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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State of the Oscar Race: 4 Months Is a Lot of Time for Bored Voters to Shake Things Up
The favorites haven’t changed much in the last couple of months, but there’s interesting stuff out in the margins
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Tom Cruise Uses Governors Awards to Lobby for Moviegoing – Even If You Have to Sneak In
Cruise received an Honorary Oscar, along with Dolly Parton, Wynn Thomas and Debbie Allen
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SAG Awards Gets a Name Change: Now It’s the Actor Awards
The new name is meant to clarify the show’s identity for casual viewers
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Cinema Eye Honors: ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka,’ ‘The Perfect Neighbor,’ ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Lead 2025 Nominations
The New York-based documentary awards also gave multiple nominations to “Cover-Up” and “Seeds”
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Cameron Crowe Looks Back: David Bowie, ‘Almost Famous’ and the Interview That Pissed Him Off for Decades | Video
“I realized I was holding a wound and I really got to confront it,” Crowe says of the process of writing his memoir “The Uncool”
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‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Wins Top Prize at Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Other films or series that won multiple awards included “Mr. Scorsese,” “Orwell: 2+2=5” and “Ocean With David Attenborough”
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‘One Battle After Another’ Leads Gotham Awards With Record 6 Nominations
Other Best Feature nominees include “Hamnet,” “Bugonia,” “Train Dreams” and “The Testament of Ann Lee”
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Oscars International Category Sends 86 Films to Voters
The total is one more than qualified last year, and includes “Sentimental Value,” “The Voice of Hind Rajab” and “It Was Just an Accident”
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‘Cover-Up,’ ‘Social Studies’ and ‘Deaf President Now!’ Nominated for Cinema Eye Honors
The organization devoted to nonfiction filmmaking also gave multiple noms to “My Mom Jayne,” “Pee-wee as Himself,” “Sly Lives!” and “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
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AFI Fest Kicks Off With Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Last Night in the Movie Business’
“No kings!” the Boss says while performing after the L.A. premiere of “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”
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Academy Screening Rooms Are Filling Up With Oscar Contenders — Except in the Best Picture Category
20 international films and almost 100 documentaries are available to Oscar voters, but the online platform in the top category is missing all the favorites
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Top Student Academy Awards Go to USC and Schools from the UK, Poland and Germany
The University of the West of England Bristol and the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School received their first-ever Student Oscars
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Jim Jarmusch, Werner Herzog, Charlie Kaufman Movies Headed to AFI Fest
The festival announces its full lineup, which also includes 19 Best International Feature Film Oscar contenders
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Oscars International Race 2025: Complete List of Entries
It’s looking to be a very political year in the category
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Oscars International Race Takes Shape as Academy Asks Voters to Save In-Person Screenings
Norway’s “Sentimental Value,” Brazil’s “The Secret Agent,” Germany’s “Sound of Falling,” Taiwan’s “Left Handed Girl” and South Korea’s “No Other Choice” are among the highest-profile entries so far
