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: Jude Law’s a Drunk, Kevin Kline’s a Womanizer and Joel Edgerton Has a Secret
Toronto’s films include Law as “Dom Hemingway,” Kline as Errol Flynn and docs on Burt’s Bees, Berkeley and the art of cinema
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Woody Allen to Receive Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award
Top honor from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. will be presented to writer-director-actor at awards ceremony on Jan. 12
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Toronto: A Year After ‘Argo,’ Canada Tells Its Side of the Story
“Our Man in Tehran” details an escape where the Canadians ran the show and the biggest cliffhanger was a tea break
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Taylor Swift, Metallica and Jimi Hendrix Keep Toronto’s Music Tradition Rocking
The Toronto International Film Fest just keeps attracting major musical talent
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‘The Butler’s’ 41 Producer Credits Are ‘Embarrassing,’ PGA Presidents Say
But the Producers Guild’s Mark Gordon and Hawk Koch say they understand why a hard-to-make movie can accumulate so many producers in the current climate
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How the Producers Guild Convinced Hollywood Studios to Let It Overhaul Movie Credits (Exclusive)
Backers praise studio chiefs Ron Meyer and Michael Lynton — and the Department of Justice — as heroes in the guild’s decades-long fight for respect
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Toronto: Keanu Reeves Kicks Butt, and Hayao Miyazaki Soars One Last Time
“Man of Tai Chi” is a rousing martial-arts epic directed by Reeves, while a legendary Japanese animator retires on a high note with the gorgeous “The Wind Rises”
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Toronto: In ‘August: Osage County,’ Meryl Streep & Julia Roberts Get Laughs With Abuse & Addiction
John Wells’ adaptation of the Broadway play turns serious problems into grand entertainment, while Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy shine in the beautiful “Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby”
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Toronto: F1 Legend Niki Lauda Says James Hunt Would’ve Loved ‘A Movie About Him’
One-half of the rivalry depicted in ‘Rush’ laments that his one-time nemesis wasn’t there to see it
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Toronto: 5 Lessons We’ve Learned From the Festival So Far
TIFF 2013 has brought strong movies (that’s good), huge crowds (that’s bad) and big money (for some)
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Toronto: A Real-Life Astronaut Reviews ‘Gravity’ – ‘I Want to Fly With Sandra Bullock’
Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar-buzz film is a dazzling technical achievement that quietly turns into something more than that
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Toronto Review: ‘Once’ Director Finds the Magic Twice With ‘Can a Song Save Your Life?’
John Carney’s musical film prompted the festival’s biggest bidding war, and for their money the Weinstein Company bought themselves a warm, funny crowd-pleaser
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Toronto Themes: True Stories, Bad Behavior and Women Who Make Awful Decisions
When the closest thing to a good guy also happens to be a convicted murderer, it’s easy to figure out that this year’s Toronto Film Festival isn’t for the virtuous
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Director Steve McQueen on His Brutal ’12 Years A Slave’: It’s a Film About Love
The director of the violent, true story about a slave delves into why he made it at Toronto press conference
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Toronto: ’12 Years a Slave’ Leaves Another Festival Audience Shaken
Following its triumphant bow in Telluride, Steve McQueen’s brutal drama about slavery is another sign that Toronto doesn’t really get going until Friday night
