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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‘Abundant Acreage Available’ Review: Amy Ryan Owns This Quiet Family Drama
Writer-director Angus MacLachlan sketches small-town lives with sensitivity, but it’s Ryan who makes his understated and enigmatic drama worth seeing
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‘Mountain Between Us’ Review: Idris Elba and Kate Winslet Plane Crash Drama Falls Short
TIFF 2017: A love story cheapens the grand survival story in Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad’s latest
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Oscars Break Another Record With 92 Foreign Language Contenders
The biggest field ever will include Ruben Ostlund’s “The Square” and Angelina Jolie’s Cambodian-language film “First They Killed My Father”
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Oscars Documentary Race Breaks a Record: Here’s the List of All 159 Entries
“City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane” and “Ex Libris” are among the docs that have helped break the old Oscars record of 151
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Here’s What Tom Petty Wrote as His Epitaph
The rocker grew pensive during an interview in 1981: “When it’s all over, all you’re gonna leave behind is the records”
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Tom Petty Appreciation: He Was Rocking to the End
The Southern California-based performer played his last show at the Hollywood Bowl less than a week before his death
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‘Faces Places,’ ‘Abacus,’ ‘Risk’ Get Oscar Boost From DOC NYC’s Short List
The annual list of awards-worthy documentaries also includes “The B-Side,” “City of Ghosts,” “Jane” and “Kedi”
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Could Trump’s New Travel Ban Affect the Oscar Race Again?
Two countries on the banned list, Iran and Venezuela, have already submitted entries in this year’s Oscar foreign-language race
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Oscars Overhaul and Open Up Foreign Language Voting Process
AMPAS eliminates the color-coded voting groups from past years, and drops its longstanding conflict-of-interest rules in the category
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‘Stronger’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Hangs Tough in Boston Marathon Bombing Drama
David Gordon Green’s film is an examination of how we look for uncomplicated heroes in the wake of tragedy
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Duffer Brothers on Their Journey From Film-School Rejection to ‘Stranger Things’ (Exclusive Video)
TheWrap Magazine: “We had a plan — I just can’t believe it actually worked,” Ross Duffer says
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Judi Dench to Receive Kirk Douglas Award From Santa Barbara Film Festival
Dench, who is currently starring in “Victoria & Adbul,” will receive the lifetime-achievement award on Nov. 30 in Santa Barbara
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The Oscars Race After the Festivals: Are We Still Just Waiting for Spielberg?
“The Shape of Water,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and “mother!” were among the contenders that screened in Venice, Telluride and Toronto — but who’s on top?
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Angelina Jolie Joins Oscar Foreign-Language Race as Entries Near 50
If Jolie’s “First They Killed My Father” qualifies under Academy rules, it will join films by Michael Haneke, Ruben Ostlund, Joachim Trier and more
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Trump Rebuked: These Emmys Were for You, Mr. President
Win after win went to shows dealing explicitly or implicitly with politics – racial politics, sexual politics, every kind of politics
