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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Jessica Lange to Receive Kirk Douglas Award From Santa Barbara Fest
Actress will accept award at gala on Nov. 16
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Toronto Lineup’s New Crop of Directors Includes Ethan Hawke, Kevin Smith and Jean-Luc Godard
Film festival books lineup of international documentaries, midnight movies and Cannes winners
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NBC4, KTLA5, KMEX Named Best News Programs at LA Area Emmys
NBC4, CBS2, KCET and KMEX are among the stations with multiple wins
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Robert Downey Jr. Drama ‘The Judge’ to Open Toronto Film Festival
David Dobkin film also stars Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga and Billy Bob Thornton
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Venice Film Festival Lands Al Pacino, Andrew Garfield, Ethan Hawke Films
Directors David Gordon Green, Abel Ferrara, Peter Bogdanovich and Joe Dante are bringing films to the late-August festival
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Film Festival Scramble: Telluride Loses Its Surprises as Toronto Gets Tough
The Toronto schedule reveals what will probably screen in Telluride (“The Imitation Game,” “Rosewater”) and what won’t (lots of things)
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Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Chastain Films Headed to Toronto Film Festival
The Fall’s biggest festival will premiere new movies from Jason Reitman, Jon Stewart, Noah Baumbach, Barry Levinson and Antoine Fuqua
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‘Birdman’ to Close New York Film Fest
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu film will join “Gone Girl” and “Inherent Vice” at September/October fest
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‘Drunktown’s Finest,’ ‘The Circle’ Win Top Outfest Awards
Audience awards go to “The Way He Looks” and “Back on Board: Greg Louganis”
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Albert Berger, Mark Mangini, Daniel Fellman Elected to Academy Board of Governors
Number of women on the board falls by one, from 15 to 14
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Writers Guild Sets Awards for Feb. 14
Nominations will be announced on Dec. 4 for television and Jan. 7 for film
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David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’ to Open New York Film Festival
Director also premiered his Oscar nominee “The Social Network” at NYFF in 2010
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Dolby Contributes $12 Million to Academy Museum
Rooftop terrace will be named in honor of the family
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Hollywood Foreign Press, Dick Clark Productions Settle Golden Globes Lawsuit
Bitter legal battle has drawn on for years, but the two companies are now “partners at the table,” HFPA president tells TheWrap
