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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Toronto Film Festival to Showcase Movies With Tom Hiddleston, Elisabeth Moss, Norman Reedus in New Competitive Section
New juried program will award $25,000 to one of 12 films from international directors
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‘American Crime’ Star Regina King Praises Emmys’ Embrace of Minorities, Teases Shocking Season 2 Story (Video)
Actress spoke out in the past about Television Academy’s failure to nominate people of color
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Jane Fonda to Receive Excellence in Film Award from Santa Barbara Film Festival
The two-time Oscar winner co-stars with Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel in the upcoming “Youth”
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Toronto Film Festival Adds Music and Mayhem With Documentaries, Midnight Movies
Docs will feature Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin, while other films will include James Franco and Patrick Stewart
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ShortList 2015: How ‘Symphony No. 42’ Built a Narrative a Few Seconds at a Time
Réka Bucsi’s experimental animated short consists of almost four dozen vignettes, most about animals
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Golden Globes Change Rules, Aiming for Clarity and Credibility
The HFPA’s new rules also tackle the streaming vs. theatrical conflicts by defining simultaneous releases as films, not TV
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Todd Haynes to Receive Director Tribute at 2015 Gotham Awards
The New York-based awards will also add a new category, Best Screenplay
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ShortList 2015: Animated ‘Bear Story’ Tells Dark, Personal, Political Tale
In Gabriel Osorio’s short, a bear is a stand-in for his grandfather during the bloody Pinochet regime in Chile
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ShortList 2015: How Cheap Weekend Project ‘Russian Roulette’ Turned Into a Sensation
Nobody was more surprised than director Ben Aston when his film, made in two weekends for 50 pounds, became a festival hit
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ShortList 2015: ‘One-Year Lease’ Turns Awful Landlord Into Unknowing Movie Star
Voicemail messages from a nosy landlady formed the basis for Brian Bolster’s short documentary
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Toronto Film Festival’s Canadian Program Includes Ethan Hawke, Ellen Page Films
Canadian directors Philippe Falardeau, Bruce McDonald and Guy Maddin have been added to the Sept. 10-20 festival
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Cheryl Boone Isaacs Elected to Third Term as Academy President
Isaacs, the first African-American to serve in the office, is eligible for one additional term
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ShortList 2015: ‘The Pride of Strathmoor’ Combines Gothic Horror, ‘Raging Bull’ and Walt Disney
Director Einar Baldvin took inspiration from wildly disparate sources for his creepy animated short
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Toronto Film Festival Invades LA for Free Weekend Screenings at LACMA
TIFF’s first venture outside Canada will screen three top homegrown films for free to Los Angeles audiences
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‘Best of Enemies’ Filmmakers: Today’s Politics ‘A Race to the Bottom’
The 1968 debates between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal show how “dumbed down” today’s political discourse is, documentarians Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon tell TheWrap
