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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‘Coup 53,’ ‘Desert One’ Film Reviews: Documentaries on Iran Offer Troubled History Lessons
The films by Taghi Amirani and Barbara Kopple are detailed examinations of collisons between Iran and the West that helped shape our current world
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Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy on Baby Yoda, ‘The Mandalorian’ and the Future of ‘Star Wars’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “There was an opportunity to create a workflow that’s different than what has essentially existed for the last hundred years,” “Mandalorian” executive producer says
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How Baby Yoda Became the Surprise Breakout Star of ‘The Mandalorian’ – And This Emmy Season
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I don’t think anybody anticipated the degree to which he would catch on,” executive producer and Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy says
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‘The One and Only Ivan’ Film Review: Disney+ Movie Puts a ‘Tiger King’ Spin on ‘Dumbo’
Director Thea Sharrock’s adaptation of the children’s book isn’t afraid to explore the human exploitation of animals, which gives it an unexpected melancholy
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First Ladies Storm the Emmys: Behind Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama’s Nominated Shows
TheWrap Emmy magazine: The Hulu nonfiction series about Hillary Clinton and the Netflix documentary on Michelle Obama are both in the running this year
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How Dread of Donald Trump Inspired Robin Thede’s ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “Trump’s going to get us all killed, so why don’t we just extrapolate that into an end-of-the-world scenario?” Thede says of a running sketch in her Emmy-nominated comedy series
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How Quibi Overcame a Rocky Start to Dominate Emmy Nominations in Short-Form Categories
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Actors Christoph Waltz and Jasmine Cephas Jones talk about the new service that landed as many Emmy nominations as all other short-form providers combined
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How ‘Hollywood’ Star Jim Parsons Tried to Find the Heart of a ‘Despicable Character’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “The job as an actor is to see the most seemingly despicable characters as the humans they are,” says the actor who played talent agent Henry Willson in Ryan Murphy’s miniseries
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How Regina King Drew on ‘All My Experiences as a Black Woman’ for ‘Watchmen’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It was not lost on me that our show definitely shined a big spotlight on racists who have come out of the woodwork,” says the three-time Emmy winner
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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Writer Stefani Robinson’s Secret to Success: ‘Charming Stupidity’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I was aware of the fact that the premise is absurd, and there were a couple of moments when I thought it might be too stupid,” the Emmy-nominated writer says
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Emmy Season in Time of Pandemic: 3 Things We’ve Learned So Far
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Ties are rare, TV movies are endangered and the Television Academy has irked the guilds
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‘Unhinged’ Film Review: Russell Crowe Is a Very Bad Man, and the Movie’s Not So Good Either
Crowe’s character is revealed as a psychopathic monster even before the opening credits roll, and there’s nothing left for him to do but to keep it up until somebody stops him
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‘Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies’ Film Review: The Naked Truth?
The filmmakers fit 150 different clips of on-screen exposure into the two hour movie, but they aren’t as completist when it comes to issues surrounding nudity
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‘Spree’ Film Review: Joe Keery Starts Out as an Annoying Loser and Goes Downhill From There
Director Eugene Kotlyarenko’s satiric blast of cinematic hyperactivity is notable mostly for its messy energy
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‘Apocalypse ’45’ Film Review: World War II Documentary Is an Elegy to Those Who Were Lost
Director Erik Nelson finds a way to trade in the typical war-doc toolkit for something more personal and more striking
