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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Heavyweight Cannes Lineup Ties Record for Female Directors in Competition
Four female filmmakers are represented in the main competition, along with such past Cannes directors as Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Xavier Dolan, the Dardenne brothers and Terrence Malick
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‘Teen Spirit’ Film Review: Elle Fanning Sings – Boy, Does She Sing – in Indie Musical
Toronto Film Festival 2018: The goodhearted film about stardom in the “American Idol” era marks the directorial debut of Max Minghella
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Bruce Springsteen’s Unused ‘Harry Potter’ Song Finally Finds a Home in New Movie
“I’ll Stand by You Always,” which was originally recorded and offered to the “Potter” filmmakers in 2001, will get its first official release in the upcoming Gurinder Chadha movie “Blinded by the Light”
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‘Sunset’ Film Review: ‘Son of Saul’ Director Keeps His Characters, and Audience, Off Balance
Director Laszlo Nemes’ period drama is his first film since the Oscar-winning “Son of Saul”
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Golden Globes Set 2020 Date for Earliest Ceremony Ever
With the Oscars already set for its earliest-ever show on Feb. 9, the Globes are well positioned in an increasingly constricted awards season
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‘Gloria Bell’ Film Review: Julianne Moore Shines Quietly in Remake of Chilean Drama
Oscar-winning director Sebastian Lelio (“A Fantastic Woman”) makes an English-language version of his exceptional 2013 Chilean film
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‘Three Faces’ Film Review: Once Again, Jafar Panahi Is Modest But Profound
The Iranian director is officially forbidden from making films for 20 years, but “Three Faces” is the latest exceptional work he’s made in the face of that ban
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‘Sorry We Missed You’ Film Review: Once Again, Ken Loach Sings the Working Class Blues
Loach’s working-class drama is a timely look at the gig economy, but the veteran British director struggles to find anything fresh to say in his usual arena
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‘Leaving Neverland’ Brings Explosive Michael Jackson Accusations to Light
Dan Reed’s four-hour film focuses on two men and their families telling their stories in depth
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‘Greta’ Film Review: Neil Jordan’s Psycho Stalker Flick Is Bloody Good Fun
Chloe Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert star in Jordan’s riff on horror-movie cliches
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‘Apollo 11’ Film Review: You Know How It Comes Out, But It’s Still a Hell of a Ride
Sundance 2019: Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary uses original footage of the moon mission that sometimes seems too vivid and too visceral to have come from the vaults
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Oscars: ‘Green Book’ Win Gives an Old-Fashioned Ending to a Diverse, Forward-Looking Show
The Academy voted for the most diverse slate of winners ever, but it turned to a crowdpleaser rather than a groundbreaker for the big award
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35 Landmark Oscar Wins (and Losses) That Could Happen This Year
“Roma” could set records for a foreign-language film, and “Black Panther” could do the same with African-American winners
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An Oscars for the Trump Era: Messy, Divisive and Hard to Predict
In a time when government barely seems to function, you could seemingly say the same about the Academy
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The Spirit Awards Weren’t the Oscars, But They Got as Close as They Could
Spirit Award nominations gave the voters lots of alternatives, but in almost every category, the award went to whatever had also been nominated for an Academy Award
