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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Will Awards Voters Accept ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ as a Documentary?
Netflix is submitting Scorsese’s partly-fictionalized film about Dylan’s 1975 concert tour for documentary awards
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Elliot Roberts, Manager of Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, Dead at 76
Roberts was key figure in the Laurel Canyon musical artist community
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How ‘black-ish’ Designers Pulled Off the Wild Costumes in That Special Prince Episode
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I love it when an actor wants to go the distance with me,” costume designer Michelle Cole says
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‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’: How Tim Burton Veteran Bo Welch Nailed the Show’s Crazy, Fantastical Look
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “How effing lucky am I to get to do this on a television show?” veteran production designer Bo Welch says
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Here’s How ‘Homecoming’ Pulled Off That Mammoth Tracking Shot in the First Episode
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It was two stitches and a multitude of tools,” cinematographer Tod Campbell says of the lengthy shot that follows Julia Roberts through a huge facility
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Editor Dody Dorn Wins Runoff Election for Academy’s Board of Governors
Dorn defeated Mark Goldblatt in the runoff, giving the board a record 25 women and making him the only incumbent governor to lose a re-election bid this year
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How ‘Pose’ Fills Gaps in the TV Landscape: ‘Representation Really Does Matter’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I’ve always dreamed of being seen as a whole person, not just compartmentalized for entertainment purposes,” actor Billy Porter says
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‘Edge of Democracy’ Film Review: Documentary About Brazilian Politics Finds Echoes Close to Home
Petra Costa’s sobering film chronicles a country swinging to the right and a nationalist authoritarian taking over
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Why ‘Veep’ Star Anna Chlumsky Felt Her Abortion Storyline Was ‘Necessary and Overdue’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I felt, ‘OK, we’ve got to get a handle on this and do it right’ — and I think we did,” says Chlumsky of her character’s storyline in the final “Veep” season
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Why Marisa Tomei Balked at Restaging ‘All in the Family’ at First: ‘Why Touch Perfection?’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “When Norman Lear called me, I felt very touched and honored and tickled, but I also was terrified,” Tomei says
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How ‘Chernobyl’ Star Jared Harris Revived a Hero Buried by History
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “The Soviets threatened to write him out of the history because he spoke out, and they very successfully followed through on that threat,” Harris says of the character he played
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Inside a Wild and Rocky Week for the Emmys and the Oscars, From Disqualifications to Schedule Shifts
Both academies have been busy making course corrections this week
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‘Fosse/Verdon’: How Choreographer Susan Misner Channeled Bob Fosse to Create New Dances
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It was pretty scary and pretty humbling,” says the actress/choreographer who had to create new dances to stand aside Fosse’s classic works
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Television Academy Disqualifies ‘a Few’ Members for Block Voting
The Academy had flagged block voting as an area of particular concern in this year’s rulebook
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‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ Fact Check: How Martin Scorsese’s Bob Dylan ‘Documentary’ Bends the Truth
We separate fact from fantasy in Martin Scorsese’s deliberate piece of Dylanesque mythmaking disguised as a documentary
