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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Mads Mikkelsen Says Blockbusters Like ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Are Fine, but He Really Wants to Make More Danish Films
TheWrap magazine: “More and more, it becomes clear to me that I need to go back,” says the star of Oscar entrant “The Promised Land”
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How ‘The Monk and the Gun’ Director Found Inspiration in Bhutan’s Changing Society
TheWrap magazine: Oscar nominee Pawo Choyning Dorji uses political satire to capture his country in a state of transition
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Why a Former Doctor Used Film to Diagnose Social Problems in ‘Blaga’s Lessons’
“The best treatment starts with a good diagnosis,” director Stephan Komandarev said at TheWrap’s screening of the prize-winning Bulgarian film
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Rosamund Pike Says She Loved ‘Saltburn’ Because ‘Playing Shallow Is Fun’
TheWrap magazine: “She’s not the sharpest tool in the box,” says Pike of the glamorous but deliberately oblivious woman she plays in Emerald Fennell’s dark comedy
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‘The Morning Show,’ ‘Succession’ Lead Critics Choice Awards TV Nominations
“Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Beef,” “Lessons in Chemistry” and “A Small Light” also receive multiple nominations
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‘American Fiction,’ ‘Past Lives’ and ‘May December’ Lead 2024 Independent Spirit Award Nominations
“The Last of Us,” “I’m a Virgo” and “Beef” scored big in the TV categories
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Colman Domingo to Receive Spotlight Award in Palm Springs
The star of “Rustin” and “The Color Purple” will be honored on Jan. 4 at the Palm Springs Convention Center
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167 Documentaries Enter Oscars Doc Race – See the Full List
Taylor Swift’s concert movie isn’t eligible, but two different movies named “Bella” are
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Why ‘Past Lives’ Star Greta Lee Didn’t Want Anybody to See the Movie
TheWrap magazine: “It was totally thrilling, but also terrifying once it was complete,” says Lee of the Celine Song movie she made with Teo Yoo and John Magaro
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Carey Mulligan to Receive International Star Award at Palm Springs Film Awards
The “Maestro” star will be honored during a Jan. 4 ceremony at the Palm Springs Convention Center
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Lily Gladstone on Her Journey Into the Mainstream With ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: ‘I’m in a Better Position to Advocate’
TheWrap magazine: “I’ve flown under the radar and kept my indie cred ’til now,” the breakout actress says
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How Megan Thee Stallion Forced the ‘Dicks: The Musical’ Songwriters to Overhaul Their Big Cabaret Song
TheWrap magazine: Josh Sharp says the rapper “showed up on the first day of the shoot and was like, ‘People think I’m dirty, but y’all are dirty’”
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Song or Score? ‘The Holdovers’ Music Blurs the Line
TheWrap magazine: “It’s what we jokingly call scource — half score, half source music,” says composer Mark Orton
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Why Jon Batiste Followed His Huge ‘American Symphony’ With a Gentle Love Song
TheWrap magazine: The composer and performer says the ballad “It Never Went Away” “felt spiritually connected to everything that happened” as his wife battled leukemia
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How Composer Ludwig Göransson Took Viewers Inside J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Head
TheWrap magazine: “You’re with him — you’re feeling his feelings, you’re seeing through his eyes throughout the whole film,” Göransson says
