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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‘Game of Thrones’: Carice van Houten Was in the Dark About Melisandre Too: ‘I Learned to Enjoy Not Knowing’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I like to figure everything out and ask a load of questions, but in this case that was really hard,” says the actress who played the sorceress Melisandre
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Alfie Allen Describes Growing Up on ‘Game of Thrones’: ‘It Was My 20s, Really’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Allen is one of the show’s three acting nominees who submitted themselves for Emmy consideration
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‘Game of Thrones’ Star Gwendoline Christie on How Brienne Became an Unlikely Feminist Hero
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “When I first Googled the character, I couldn’t believe she even existed,” says the actress who played Brienne of Tarth
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‘Blinded by the Light’ Film Review: Joyous Indie Musical Soars to Songs of Bruce Springsteen
The film that landed the Sundance Film Festival’s biggest deal is a moving tribute to the way pop songs can detonate in our lives
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Here’s How Sophie Turner Really Wanted ‘Game of Thrones’ to End
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Hint: It involved a different ending for Cersei Lannister
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Beats Cancer, and ‘Veep’ Looks to Beat Everybody One More Time at the Emmys
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I love it whenever Trump does something idiotic and some person online will put it next to the end credits of ‘Veep,’” says six-time nominee Anna Chlumsky
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Why the Emmys Documentary Race Looks So Much Like the Oscars Doc Race
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Four of the five Oscar-nominated nonfiction films are back competing for Emmys, because the Television Academy doesn’t mind a little double-dipping
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Trevor Noah on the Advantage of ‘The Daily Show’ in the Trump Era: ‘He Writes Most of the Jokes’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “There’s more outrage and engagement but less nuance and closure,” Noah says of making “The Daily Show” now
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Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones Drama ‘The Aeronauts’ Among New Additions to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
Films added to the Galas, Special Presentations, Masters and Contemporary World Cinema sections include work starring Natalie Portman, Kristen Stewart, Daniel Radcliffe, Elizabeth Debicki and Mick Jagger
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Watch Out, ‘Game of Thrones’ – ‘NYPD Blue’ Once Set a Record and Then Got Ambushed at the Emmys
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “GoT” broke the 25-year-old “NYPD Blue” record for series nominations, but that ’90s cop show fell short when it came to wins
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How ‘Fosse/Verdon’ Addressed #MeToo Moment Without Making Fosse ‘One-Dimensional Punching Bag’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: The choreographer-director’s troubling behavior was “a big reason to do the story at this time,” producer Joel Fields says
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How Bruce Springsteen Kept Director Thom Zimny on His Toes Making ‘Springsteen on Broadway’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: The show had been running for more than a year on stage, but the Boss still threw in a brand new song for the Netflix taping
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ShortList 2019: ‘Sister’ Director Reflects on Growing Up in China’s One-Child Generation (Video)
Director Siqi Song used her experiences growing up in 1990s China, and those of her friends, in this stop-motion family fantasy
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Joaquin Phoenix to Receive Actor Award from Toronto Film Festival
The “Joker” star joins Meryl Streep as a recipient of TIFF’s first-ever acting awards
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ShortList 2019: How ‘One Cambodian Family’ With Emily Mortimer Accidentally Became a Political Film
A.M. Lukas’ gentle comedy about her own experience in an immigrant family arrives at a time when its message of acceptance is a timely one
