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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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
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Timothy Olyphant on the Joys of Getting His ‘Deadwood’ Mustache Back
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I enjoy the job more now than I did then, and I like to assume that I’m better at it now,” says the actor who returns as lawman Seth Bullock
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Academy Increases Number of Women, People of Color on Its Board of Governors
The board election increases the number of women on the 54-person board to 24 and the number of people of color to 11
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Emmys Short Form Categories Take a Big Hit From New Screening Panels
“How do I get nominated for Season 1 of the same series but then not even get on the ballot this year?” asks Melvin Jackson Jr., whose web series was disqualified by the anonymous panels
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David Lynch, Geena Davis Named Honorary Oscar Recipients
Lina Wertmüller and Wes Studi will also receive honorary awards on Oct. 27 in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland
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‘Queer Eye,’ ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ James Corden Win at First Critics’ Choice Real TV Awards
Other winners at the inaugural ceremony include “Surviving R. Kelly,” “American Ninja Warrior” and “Jeopardy!”
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Timothy Olyphant Says ‘Deadwood: The Movie’ Reminded Him How Much He Stole From His Co-Stars
“These people made a far greater impression on me than I think I gave them credit for,” says the actor who returns in the role of lawman Seth Bullock
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‘Rocketman’ Film Review: Elton John Gets a Musical Fantasy That Sometimes Achieves Liftoff
Dexter Fletcher’s film abandons the biopic model to freely mix fantasy and reality in an extravagant, fun and frustrating jukebox musical
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How Carrie Fisher’s Death Became Sharon Horgan’s Biggest Challenge for ‘Catastrophe’ Finale
TheWrap Emmy magazine: The decision to deal with Fisher’s death in the series finale, says Horgan, “helped everything” about that episode
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‘State of the Union’ Star Chris O’Dowd on Exploring the ‘Sausage Factory of a Marriage’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Actor co-stars with Rosamund Pike in the Nick Hornby series
