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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Academy Moves Nominations to Jan. 10, Confirms Online Voting
AMPAS moves nominations up by five days, and says online voting will be augmented by voting stations and paper ballots
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Richard Gere: Why My Cheating ‘Arbitrage’ Financier Is Like Bill Clinton
Richard Gere's character in "Arbitrage" may be a money mogul, but the actor says he found plenty of similarities to politicians
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5 Lessons From the Toronto Film Festival
As Toronto comes to an end, here are the surest Oscar bets, the best movies and the biggest disappointments
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‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Wins Toronto Audience Award
David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" follows in footsteps of "The King's Speech" and "Slumdog Millionaire," takes top audience prize at Toronto
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Toronto Film Fest Day 10: An Old-Fashioned Ending to a Forward-Looking Festival
Toronto's closing-night attraction, "Song for Marion," features Terence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave in a predictable but crowd-pleasing tear-jerker
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Jimmy Fallon, Kathy Bates Among Creative Arts Emmy Winners
"Undercover Boss," "Kennedy Center Honors" win variety prizes; Jimmy Fallon, Kathy Bates, Martha Plimpton and Jeremy Davies take guest acting awards; "Game of Thrones" leads all shows
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Sony Classics Buys Saudi Film ‘Wadjda’
"Wadjda" is the first film ever shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, and the first Saudi film from a female director; SPC plans a 2013 release
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Toronto Film Fest Day 9: Blood, Sex and Standing Ovations
One group says Ben Wheatley's "Sightseers" is Toronto's best movie, while "The Paperboy" and Jared Leto's rock documentary also premiere
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Toronto Film Fest Day 8: Let the Oscar Arguments Begin
While some Toronto-watchers debate about which festival fave will take home the gold, other films debut to considerably less enthusiasm — sorry, Billy Bob Thornton
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Don Mischer to Direct Academy Awards Show
After directing and co-producing the last two Oscars, Don Mischer will be back to direct the upcoming show for producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
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Toronto Film Fest Day 7: Where Did Everybody Go?
As the industry exodus from Toronto picks up steam, Barry Levinson unveils a horror movie, Liz Garbus celebrates Marilyn Monroe and Ben Affleck gets slammed for insulting a Canadian hero
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Horrifying Toronto Doc ‘Act of Killing’ Restages Mass Murder as Twisted Entertainment
Joshua Oppenheimer's disturbing and transfixing "The Act of Killing" lets Indonesian killers re-enact their murders Hollywood-style
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Toronto Film Fest Day 6: Greta Gerwig, Bill Murray and Michael Shannon Are Great, But Are Their Movies?
Several recent Toronto films feature marvelous performances in films that range from wonderful to forgettable
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Toronto Film Fest Day 5: Terrence Malick Is at It Again
His film ignores things like narrative and his leading man barely speaks — Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder" leaves the Toronto audience wondering
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Toronto Film Fest: ‘The Impossible’ Director On Why He Included Footage That Caused 2 Patrons to Faint
Survivors of the real tsunami depicted in "The Impossible," says director Juan Antonio Bayona, told him that the film had to be graphic and uncomfortable