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 President John Bailey Vows to Finish the Museum – and Get Along With Dawn Hudson
“It’s a huge undertaking – this is Hollywood, and we do things big,” new president Bailey tells TheWrap of the expensive, behind-schedule museum project
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ShortList 2017: ‘American Paradise’ Tells a Funny But Timely Story of Race in America (Video)
Director Joe Talbot even adds a nod to Donald Trump in his comic short, which he says “spoke to something terrible that is happening in the country”
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ShortList 2017: ‘Broken’ Animates the Horror of a Women’s Prison (Video)
Short film draws from accounts of women who had been held in East Germany’s fortress prison at Hoheneck
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Toronto Film Festival’s Canadian Content to Include New Margaret Atwood Adaptation
“Alias Grace” will join high school comedy “Public Schooled” and documentary “The Carter Effect” in TIFF lineup
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Why Laura Dern Wasn’t Elected Academy’s New President
The actress (and presumed front runner for Academy president) made a move that could lead to greater change within the organization
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John Bailey Elected President of the Motion Picture Academy
The cinematographer has been a vocal critic of Academy leadership in his time on the board
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ShortList 2017: ‘No Other Way to Say It’ Delivers a Voiceover Nightmare (Video)
“Now when I do a voiceover session, people are afraid to give me notes,” filmmaker Tim Mason tells TheWrap
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NY Film Festival Books ‘The Florida Project,’ ‘The Square,’ ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ (Full Lineup)
The event will play host to a lineup of international directors including Agnes Varda, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Hong Sang-soo and Robin Campillo
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Armando Iannucci’s ‘The Death of Stalin’ to Open Toronto Film Festival’s Platform Section
The film from the creator of “Veep” will join works from Mike White, Clio Barnard and Warwick Thornton
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‘The Disaster Artist,’ ‘Super-Size Me 2’ Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
Other films added to TIFF lineup include Eminem’s rap satire “Bodied” and documentaries by Brett Morgen, Frederick Wiseman and Lili Fini Zanuck
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‘Suburbicon,’ ‘The Shape of Water,’ ‘Victoria & Abdul’ Headed to Venice Film Festival
Prestigious Italian festival will also showcase films from Alexander Payne, William Friedkin, Paul Schrader and Ai Weiwei
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Toronto Film Festival Books Films From George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Angelina Jolie
Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, Gary Oldman and Daniel Craig are among the stars with films heading to Toronto
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‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Detroit’ Deliver Oscar Season a Month Early
Christopher Nolan and Kathryn Bigelow have both made gripping movies that demand to be taken seriously by awards voters
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Kobe Bryant and Vin Scully Sendoffs Win LA Area Emmy Awards
KCET leads all stations with 10 wins at ceremony that also honors Los Angeles Kings announcer Bob Miller
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‘Lady Macbeth’ Star Florence Pugh: Why Can’t More Young Actresses Get Great Roles? (Video)
“I’m aware that you don’t get roles like this when you’re 19,” says the British actress who stars as a vengeful young wife wreaking havoc
