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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Emmy Icon James Burrows Carries the Torch for Multi-Cam Sitcoms, but He’s Scared They’re Dying
TheWrap magazine: The 84-year-old director received his record 27th nomination for “Mid-Century Modern”
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‘Trapped’ Wins Grand Prize at Hollyshorts Film Festival, Qualifies for Oscars
Other shorts that gained Academy Award eligibility at the festival are “Hurikán,” “A Son and a Father” and “Voices From the Abyss”
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Ike Barinholtz Has a Bold Wish List for ‘The Studio’ Season 2 Cameos: Spielberg, Leo and Tarantino
TheWrap magazine: The Emmy nominee also jokes about campaigning for some thank-you speeches for his character, Sal Saperstein
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First Rule of Writing the Emmy-Nominated Song ‘Harper and Will Go West’: Don’t Be Too Funny
TheWrap magazine: But that doesn’t mean Kristen Wiig and her fellow songwriters couldn’t rhyme go west with brand-new breasts
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How Questlove Put Together the Insane Montage That Opened His ‘Saturday Night Live’ Music Documentary
The musician and filmmaker watched “SNL” episodes every day for a year and gave a score to every musical performance in the show’s history
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Documentaries About Paula Deen, Clergy Abuse and Whistling Contests Headed to Toronto Film Festival
The festival’s TIFF Docs program will include new films from Oscar winners Laura Poitras, Ben Proudfoot, Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
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I Made an Emmys Wish List, But Will My Wishes Come True?
It was a modest list, but Emmy voters can be a frustrating lot
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‘A Star Is Born’ Producer Lynette Howell Taylor Elected Academy President
Howell Taylor will be the fifth woman to serve in the position, and the third in the last 12 years
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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein,’ New Baz Luhrmann Elvis Movie Added to 2025 Toronto Film Festival Lineup
More than 50 movies were added to the festival, including work directed by Edward Berger, Bobby Farrelly, Brian Cox, Aziz Ansari and Maude Apatow
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Emmy Nominations Analysis: ‘Severance’ and ‘The Studio’ Dominate, but Does That Make Them Frontrunners?
Rivals “The Pitt” and “Hacks” received enough nominations to make them serious contenders all the way to Emmy night
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Emmy Nomination Predictions 2025: How Will They Find Room for All Those ‘White Lotus’ Actors?
This year’s top nominees should include “The Bear,” “Hacks,” “The Pitt,” “Severance,” “The Studio” and Mike White’s wild ensemble drama
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New Steven Soderbergh, Nia DaCosta Films to Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF will screen Soderbergh’s “The Christophers” and DaCosta’s “Hedda” in addition to new works from Alejandro Amenábar, Byun Sung-hyun and Chandler Levack
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Academy Board of Governors Adds Haifaa al-Mansour, Effie T. Brown, Annie Chang
The three new governors-at-large will give the board a makeup of 30 women and 25 men
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Academy Board of Governors Election Dominated by Incumbents, Including Marlee Matlin, Jason Reitman and Jason Blum
The only first-time governors elected in 17 races were Peter Kujawski, Gigi Williams, Carter Burwell and Andrew Roberts
