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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Women Grab the Spotlight at Tribeca
Abbie Cornish, Michelle Williams, Elizabeth McGovern and a nine-year-old Mexican girl shine at the New York film festival
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Cannes Will Be Speaking English This Year: David Cronenberg, Lee Daniels, Andrew Dominik…
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The Emmys Grapple With a New Question: TV or Not TV?
The Primetime Emmy Awards struggle to adapt to a changing landscape that threatens to make primetime irrelevant
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Tribeca Film Festival: Who Needs an Identity When the Films Are Good?
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Adam Sandler Is as Bad as it Gets, Say the Razzies
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Jason Reitman Tackles ‘The Big Lebowski,’ Plans Another Round of Live Readings
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