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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‘Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice’ Review: Rock Doc Starts and Ends With the Music
Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman use Ronstadt’s voice to tell her story, but that voice speaks loudest when she’s singing
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‘Ford v Ferrari,’ ‘Uncut Gems,’ ‘Judy’ Headed to Telluride Film Festival
The three-day festival will also present tributes to actors Renee Zellweger and Adam Driver and director Philip Kaufman
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Oscar Race Begins: Fall Festivals Bring Moment of Truth for ‘Joker,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ and Many More
Fall Movie Preview: Dozens of awards contenders, including Joaquin Phoenix, Tom Hanks and Renee Zellweger, are soon to live or die on the canals of Venice, the mountains of Telluride and the streets of Toronto
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Martin Scorsese to Receive Kirk Douglas Award From Santa Barbara Film Festival
The honor will be presented at a fundraising dinner on Nov. 14
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Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx Conversation Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
TIFF completes its programming by also unveiling special events, speakers and the first Mary Pickford Award presentation to director Mati Diop
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‘Balloon,’ ‘The Orphan’ and ‘Sister’ Win Oscar-Qualifying Awards at HollyShorts Film Festival
The three awards automatically qualify their winners for this year’s short-film Oscars
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Here’s Why James Corden Is King of the Emmys This Year
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Producer/director Ben Winston discusses the trick of landing nominations for half a dozen different shows in the Corden Television Universe
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‘An Emmy for Megan’ Is Back, and Megan Amram Says She Won’t Stop Until She Wins
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Megan Amram explains her unquenchable Emmy lust and why she loves the “Cats” trailer
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‘House of Cards’ Nominee Michael Kelly Tries to Explain How a Horrible Character Became an Emmy Favorite
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I can’t tell you the number of times that someone has come up to me and said, ‘I wish I had a Doug Stamper on my team,’” the four-time nominee says
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How ‘Our Planet’ Became a Surprise Emmy Heavyweight – With More Nominations Than ‘Veep’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “We set out to communicate to the audience that the world is in difficulty,” producer Keith Scholey says of the British series
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How ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Became the Year’s Sneakiest Emmy Nominee
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Only three episodes of the show were eligible, but the show’s 11 nominations included a best-director nod for Daina Reid, one of only nine women nominated for directing
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‘Game of Thrones’ Emmy Newcomers Look Back
Alfie Allen, Gwendoline Christie, Sophie Turner and Carice van Houten reflect on the epic run of the HBO hit
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Ben Stiller on His New Role in ‘Escape at Dannemora’: Behind the Camera, Without Laughter
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “From the first day of shooting, I remember thinking, ‘This feels really different,’” says Emmy best-director nominee Stiller
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Patricia Arquette on Playing 2 Truly Toxic Women – and Earning 2 Emmy Nominations
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It wasn’t like, ‘Oh, I need another scary lady to play,’” says Arquette of playing troubled women in “Escape at Dannemora” and “The Act” back-to-back
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How ‘Fleabag’ Creator-Star Phoebe Waller-Bridge Took a Journey From Hot Priest to James Bond
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Whether she’s writing for “Fleabag” or for 007, Waller-Bridge tells TheWrap she’s looking to create “truthful, witty, sexy characters with a heart”
