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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How ‘Finding Your Roots’ Fights Racism ‘One Family Tree at a Time’
TheWrap magazine: “We truly are a nation of immigrants,” says host Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in the aftermath of the PBS program’s first Emmy nomination
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‘Amplified’ Wins Top Award at HollyShorts Film Festival, Qualifies for Oscars
“Anuja,” “Wander to Wonder” and “The Final Copy of Ilon Specht” also won Oscar-qualifying awards at the short film fest
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Who Is Mary Lou Belli and Why Does She Keep Getting Emmy Nominations?
TheWrap magazine: The director of “The Ms. Pat Show” specializes in the multi-cam format, where it’s all about getting an audience to laugh
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Can We Get Rid of the Emmy Sweeps This Year, Please?
A year after awards voters set a record for the most wins by the fewest shows, it’d be nice to distribute statuettes a little more widely
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Why Sara Bareilles Didn’t Worry About Being Funny With Her Emmy-Nominated ‘Girls5eva’ Song
TheWrap magazine: The singer-songwriter-actress says her season-finale song “The Medium Time” is “about staying present”
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Carol Burnett at 91: ‘I’ve Got My Hips and My Knees and I Think I’ve Got My Brain’
TheWrap magazine: Burnett’s 23rd Emmy nomination came for “Palm Royale” more than six decades after she received her first one
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No, Alan Cumming Didn’t Expect to Become a Reality Star, Either: ‘Who Would’ve Thunk It?’
TheWrap magazine: The Tony Award-winning Scottish actor says his gig hosting “The Traitors” is indicative of his career: “I’ve always been eclectic and done weird, left-field things”
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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis,’ Pedro Almodovar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
TIFF has added 19 new films and unveiled the schedule for its Sept. 5-15 festival
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Emmy Voters Face the Usual Dilemma: Too Many Nominations for Too Few Shows
More than 35% of this year’s acting nominations went to only four programs
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TIFF 2024 to Spotlight TV Shows From Alfonso Cuarón, Thomas Vinterberg and Janicza Bravo
Toronto organizers also announced episodic programs from Joe Wright and Tomas Alfredson along with four dozen short films
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Alan Cumming Says Stanley Kubrick Restored His Faith in Movies 25 Years Ago – and Made It Hard for Other Directors Since Then
A three-minute scene in “Eyes Wide Shut” reinvigorated the Emmy-nominated “Traitors” host when he’d lost interest in Hollywood
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Toronto Film Festival Adds Miguel Gomes, Wang Bing and 14-Hour Greek Documentary
The adventurous Wavelengths program will also include two of Jean-Luc Godard’s last films
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Toronto Film Festival Adds Documentaries About Gaza, Disability Rights and Inept Mercenaries
Subjects of the films include politician Adam Kinzinger and writer Edna O’Brien
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Toronto Film Festival Adds 43 International Movies From 41 Countries
TIFF’s Centrepiece program will include films from Steven Soderbergh and Mohammad Rasoulof, as well as a Tegan and Sara documentary
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Janet Yang Re-Elected Motion Picture Academy President for 3rd Term
Yang is a member of the Producers Branch and a Governor-at-Large of the Academy
