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.
Experience:
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Steve received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach.
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Aaron Sorkin In, Steven Spielberg Out in Already Strange Awards Season
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” proved that it’s a real contender, but “West Side Story” decided to wait until next year
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BAFTA Overhauls Voting Rules to Increase Diversity of Film Awards
New rules include longlists in all categories and more nominees in the acting, directing and Outstanding British Film categories
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‘Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles’ Film Review: Dessert’s the Main Course in Opulent Food Documentary
Though Laura Gabbert’s film showcases impossibly elaborate pastries inspired by the French court of Versailles, it doesn’t settle for making your mouth water or your eyes bug out
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Emmys Put the Focus on Black Lives, But Also Go Overboard for ‘Schitt’s Creek’
For the second consecutive year, voters delivered a massive mea culpa to a critically-acclaimed series that the Emmys had ignored until its final season
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Emmy Winners by the Numbers: HBO Is Leading Network, ‘Watchmen’ Top Series
Netflix came in a distant second overall
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‘Nomadland’ Wins Audience Award at Toronto Film Festival
Nine of the last 10 TIFF audience winners have gone on to receive Oscar nominations for Best Picture, and three have won
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Emmy Predictions: Who Will Take Over From ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Fleabag’?
Contenders for the top awards range from “Schitt’s Creek,” “Insecure” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” to “Succession,” “Ozark” and “The Mandalorian”
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Emmy Preview: A Wide Open Race and a Big Challenge for Jimmy Kimmel and Show Producers
If a Hollywood award is handed out in the forest (or on Zoom) and there’s no one there to applaud the winner, is it really an award?
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‘Antebellum’ Film Review: Janelle Monáe Stars in Uneasy Hybrid of Horror and Social Commentary
Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz’s movie has a touch of “12 Years a Slave,” a bit of “Django Unchained” and a central twist that’s worthy of a bad M. Night Shyamalan film
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Emmy Predictions in All 23 Major Categories, From ‘Watchmen’ to ‘Schitt’s Creek’ (Photos)
With Emmy favs “Game of Thrones” and “Fleabag” gone, who will take their place?
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How a COVID-Era Toronto Film Festival Found a New Purpose – as a Platform for Unheard Voices
This year’s TIFF wasn’t dominated by awards contenders, but its heart was in smaller films from underrepresented voices who deserve to be heard
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USC, NYU Lead in 2020 Student Academy Awards
Foreign Student Oscars go to filmmakers from Germany, Norway, Mexico, Belgium and Estonia
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‘Notturno’ Film Review: Middle East Doc Finds Poetry in ‘Rubble and Darkness’
Toronto Film Festival 2020: Director Gianfranco Rosi’s film has elegance and a stillness that makes it one of the most meditative works you’ll ever see about war and strife
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Why Playing Dementia Was Easy for Anthony Hopkins in ‘The Father’ (Video)
Toronto Film Festival 2020: “This sounds like actor talk, but I couldn’t believe my luck at my age to be offered that,” Hopkins tells TheWrap
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‘The Way I See It’ Review: Pete Souza Documentary Throws Major Shade at Donald Trump
TIFF 2020: The film by Dawn Porter showcases photographer Souza’s work in the Obama and Reagan administrations, but it’s also a pointed rebuke to the current president
