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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The Journey of ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’: Recreate ‘World of Warcraft’ First, Get Permission Second
TheWrap magazine: Director Benjamin Ree used the popular game to tell the story of Mats Steen — and only got the rights to do so after finishing the film
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June Squibb Gets Her First Lead Role at 95 — and She’s Ready for More
TheWrap magazine: After starring in “Thelma” and shooting “Eleanor the Great,” she has a new rule for her agent: “Only leads, and only if the film has my name in it”
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‘The Brutalist’ Wins Top Award From New York Film Critics – Complete List of Winners
Acting awards go to Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Adrien Brody, Carol Kane and Kieran Culkin
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R.J. Cutler’s Wild 2024: From Elton John to Martha Stewart to Dodgers v. Yankees
TheWrap magazine: “These are real movies — these are narratives with characters and themes and cinema,” the director says
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Talking With Oscars Song Contenders: Pharrell Williams, Kristen Wiig, Robbie Williams … and Yep, Diane Warren Too
TheWrap magazine: We also get the scoop from the songwriters for “Emilia Pérez,” “The Wild Robot” and “Blitz”
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‘A Different Man’ Named Best Film at 2024 Gotham Awards – Complete List of Winners
Acting awards go to Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin for “Sing Sing” and Brandon Wilson for “Nickel Boys”
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Oscars Song Race Contains 89 Songs, But Nothing From ‘Wicked’ – Complete List
In the Best Original Score category, 146 films qualified
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Jeff Nichols’ Favorite Part of Making ‘The Bikeriders’: Watching Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer Go Head-to-Head
TheWrap magazine: “It was our version of the scene from ‘Heat,’” the director says, nodding to the Al Pacino-Robert De Niro classic
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‘Nickel Boys’ Director RaMell Ross Says Making Movies Is Like Jumping on a ‘Weird Carousel’
TheWrap magazine: “Cinema lends itself to the play between the surreal, the symbolic, the experiential, the nonsensical and the aesthetic,” he says
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How ‘Will & Harper’ Took on a ‘Whole New Meaning’ After Trump’s Election
TheWrap magazine: “The only way to push back against this hate and division is with love and empathy,” director Josh Greenbaum says
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Academy Screening Room Nears 150 Films for Voters to Watch – but It’s Missing Some Major Contenders
“Anora” and “The Brutalist” are two of the top movies that have yet to be added to the screening platform for Oscar voters
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Composer Harry Gregson-Williams’ Job on ‘Gladiator II’: 100 Minutes of New Music, and a Little Bit of Hans Zimmer
TheWrap magazine: The exchange came with the composer’s plans to incorporate a bit of Hans Zimmer’s theme from the first “Gladiator”
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Volker Bertelmann’s Key to Writing the Score for ‘Conclave’: Religious Music, But Nasty
TheWrap magazine: The German composer turned to a rare French instrument from the 1950s that can sound religious but also distorted
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‘Nickel Boys’ Is the Big Winner in African American Film Critics’ Honorary Awards for 2025
RaMell Ross’ film will receive three separate awards at two different ceremonies, while “The Piano Lesson” will receive two
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Why Marianne Jean-Baptiste Wanted to Hit Her Character in ‘Hard Truths’
TheWrap magazine: The Oscar-nominated actress reunites with her “Secrets & Lies” director Mike Leigh for a stirring, hard-to-swallow performance
