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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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
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Venice Film Festival Books Eddie Redmayne, Michael Keaton, Kristen Stewart Films
September festival mixes Hollywood stars and international auteurs with “The Danish Girl,” “Beasts of No Nation,” “Spotlight” and “A Bigger Splash”
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Toronto Festival Lineup Includes Matt Damon, Eddie Redmayne, Dakota Johnson, Jake Gyllenhaal Films
“The Martian,” “The Danish Girl,” “Black Mass” among titles; Johnny Depp, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Chastain, Julianne Moore and Benedict Cumberbatch also among actors list coming to this year’s festival
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Spanish-Language Stations Dominate LA Area Emmys: The Complete Winners List
KMEX and KVEA are the two biggest winners, outpacing their English-language counterparts
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‘Key & Peele’ to End its Comedy Central Run After This Season (Exclusive)
“It was time for us to explore other things, together and apart,” Keegan-Michael Key tells TheWrap
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Billy Ray Wins Runoff Election in Academy’s Writers Branch
Ray, an Oscar nominee for “Captain Phillips,” beat Larry Karaszewski in a re-vote after the two tied in the main election
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‘Look of Silence’ Director Talks of Genocide and Guilt: ‘Impunity Is the Story of Our Times’
Joshua Oppenheimer says Indonesian shoot was “like wandering into Germany 40 years after the Holocaust if the Nazis were still in power”
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Reese Witherspoon to Receive American Cinematheque Award
Actress and producer will accept the honor at a gala on Oct. 30
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‘American Crime’ Adds Hope Davis to Season 2 Cast (Exclusive)
Davis will play opposite Timothy Hutton in drama set at Midwest high schools
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‘American Crime’ Creator John Ridley Says Emmy Nomination Is ‘Bigger Than Putting on a Tuxedo and Having Fun’
“In the television space we’re doing a remarkably strong job of being reflective in terms of race, gender, sexual orientation,” says the Oscar-winning writer
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Queen Latifah Celebrates Emmy Diversity: ‘It Should Have Been There a Long Time Ago’
“Bessie” star tells TheWrap she identified with Bessie Smith: “I know what it’s like to be at the top and be lonely and broken and hurt”
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‘American Crime’ Star Timothy Hutton Celebrates His Emmy Nomination … by Going Fishing
And even if he doesn’t catch anything, he tells TheWrap, it’ll be a good day
