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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‘#Unfit’ Film Review: Documentary Offers a Scary Diagnosis of Donald Trump, But Will Voters Listen?
In the era of a Twitter-driven presidency and an around-the-clock barrage of revelation, accusation and condemnation, it’s hard for even a hard-hitting documentary feature not to feel a step or two slow
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How Female Directors Overcame Years of Bias to Score Record Number of Emmy Nominations
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “There’s only so many years you can go into a meeting and hear, ‘We hired a woman once, and it didn’t work,’” Lesli Linka Glatter says
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What the Emmys Learned From Previous Makeovers (Including Rod Serling’s 1965 Disaster)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: This year’s coronavirus-caused Emmy makeover isn’t the first time the Television Academy has overhauled its show
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‘Coup 53,’ ‘Desert One’ Film Reviews: Documentaries on Iran Offer Troubled History Lessons
The films by Taghi Amirani and Barbara Kopple are detailed examinations of collisons between Iran and the West that helped shape our current world
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Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy on Baby Yoda, ‘The Mandalorian’ and the Future of ‘Star Wars’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “There was an opportunity to create a workflow that’s different than what has essentially existed for the last hundred years,” “Mandalorian” executive producer says
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How Baby Yoda Became the Surprise Breakout Star of ‘The Mandalorian’ – And This Emmy Season
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I don’t think anybody anticipated the degree to which he would catch on,” executive producer and Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy says
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‘The One and Only Ivan’ Film Review: Disney+ Movie Puts a ‘Tiger King’ Spin on ‘Dumbo’
Director Thea Sharrock’s adaptation of the children’s book isn’t afraid to explore the human exploitation of animals, which gives it an unexpected melancholy
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First Ladies Storm the Emmys: Behind Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama’s Nominated Shows
TheWrap Emmy magazine: The Hulu nonfiction series about Hillary Clinton and the Netflix documentary on Michelle Obama are both in the running this year
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How Dread of Donald Trump Inspired Robin Thede’s ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “Trump’s going to get us all killed, so why don’t we just extrapolate that into an end-of-the-world scenario?” Thede says of a running sketch in her Emmy-nominated comedy series
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How Quibi Overcame a Rocky Start to Dominate Emmy Nominations in Short-Form Categories
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Actors Christoph Waltz and Jasmine Cephas Jones talk about the new service that landed as many Emmy nominations as all other short-form providers combined
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How ‘Hollywood’ Star Jim Parsons Tried to Find the Heart of a ‘Despicable Character’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “The job as an actor is to see the most seemingly despicable characters as the humans they are,” says the actor who played talent agent Henry Willson in Ryan Murphy’s miniseries
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How Regina King Drew on ‘All My Experiences as a Black Woman’ for ‘Watchmen’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It was not lost on me that our show definitely shined a big spotlight on racists who have come out of the woodwork,” says the three-time Emmy winner
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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Writer Stefani Robinson’s Secret to Success: ‘Charming Stupidity’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I was aware of the fact that the premise is absurd, and there were a couple of moments when I thought it might be too stupid,” the Emmy-nominated writer says
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Emmy Season in Time of Pandemic: 3 Things We’ve Learned So Far
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Ties are rare, TV movies are endangered and the Television Academy has irked the guilds
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‘Unhinged’ Film Review: Russell Crowe Is a Very Bad Man, and the Movie’s Not So Good Either
Crowe’s character is revealed as a psychopathic monster even before the opening credits roll, and there’s nothing left for him to do but to keep it up until somebody stops him
