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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‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ Star Andy Serkis to Awards Voters: I’m a Real Actor
“It is crazily Luddite and backward-thinking to not recognize what we do as acting,” the performance-capture virtuoso tells TheWrap
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Emmy Voters Turn Things Over to New Kids Like ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Freshman shows set a drama-series record and streaming dominates as Emmy voters come to terms with the vast new TV landscape
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Emmy Nomination Predictions 2017: Who Will Julia Louis-Dreyfus Face in Comedy?
While the “Veep” star can set an Emmy record this year, new shows like “Atlanta” will try to crash the party in the other comedy categories
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‘Valerian’ First Look: Really Dazzling, Really Dopey
Cool environments and crazy creatures can’t compensate for a pair of lead actors who drive their one-note repartee into the ground for two-plus hours
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Emmy Nominations 2017: Predictions in 22 Categories, From ‘Veep’ to ‘Stranger Things’ (Photos)
With “Game of Thrones” and “Downton Abbey” out of the running this year, many categories could be dominated by first-year shows
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Emmy Nomination Predictions 2017: Women Rule Movies and Miniseries Thanks to ‘Feud’ and ‘Big Little Lies’
Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon are among the formidable actresses who will compete this year
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Who Needs Dragons? How HBO Can Still Dominate Emmys Without ‘Game of Thrones’
EmmyWrap magazine: With its biggest Emmy show ineligible this year, the network must look to movies and limited series to pick up the slack
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Emmy Nomination Predictions 2017: Trump Era Voters Get Political in Variety and Reality Categories
Almost all the top variety-show Emmy contenders have spent lots of time taking shots at our former reality-host president
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Emmy Nomination Predictions 2017: What Newbies Will Score in Drama Without ‘Game of Thrones’?
With “Game of Thrones” and “Downton Abbey” out of the running this year, look for new shows like “The Crown” and “Stranger Things” to step up
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‘A Ghost Story’ Review: Casey Affleck’s Ghost in a Bed Sheet Breaks Your Heart
Rooney Mara co-stars in director David Lowery’s odd, beautiful little story of loss and acceptance
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Todd Haynes Drama ‘Wonderstruck’ Lands Centerpiece Slot at New York Film Festival
The adventurous period piece set in New York in the 1920s and 1970s initially screened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival
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Midyear Oscars Forecast: What Deserves Recognition, What Will Get It
The year’s best movies so far include “The Big Sick,” “Get Out” and “Baby Driver,” but can they get love from awards voters?
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Whoopi Goldberg, Larry Karaszewski Elected to Academy’s Board of Governors
Other first-time governors include director Kimberly Peirce, cinematographer Mandy Walker and executive David Linde
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Oscars Hit Goal of Doubling Non-White Members Three Years Early
But the Academy isn’t stopping to gloat: “That isn’t how we roll,” Cheryl Boone Isaacs tells TheWrap
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Academy Breaks Own Record, Invites 774 New Members
As Academy’s diversity push continues, potential new Oscar voters include Barry Jenkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ruth Negga and Riz Ahmed
