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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‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Wins Audience Award at the Toronto Film Festival
TIFF 2017: Other winners include “Sweet Country,” “Faces Places,” “Bodied” and “The Disaster Artist”
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In Appreciation of Harry Dean Stanton, the Coolest Guy in Any Room
In films like “Paris, Texas” and “Repo Man” and in his music, Stanton embodied a particular strain of American individualism, restlessness and heart
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‘mother!’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence Horror Flick in All Its Glorious Insanity
Darren Aronofsky’s deranged home-invasion tale stunned TIFF audiences just as it did at the Venice Film Festival
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Emmys Predictions: Forget Dragons, This Year Is About Newcomers and Politics
“Stranger Things” or “The Handmaid’s Tale?” Donald Glover or Jeffrey Tambor? Stephen Colbert or John Oliver?
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NYU, USC Lead Student Academy Award Winners
The prize levels will be announced at the Student Academy Awards ceremony on October 12 in Beverly Hills
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‘The Disaster Artist’ Review: James Franco Comedy Isn’t a Bad Movie, But It’s About One
TIFF 2017: Director-star Franco takes an affectionate and entertaining look at the making of Tommy Wiseau’s camp classic “The Room”
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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’ Brings Tears, F-Bombs to Toronto
TIFF 2017: “She’s not a Disney f—ing princess,” director says of the character played by Sally Hawkins in his romantic fantasy
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‘Breathe’ Review: Andy Serkis Cranks Up the Inspiration in Andrew Garfield/Claire Foy Drama
Toronto Film Festival: As a director, the acclaimed performance-capture actor finds his sweet spot in the bucolic, not the gritty
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Toronto So Far: Women Rule But Oscar Race Still Up in Air
Saoirse Ronan, Jessica Chastain, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Lawrence and Judi Dench are among the standouts during the first four days of TIFF
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‘The Current War’ Toronto Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Sparks Quirky Historical Drama
Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon tries to bring his indie sensibility to the tale of Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse
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‘Mary Shelley’ Toronto Review: Elle Fanning Biopic Gets Monstrously Silly
TIFF 2017: Director Haifaa al-Mansour sets out to make a 19th century female empowerment movie, but stumbles along the way
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‘Love Means Zero’ Review: Tennis Documentary Could Use More Andre Agassi
TIFF 2017: With prize pupil Agassi declining to participate, coach Nick Bollettieri holds court in a frustrating match against director Jason Kohn
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‘Outside In’ Toronto Review: Edie Falco, Jay Duplass Shine in Quiet Drama
In director Lynn Shelton’s story of a man struggling to adjust to life after prison, the comedy is toned down but the naturalism and understatement remain
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‘The Death of Stalin’ Review: Is This 1950s Russia, or Today’s Washington?
Toronto Film Festival: The new satire from “Veep” creator Armando Iannucci is a reminder that politics is always full of dangerous buffoons
