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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Music Producer David Foster Gets Toronto Film Festival Tribute, Documentary
The Barry Avrich film “David Foster: Off the Record” will feature Foster clients and friends including Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble and Josh Groban
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ to Open New York Film Festival
The film will have its world premiere on Sept. 27 at Alice Tully Hall
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Meryl Streep to Receive Toronto Film Festival’s First Actor Award
Streep stars in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat,” which will also screen at this year’s festival
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Roman Polanski and the Joker Headed to the Venice Film Festival
Directors represented at Venice will also include Steven Soderbergh, Noah Baumbach, Todd Phillips, James Gray, Pablo Larrain, Alex Gibney and Tim Robbins
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‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Film Review: A Contemplative Quentin Tarantino Still Blows the Roof Off the Joint
Big, brash, ridiculous, too long, and in the end invigorating, the film is a grand playground for its director to fetishize old pop culture
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‘For Sama’ Film Review: Syrian Documentary Finds Wrenching Personal Take on Conflict
The Syrian tragedy has been the subject of numerous nonfiction films, but directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts put the children at its center
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Mister Rogers, the Joker and Judy Garland Are All Headed to Toronto Film Festival
TIFF’s formidable lineup of directors will include Steven Soderbergh, Noah Baumbach, Taika Waititi, Rian Johnson, John Crowley, Kasi Lemmons, Armando Iannucci … and Bruce Springsteen
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‘The Lion King’ Could Compete for the Best Animated Feature Oscar – But Will It?
The last time director Jon Favreau was given the choice of submitting a CG remake as an animated film, he opted not to
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Robbie Robertson Documentary ‘Once Were Brothers’ to Open 2019 Toronto Film Festival
The film from director Daniel Roher will be the first Canadian-made documentary to open the festival
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‘David Crosby: Remember My Name’ Film Review: An Affectionate, Moving Look at the Rocker
Director A.J. Eaton and producer Cameron Crowe’s documentary celebrates the iconic musician’s creativity and gazes unflinchingly at his failings
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15 Emmy Records That Were Broken by the 2019 Nominations, From ‘Game of Thrones’ to Ted Danson
From “Dancing With the Stars” to Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Peter Dinklage, the nominations rewrote sections of the Emmy record books
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Emmy Nominations Analysis: Expect a Golden Sendoff for ‘Game of Thrones,’ Despite the Naysayers
In a year when they had to put some fresh faces in the Emmy mix, voters still bent a knee to HBO’s awards juggernaut
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Emmy Predictions for Variety and Reality: It’s a Battle Between Trump Bashers, Reality Warriors and Rock Stars
Emmy hopefuls in these grab-bag categories range from Stephen Colbert and John Oliver to RuPaul and Ellen DeGeneres to Bruce Springsteen and Beyonce
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Emmy Predictions for Limited Series and Movies: Dark Subjects and Big Movie Stars Dominate the Categories
Amy Adams, Mahershala Ali, Sam Rockwell, Patricia Arquette, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michelle Williams and Anthony Hopkins are among the luminaries competing in these categories
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Emmy Predictions for Comedy: Watch Out, ‘Mrs. Maisel’ — ‘Veep’ Is Back in Town
New shows “Fleabag,” “Russian Doll” and “The Kominsky Method” will also look to break into the top categories this year
