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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‘Stardust’ Film Review: Does This Story of the Young David Bowie Ring True?
Johnny Flynn plays the rocker in a movie that can’t use Bowie’s music and resorts to fiction to show the genesis of the Ziggy Stardust character
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Italy’s Oscar Committee Snubs Sophia Loren Movie, Submits Documentary ‘Notturno’
The Gianfranco Rosi doc becomes the seventh nonfiction film to be submitted in this year’s Best International Feature Film category
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Grammy Nominations Analysis: Hip-Hop Is Up, Country Is Down and Women Rule
Voters gave us a full slate of powerful women, a handful of baffling surprises and a few more opportunities to have Beyonce lose in the top categories
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‘Crip Camp’ Lands 5 Nominations to Top IDA Documentary Awards
Other films with multiple nominations include “MLK/FBI,” “Time” and “The Truffle Hunters”
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‘Zappa’ Film Review: Alex Winter’s Documentary Does Justice to Rock ‘n’ Roll Oddball Frank Zappa
The adventurous composer and rock innovator gets a film that is restless and playful and a bit assaultive
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Grammy Nominations Preview: What to Expect in a COVID-Rocked Year, From Taylor Swift to Bob Dylan
The Recording Academy can’t pretend this was a normal year for recorded music, just as you can’t pretend it was a normal year for anything else
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Italy Faces a Big Decision: Do They Send Sophia Loren’s ‘The Life Ahead’ to the Oscars?
The film is one of several contenders from a country that tops all others in Oscar wins but hasn’t been embraced by voters nearly as often in this century
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Oscars: 10 Films That Could Dominate in Below-the-Line Categories, From ‘Tenet’ to ‘The Midnight Sky’
From “Mank” to “The Prom,” these films could attract the attention of artisans, craftspeople and tech wizzes
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‘Welcome to Chechnya’ Leads Cinema Eye Honors’ Broadcast Nominations
The New York-based documentary organization also announces a Stay Focused initiative to help filmmakers who lost opportunities because of the pandemic
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Oscars International Race Heats Up as Heavy Hitters Enter the Race
High-profile submissions from France, Denmark and Mexico have pushed the number of submissions past last year’s total at the same point in the Oscar calendar
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‘Palm Springs,’ ‘Lovecraft Country’ Lead Critics Choice Super Awards Nominations
Maybe this wasn’t the best year to launch an awards show devoted to the kind of superhero, sci-fi and action movies that mostly got moved off the release schedule?
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Oscars Screenings Move Online and Earn the Academy $1 Million Plus (So Far)
With physical screenings impossible, more than 80 movies have already paid $12,500 for spots in the Academy Screening Room
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‘Landfall,’ ‘Five Years North’ Win Top Awards at DOC NYC Festival
The documentary festival also gives jury prizes to awards contenders “Time,” “Welcome to Chechnya,” “76 Days” and “Boys State”
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‘Dick Johnson Is Dead’ Wins Top Prize at Critics Choice Documentary Awards
The Critics Choice winner has gone on to be nominated for the documentary Oscar only once in the last four years
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Chadwick Boseman Is on Track to Make Oscar History
His performances in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Da 5 Bloods” are powerful enough to make him a strong contender for not one but two posthumous nominations
