreciation: A Comic Straight Man Who Knew When to Get Crooked
Reiner also had a very particular, very impressive skill he once showed off on stage at the Directors Guild Awards
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‘The Outpost’ Film Review: War Is Hell in Immersive Combat Movie
Director Rod Lurie’s film is a riveting combat movie that aims to put viewers alongside American soldiers in the midst of one of the bloodiest battles in the long-running war in Afghanistan
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‘Suzi Q’ Film Review: Rock Documentary Makes a Case for Suzi Quatro
The film is an effective, straightforward history lesson of sorts, aimed at restoring the reputation of a woman who has been little more than a footnote in U.S. rock history
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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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