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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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
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Toronto Film Festival Adds Documentaries From Alex Gibney, Barbara Kopple, Bryce Dallas Howard
The festival also reveals programs in its Midnight Madness, Discovery and TIFF Cinematheque sections
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New Academy President on the Next Oscars: ‘I Don’t Think We Need to Be Changing the Show’
David Rubin also promises that the organization will take its time with the long-delayed museum after the exit of its director
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ShortList 2019: Paloma Martinez’s ‘Enforcement Hours’ Offers a Timely Look at a Hotline for Immigrants
“Hatred seems to be coming out in the open,” the Mexican-American documentary filmmaker says of the current political climate
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‘After the Wedding’ Film Review: Julianne Moore Remake Swaps Genders, Finds a Reason to Exist
With the help of Moore, Michelle Williams and Billy Crudup, director Bart Freundlich offers a new take on a 2006 Susanne Bier drama
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Toronto Film Festival Sets Sarah Gavron, Julie Delpy Films for Platform Section
Other films competing for $20,000 in the TIFF section include Alice Winocur’s “Proxima,” Pietro Marcello’s “Martin Eden” and Darius Marder’s “Sound of Metal”
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Oscars Academy Elects Casting Director David Rubin as New President
Rubin replaces John Bailey, who had to leave the board after two terms as Academy president because of term limits
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New York Film Festival: Kelly Reichardt, Agnes Varda Lead Slate With 20% Female Directors
The 29 films in the NYFF’S main slate include lots of movies from Cannes, but only six from female directors
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‘The Farewell’ Director Lulu Wang, Producer Cassian Elwes Join Toronto Film Festival’s Filmmaker Lab
The festival also announces its slate of Canadian films, which includes new work from Atom Egoyan, Louise Archambault, Joey Klein and Ellen Page
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‘Marriage Story’ Booked for Centerpiece Slot at New York Film Festival
Noah Baumbach film stars Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver as a married couple negotiating a divorce
