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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Hairy Styles: How ‘Planet of the Apes,’ ‘Better Man’ and ‘Sasquatch Sunset’ Got All Hirsute on Us
TheWrap magazine: The visual effects and makeup artists talk about how they dealt with all those bad hair days
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Classic Vietnam War Film ‘Hearts and Minds’ to Receive Cinema Eye Honors’ Legacy Award
The 1974 anti-war documentary was both influential and controversial when it was released during the final stages of the war
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Producers Guild Nominates ‘Super/Man,’ ‘We Will Dance Again’ for Top Documentary Award
Other nominees include “Gaucho Gaucho,” “Mediha,” “Porcelain War” and “Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa”
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Creating Emilia Pérez: How the Makeup and Costume Teams Transformed Karla Sofía Gascón
TheWrap magazine: “They allowed me to go deeper into the character and make it feel real,” the actress says, speaking alongside Julia Floch-Carbonel and Virginie Montel. “It did not feel like a disguise”
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Will Sensible Golden Globes Nominations Be Enough to Let Hollywood Shrug Off the Scandals?
If the industry really wants to look the other way re: the Globes’ past, this year’s nominations gave them a reason to play along
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‘Anora’ Named Best Film of 2024 by Los Angeles Film Critics
Acting awards go to Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov and Kieran Culkin
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Israeli-Palestinian Film ‘No Other Land’ Wins at IDA Documentary Awards
Other winners include “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” “Queendom” and “Black Box Diaries”
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AFI Names ‘Anora,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ on Annual Top 10 List
The list of 2024’s best films also includes “Conclave,” “Nickel Boys,” “The Brutalist,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Sing Sing,” “A Complete Unknown” and “A Real Pain”
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‘Shogun’ Leads Critics Choice TV Nominations
Other nominees include “Abbott Elementary,” “Disclaimer,” “Hacks,” “The Diplomat,” “The Penguin” and “What We Do in the Shadows”
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Inside the Filming of Norway’s Oscar Entry ‘Armand’: ‘Going More and More Crazy Together’
TheWrap magazine: “It made sense to turn it into a nightmare,” director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel says
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‘Universal Language’ Is the Only Oscar Entry Where a Turkey Was Arrested on the Set
TheWrap magazine: “(The turkey) gives a very good, soulful performance, even if he doesn’t always take direction,” director Matthew Rankin says
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The Journey of ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’: Recreate ‘World of Warcraft’ First, Get Permission Second
TheWrap magazine: Director Benjamin Ree used the popular game to tell the story of Mats Steen — and only got the rights to do so after finishing the film
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‘Anora,’ ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Lead 2025 Indie Spirit Awards Nominations
In the TV categories, “Baby Reindeer” and “Shōgun” scored the most nods
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June Squibb Gets Her First Lead Role at 95 — and She’s Ready for More
TheWrap magazine: After starring in “Thelma” and shooting “Eleanor the Great,” she has a new rule for her agent: “Only leads, and only if the film has my name in it”
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‘The Brutalist’ Wins Top Award From New York Film Critics – Complete List of Winners
Acting awards go to Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Adrien Brody, Carol Kane and Kieran Culkin
