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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Emmy Nomination Predictions 2025: How Will They Find Room for All Those ‘White Lotus’ Actors?
This year’s top nominees should include “The Bear,” “Hacks,” “The Pitt,” “Severance,” “The Studio” and Mike White’s wild ensemble drama
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New Steven Soderbergh, Nia DaCosta Films to Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF will screen Soderbergh’s “The Christophers” and DaCosta’s “Hedda” in addition to new works from Alejandro Amenábar, Byun Sung-hyun and Chandler Levack
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Academy Board of Governors Adds Haifaa al-Mansour, Effie T. Brown, Annie Chang
The three new governors-at-large will give the board a makeup of 30 women and 25 men
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Academy Board of Governors Election Dominated by Incumbents, Including Marlee Matlin, Jason Reitman and Jason Blum
The only first-time governors elected in 17 races were Peter Kujawski, Gigi Williams, Carter Burwell and Andrew Roberts
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Richard Gere Doesn’t Think Intimacy Coordinators Would Have Worked in the ’80s
In a recent interview with TheWrap, his “The Agency” co-stars Michael Fassbender and Jodie Turner-Smith debate the matter with the veteran actor and ’80s sex symbol
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Eddie Redmayne Explains the Art of Getting People to Root for a Ruthless Killer in ‘The Day of the Jackal’
TheWrap magazine: “How do you do such appalling things and yet still keep people engaged?” the Oscar-winning actor asks
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Tom Cruise, Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas to Receive Honorary Oscars
Cruise, Allen and Thomas will be given Academy Honorary Awards, while Parton will get the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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‘The Agency’ Stars on Why the Espionage Drama Feels Timely in the Trump Era
TheWrap magazine: Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Richard Gere and Jodie Turner-Smith talk about intrigue, global machinations and … Steve Bannon?
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Kathy Bates Thought Her Career Was Over – Then ‘Matlock’ Left Her Gobsmacked
TheWrap magazine: “I was older and I just felt, ‘This is it, I’m done,’” the actress says of the days before “American Horror Story” and “Matlock” brought her back
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Jason Reitman, Teddy Schwarzman, Hiro Matsuoka Elected to Academy Museum Board of Trustees
Tom Dolby and Cindy Huang will also be joining the board that oversees museum activities
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What I Learned Reading the 846 Pages of Emmy Ballots
Submissions are down but nominations will be up, and “Saturday Night Live” put EVERYBODY on the ballot
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Emmy Submissions in Key Categories Drop for the 2nd Year in a Row
The decline in entries isn’t as big as it was last year, but it suggests that the TV industry hasn’t recovered from the hits it has taken in recent years
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Why Brett Goldstein Returned to Stand-Up Comedy After ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Shrinking’
TheWrap magazine: “Stand-up’s really good for your brain,” the writer and actor who made the HBO special “The Second Best Night of Your Life,” says
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Encounters With Brian Wilson: A Tortured Genius Found His Own Love and Mercy | Appreciation
He was troubled and fragile and undeniably brilliant, driven to make music of surpassing beauty, complexity and depth
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On the Set of ‘Hacks’: Intense Conversation and Bad Champagne
TheWrap magazine: It was a cold night on the beach as Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder filmed a scene that turned the tide in Season 4
