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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‘A Gentleman in Moscow’: Why Abstract Russian Art Came to Dominate Its Main Titles
TheWrap magazine: “For 10 years, they made art that seemed to oppose the new regime,” designer Matt Curtis says
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‘James Brown: Say It Loud’ Grapples With a Big Question: Was He the Most Important Black Man in America?
TheWrap magazine: The four-part docuseries is the latest from “The Legacy of Black Wall Street” director Deborah Riley Draper
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Rita Wilson, Pam Abdy, Howard Rodman Re-Elected to Academy Board of Governors
Only five of the 17 governors elected are first-time board members
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Prentice Penny Says ‘Black Twitter’ Is a ‘Star Wars’ Story and Elon Musk Is the Emperor
TheWrap magazine: “It’s a coming-of-age story (and) I kind of equate it to ‘Star Wars,’” he says of his Hulu documentary
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‘Downey’s Dream Cars,’ ‘Leveling Lincoln’ Win Daytime Emmy Awards
Buddy Valastro and Christian Cooper also win at the Daytime Emmys Creative Arts & Lifestyle Awards
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Dick Van Dyke Wins Daytime Emmy at the Age of 98
“General Hospital” was named the best daytime drama (complete winners list)
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Why ‘Fargo’ Season 5 Makes a Case for Being Nice
TheWrap magazine: “How do people who want to be nice to their neighbors get their country back from this discourse that is so filled with vitriol?” says writer-producer Noah Hawley
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‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ Director on How to Make a Movie About a Song You Think Is Corny
TheWrap magazine: “I questioned whether I’d be the right person to tell the story (of “We are the World”), ’cause I wasn’t a huge fan of the song in the beginning,” says Bao Nguyen
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How ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ Became a Family Affair for Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead
TheWrap magazine: “The more you do of this, the more you want to do it with the people you love,” says McGregor of acting with his wife
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How Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough’s Instagram Friendship Led to ‘Under the Bridge’
TheWrap magazine: “We’ve had a professional admiration for a long time, to the point where it was funny that we hadn’t actually met,” says Gladstone
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‘Baby Reindeer’ Creator Richard Gadd Has ‘Conflicting Feelings’ About His Trauma Becoming a Pop Culture Sensation
TheWrap magazine: “‘Baby Reindeer’ comes with its challenges, but I think I’ll look back on this moment as a proud one,” says the Scottish comedian
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‘Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Colin From Accounts,’ ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Win Gotham TV Awards
The inaugural television awards also gave honors to actors Andrew Scott, Harriet Dyer and Zine Tseng
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Why Morgan Neville’s Steve Martin Documentary Is Two Films in One
TheWrap magazine: “It was six months before I recognized, everything is going in two different directions, so let’s keep it going that way,” the Oscar-winning documentarian says
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‘Feud’ Star Tom Hollander Says Playing Truman Capote Was Like Learning to Surf
TheWrap magazine: “It’s just repetition,” the actor says
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Academy Promotes 4 in Executive Shuffle, Jacqueline Stewart Departs
Amy Homma, Jennifer Davidson, Jenny Galante and Matt Severson will assume new positions, with Stewart and Randy Haberkamp leaving the Academy
