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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‘There Is No Evil’ Wins Golden Bear Award at Berlin Film Festival
Other winners include the film “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” director Hong Sangsoo and actors Elio Germano and Paula Beer
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Roman Polanski Draws Protests, Wins Prizes at Stormy Cesar Awards
Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy” wins the directing, screenplay and costume awards, while the Cesar for best film goes to “Les Miserables”
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‘Wendy’ Film Review: Benh Zeitlin’s Second Film Takes ‘Peter Pan’ on a Wild Ride
The “Beasts of the Southern Wild” director has created a film that is magical and messy, unruly and otherworldly
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‘Parasite’ Director’s Korean American Interpreter Wants to Make Her Own Movie – About the Oscar Season
Sharon Choi told theWrap that her experience with Bong Joon Ho on the campaign trail just might find its way into her own filmmaking career
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‘Parasite’ Win Rescues a Predictable Oscar Show With a Shot of Exuberance
Over the course of an accelerated awards season, Hollywood learned not just to love “Parasite,” but to also love giving it awards
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Cynthia Erivo’s Potential EGOT and 28 Other Oscar Records and Milestones to Watch for This Sunday
Will the Joker join Vito Corleone in the Oscar history books?
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Can the Oscars Make Us Care in a Rushed, Crazy Year?
After a week spent fixated on the votes of 100 U.S. Senators, it may not be easy to get excited about the votes of 8,469 AMPAS members
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Independent Spirit Awards: JLo Lost, Adam Sandler Won and ‘The Farewell’ Shocked Everybody
By giving the biggest award to a heartwarming comedy over an Oscar nominee, voters made an undeniably independent choice
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Oscars 2020 Predictions: ‘1917’ and ‘Parasite’ Will Go to War, But Who Will Win?
Assuming that PricewaterhouseCoopers hasn’t contracted the ballot counting to the Iowa Democratic Party, here’s what we expect to find in those envelopes on Sunday evening
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Look Inside the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: How Finished Is It? (Photos)
A tour of the building shows no exhibits but lots of almost-completed spaces
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Could Spirit Awards Finally Step Up as a Bold Alternative to the Oscars?
History suggests they won’t
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‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ Regina Spektor Win Top Prizes From Guild of Music Supervisors
“Queen & Slim” and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” also won film awards, while TV winners included to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Better Call Saul” and “Euphoria”
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Death of the Great Oscars Makeover of 2018
The Academy’s Board of Governors introduced four ideas to remake the Oscar show
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Pre-Oscar Awards Scorecard: ‘Parasite’ Won the Most, but ‘1917’ Won the Big Ones
With the Hollywood guilds picking their favorites, eight of the nine Best Picture nominees have gone home with at least one award
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Oscars Endgame: Unpacking the Final Ads for ‘1917,’ ‘Parasite,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ and More
“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “Jojo Rabbit” have gone with new angles, while other films are sticking with the imagery that got them this far
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