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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Academy Makes More Changes to Open Up Oscars Foreign Language Voting (Exclusive)
New rules reduce the number of films a voter must see and eliminated the list of “required-viewing” films that was sent to every member who takes part in first-round balloting
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Hugh Jackman to Receive Kirk Douglas Award from Santa Barbara Film Festival
Jackman is currently starring as disgraced politician Gary Hart in Jason Reitman’s “The Front Runner”
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‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor,’ ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Get an Oscars Boost From DOC NYC
The documentary festival’s annual Short List, an accurate predictor of Oscars success, also includes “RBG,” “Three Identical Strangers,” “Free Solo,” “Quincy” and “Jane Fonda: A Life in Five Acts”
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Italy Sends ‘Dogman’ Into Oscars Brutally Tough Foreign Language Race
“Dogman” will join a race that is already filled with formidable contenders, including “Roma,” “Cold War,” “Sunset,” “Never Look Away,” “Birds of Passage,” “Shoplifters” and “Burning”
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LA Film Festival Uses Music Doc ‘Echo in the Canyon’ to Smooth Risky Move to September
Opening night at the 2018 festival included Andrew Slater’s film about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the ’60s and a concert led by Jakob Dylan
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‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Review: Michael Moore’s New Movie Is About a Lot More Than Donald Trump
The angry film starts with the president but grows into a sprawling indictment of the system that led to his election, and maybe even a prescription for change
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Emmys Get Sentimental on the Way to Saluting ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
Wins for Henry Winkler, Claire Foy, “The Americans” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” set the tone for a show in which it made sense for one winner to propose onstage
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Emmy Predictions in All 26 Major Categories, From ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ to ‘Mrs Maisel’ (Photos)
The return of “Game of Thrones” and “The Americans” finale set up a tough race
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‘Green Book’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award
Toronto Film Festival 2018: Nine of the last 10 winners have gone on to receive Oscar Best Picture nominations, and three have won
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‘Roma’ Enters Oscar Foreign-Language Race, Becomes the Instant Favorite
Alfonso Cuaron’s black-and-white memory piece is Mexico’s official submission in the category, where it will go up against a field that also includes new work from past winners Laszlo Nemes and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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Emmy Predictions: With ‘Veep’ Gone and ‘Game of Thrones’ Back, Expect a Real Dogfight
We pick the winners in all 26 of the categories that will be handed out at Monday night’s Emmy ceremony
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Alfonso Cuaron Says Yes, People Told Him He Was Nuts to Make ‘Roma’
Toronto Film Festival 2018: “I said to people close to me, ‘I have the opportunity to do this now, but I doubt that this is really going to connect in any way,’” says Cuaron of his meticulously detailed, black-and-white memory play
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USC Leads All Schools in 2018 Student Academy Award Winners
NYU, Berkeley, CalArts, Ringling, Chapman and Florida State are the other American film schools to win Student Oscars
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‘Woman at War’ Film Review: Goofy Icelandic Ecoterrorism Thriller Is a Beautiful Hoot
Toronto Film Festival 2018: Director Benedikt Erlingsson has a fabulous eye and a taste for deadpan absurdity
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‘Icebox’ Film Review: Child Immigrant Drama Takes Timely Look at Border Crisis
Toronto Film Festival 2018: Daniel Sawka’s film focuses on a 12-year-old boy detained by the U.S. after fleeing Central American gang violence
