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 Da’Vine Joy Randolph Found ‘Many Dimensions of Grief’ in ‘The Holdovers’
TheWrap magazine: “Grief has many facets. That was something I tried to constantly engage and explore,” the actress says
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Meet the Teenage Actors Who Make Italian Oscar Entry ‘Io Capitano’ So Powerful
TheWrap magazine: “It was a big pleasure and pride to represent what immigrants go through,” says Moustapha Fall, who joins Seydou Sarr in Matteo Garrone’s brutal drama
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The Sound of ‘Barbie’: Authentic, Artificial and Sparkly
TheWrap magazine: “Greta (Gerwig) would say things to us like, ‘Put a little sparkle on it,’ and at first I didn’t get what she was saying,” says re-recording mixer Kevin O’Connell
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Greta Gerwig Says Her Goal With ‘Barbie’ Was to ‘Write the Greatest Script Nobody Ever Makes’
TheWrap magazine: “It felt like the exact kind of idea I like, which is just on the edge of ‘how is this even possible?’” says Gerwig
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How to Shoot All That Pink and Other Lessons in ‘Barbie’ Cinematography
TheWrap magazine: “The first day on the set, I discovered that it was really a problem,” says cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto
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How One ‘Barbie’ Dance Song Turned Into a Giant Job for Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
TheWrap magazine: “Everything influenced everything else,” Mark Ronson says of the film’s mixture of songs, score and dance numbers
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How an Existential Crisis Led to Singaporean Oscar Entry ‘The Breaking Ice’
TheWrap magazine: “When you’re stuck, you look to find a new direction,” says director Anthony Chen of the movie that came out of his pandemic melancholia
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Sterling K. Brown Says ‘American Fiction’ Flexes How He’s ‘Much Sillier Than People Give Me Credit For’
TheWrap magazine: Brown, who won Emmys for “This Is Us” and “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” says “I guess I fool them into thinking that I am a serious actor
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How Estonian Documentary ‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’ Helped a Broken Woman Heal
TheWrap magazine: “I could wash my shame off and accept my vulnerability, my imperfections,” says first-time director Anna Hints
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‘Barbie’ Dominates Critics Choice Award Nominations, Breaks Record With 18 Noms
Greta Gerwig’s comedy leads a field that also includes “Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro” and “The Holdovers”
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‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ Wins Top Prize at IDA Documentary Awards
The International Documentary Association also crowned “The Mother of All Lies,” “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” and “Four Daughters” on Tuesday
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Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard’s Experience on ‘Memory’: No Trailer? No Makeup? No Problem
TheWrap magazine: Mexican director Michel Franco says he warns his actors before filming to make sure “they know how I work”
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Willem Dafoe Is Adamant About His ‘Poor Things’ Character: Don’t Call Him a Mad Scientist!
TheWrap magazine: “Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!” Dafoe says. “That’s being lazy. That’s not what he is”
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Supersized Golden Globes Nominations Kick Off a Desperate Salvage Project
More nominees! Taylor Swift! What’s not to love?
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‘The Zone of Interest’ Named Best Film of 2023 by Los Angeles Film Critics
Jonathan Glazer wins Best Director; acting awards go to Emma Stone, Sandra Hüller, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Rachel McAdams