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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The seven new selections also include films by Barbet Schroeder and Ruben Ostlund
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Salute Ken Loach, James Newton Howard
Czech Republic festival will also present a restored version of the Oscar-winning film “The Shop on Main Street”
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The animated short “Dear Basketball,” athlete tells TheWrap, is the beginning of a post-NBA career in the entertainment business
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Hillary Clinton Drops in on Tribeca Panel for Kathryn Bigelow’s VR Poaching Short
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‘True Conviction’ Tribeca Review: True-Crime Doc Takes Dark Twists
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Tribeca’s Johnny Rotten Documentary Delivers a Shock: He’s Really a Nice Guy
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John Ridley: Why My LA Riots Movie Doesn’t Talk About Black Lives Matter
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Cannes’ Critics’ Week Section Books ‘Brigsby Bear,’ Animated and Documentary Movies
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