Steve Pond is TheWrap’s Executive Editor, Awards and has been writing and overseeing awards coverage on the site since 2009. He spent decades writing about film, television, music and the entertainment industry for the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Premiere, New York Times, Playboy and many other publications. He is the author of the L.A. Times bestseller “The Big Show,” a behind-the-scenes look at the Academy Awards based on 15 years of unprecedented access to that show.
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Steve received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach.
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A ‘New Vision’ at The Academy Means the Old Has to Go | Analysis
As the Oscars move toward YouTube, AMPAS’s Chief Oscars Officer exits. What else does the Academy have to shed?
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Jacob Elordi, Teyana Taylor, Josh O’Connor, Jenna Ortega Invited to Join Motion Picture Academy
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KVIFF will also give awards to Jeffrey Wright and cinematographer Robert Richardson
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TheWrap magazine: Along with writing the score to Season 2, O’Connell was delighted to play an egotistical version of himself in one scene
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Jeff Probst Explains How ‘Survivor 50’ Pulled Off That $2 Million Coin Flip
The host and executive producer says lawyers were involved in the MrBeast stunt
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Guillermo del Toro, Kris Bowers Elected to Academy Board of Governors
Other first-time governors include producer Fred Berger, cinematographer Michael Goi and film editor Anne Goursaud
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Jonathan Pryce on Playing a Character With Dementia in ‘Slow Horses’: More Responsibility, Less Work
TheWrap magazine: “My job becomes easier, (because) you’re free of the past in a way,” says the veteran actor
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I Read the Emmys’ 800 Pages of Ballots. Here’s What I Learned
Submissions are down dramatically, “The Pitt” is ready to get greedy, and which Jonas brother would you vote for?
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Why Josh Johnson Stepped Away From Topical Humor to Get Personal in ‘Symphony’
TheWrap magazine: But don’t worry, the comic and “Daily Show” host isn’t forsaking politics — “Some things are evil and need to be called out”
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Post-Peak TV? Key Emmy Submissions Drop for 3rd Year in a Row
The post-pandemic, post-strike slowdown continues to affect the Emmys, which has 84 fewer shows and almost 150 fewer actors on the ballot this year
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How Inappropriate Humor Was the Key for Haley Lu Richardson and Emilia Clarke in ‘Ponies’
TheWrap magazine: “It’s something that humans do,” says Richardson of the show’s mixture of grief, danger and laughs
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Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder Celebrate (and Mourn) the End of ‘Hacks’
TheWrap magazine: “It’s definitely something we’re grieving, but we’re having fun and laughing along the way,” Einbinder says
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Here Come the Emmys, the Show That Tells Everybody Else Who to Vote For
In recent years, one awards show after another has simply followed the Emmys’ lead in picking TV winners
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Jeff Probst on How to Win ‘Survivor,’ a Landmark Season and Those Betting Markets
TheWrap magazine: “If I can find any way to stifle them, I will,” he says of “Survivor” betting markets
