Steve Pond

Steve Pond

Academy Sparks Outrage for Dumping 4 Oscar Categories to Commercial Breaks: ‘I Am So Pissed Off’

The Academy's decision to present four categories - cinematography, film editing, makeup and hairstyling and live-action shorts - during commercial breaks on this year's Oscar show has been greeted with widespread outrage, with the condemnation stretching from Oscar watchers to past Oscar winners Guillermo del Toro and Emmanuel Lubezki.
Addded Feb 12, 2019

Cameron Crowe on ‘Roadies': Why Music Fans Need to Put Down Their Phones

"The thing that's missing so often in shows about music is the joy of loving music," writer-director tells TheWrap "For me, it's just cool to be a middleman to some characters that people might relate to," said writer-director Cameron Crowe, whose characters have included the likes of the quintessential stoner Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," the boombox-hoisting Lloyd Dobler in "Say Anything," the driven agent Jerry Maguire in the movie that bears his name and the teenaged rock journalist William Miller (based on Crowe's own adventures) in "Almost Famous," for which he won a screenwriting Oscar.
Addded Jun 25, 2016

Inside Grammy Rehearsals With David Bowie and Justin Bieber

The deaths of Bowie, Natalie Cole, Glenn Frey and other major musicians loomed over preparations for music's biggest night Death hung in the air on Friday afternoon at the Staples Center - and the scent of mortality had nothing to do with the terminal condition of this season's Los Angeles Lakers, who call Staples home, or the impending retirement of their star Kobe Bryant.
Addded Feb 13, 2016
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