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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Alan Cumming Says He Can’t Believe How Irrational ‘The Traitors’ Contestants Are
TheWrap magazine: “There’s a lot of poker face required in this job, but I just want to go, ‘What the f–k? Are you serious?’”
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How Riz Ahmed Used James Bond to Make ‘Bait,’ His Most Personal Project Yet
TheWrap magazine: “Life sometimes feels like one big audition,” says Ahmed, who co-wrote, exec-produced and stars in the limited series about an actor grappling with identity and self-doubt
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‘The Traitors’ Dominates Critics Choice Real TV Awards
Alan Cumming’s Peacock series wins five awards, sweeping the four cast and host categories
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‘Pluribus,’ ‘I Love LA,’ ‘DTF St. Louis’ Win Gotham Television Awards
Acting prizes go to Tim Robinson, Chase Infiniti, Michael Shannon and others
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How Bill Lawrence Became TV’s Most Prolific Showrunner
The creator of “Rooster,” “Scrubs” and “Shrinking” — not to mention “Ted Lasso” and “Bad Monkey” — did not expect to have a career renaissance in his late 50s
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Cannes Film Festival 2026 Winners: ‘Fjord’ Wins Palme d’Or
Cannes 2026: Acting awards are shared by Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne from “Coward” and Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto from “All of a Sudden”
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‘Dernsie’ Review: Bruce Dern Tells Stories in This Documentary, and That’s All You Need to Know
Cannes 2006: Director Mike Mendez offers a straightforward but entertaining guided tour of a career that has lasted about 70 years
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‘Diamond’ Review: Andy Garcia Puts a Little Heart and Humor in Film Noir
Cannes 2026: Brendan Fraser, Bill Murray, Rosemarie DeWitt, Dustin Hoffman and Vicky Krieps appear in Garcia’s slight but touching take on noir
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‘Bitter Christmas’ Review: Pedro Almodóvar Gives Himself a Hard Time, and It’s Thrilling
Cannes 2026: Almodóvar’s film about two fictional directors ends up brutally interrogating the Spanish auteur’s own work
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‘Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building’ Review: Mexican Coming-of-Age Story Puts a Teasing Spin on Reality
Cannes 2026: The twists keep coming in this film based on an incident in Bruno Santamaria Razo’s life
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‘Strawberries’ Review: Moroccan Drama Exposes Bleak Lives of Migrant Workers
Cannes 2026: A huge farm in Spain is the setting for modern-day slavery and sexual exploitation in Laila Marrakchi’s film
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Cannes So Far: Maybe This Festival Really Does Need Some Hollywood Movies
Cannes 2026: There haven’t been many movies to galvanize the Cannes audience, but you can’t blame that just on the lack of potential blockbusters
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‘Avedon’ Review: Ron Howard Exposes the Man Behind the Photos
Cannes 2026: Howard’s documentary about the photographer Richard Avedon is organized around artistry rather than biography
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‘Paper Tiger’ Review: James Gray Delivers a Thriller Bursting with Danger … and Heart
Cannes 2026: Miles Teller, Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star as family members who get tangled up with Russian gangsters
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‘John Lennon: The Last Interview’ Review: Steven Soderbergh Says All You Need Is Love… and AI
Cannes 2026: Soderbergh illustrates an intimate radio interview with the dizzying use of still photos, archival footage and a little help from his Meta friends
