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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7 Burning Questions Now That Emmy Voting Has Ended
Will “The Pitt” dominate? Who’ll be snubbed? Will James Burrows get one final nomination?
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I Read the Emmys’ 800 Pages of Ballots. Here’s What I Learned
Submissions are down dramatically, “The Pitt” is ready to get greedy, and which Jonas brother would you vote for?
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Post-Peak TV? Key Emmy Submissions Drop for 3rd Year in a Row
The post-pandemic, post-strike slowdown continues to affect the Emmys, which has 84 fewer shows and almost 150 fewer actors on the ballot this year
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Here Come the Emmys, the Show That Tells Everybody Else Who to Vote For
In recent years, one awards show after another has simply followed the Emmys’ lead in picking TV winners
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Jeff Probst on How to Win ‘Survivor,’ a Landmark Season and Those Betting Markets
TheWrap magazine: “If I can find any way to stifle them, I will,” he says of “Survivor” betting markets
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Cannes So Far: Maybe This Festival Really Does Need Some Hollywood Movies
Cannes 2026: There haven’t been many movies to galvanize the Cannes audience, but you can’t blame that just on the lack of potential blockbusters
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Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao and Stellan Skarsgård Join Cannes Film Festival Jury
Other members of Park Chan-wook’s jury will include Ruth Negga, Laura Wandel and Paul Laverty
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Oscars Rule Changes Ban AI Actors and Overhaul International Submission Process
Sorry, Tilly Norwood: You’re not receiving an Academy Award nomination anytime soon
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Jane Fonda Salutes Robert Redford, Slams Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: ‘We’re Going to Lose What Bob Was Trying to Do’
At the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, the actress says her longtime co-star’s quest for diversity, complexity and nuance is at risk in today’s Hollywood
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Cannes Film Festival Adds 16 More Films to Its Lineup
Additions include movies directed by Diego Luna and Judith Godrèche, while James Gray’s “Paper Tiger” will fill out the main competition
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Celebrate 80th Anniversary With Art, Historic Films
The Czech festival will screen film classics including “Kes” and “A Matter of Life and Death”
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Critics Choice Awards Set Date for 2027 Ceremony
The Critics Choice Association also signs a two-year renewal with E! for its annual ceremony
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Films From Kantemir Balagov, Radu Jude Headed to Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
The sidebar section also adds an animated film from Quentin Dupieux, his second movie at this year’s festivsl
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Cannes Critics Week Reveals International Lineup, No U.S. Films
The sidebar devoted to first- and second-time directors will run from May 13-21
