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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Willem Dafoe Is Adamant About His ‘Poor Things’ Character: Don’t Call Him a Mad Scientist!
TheWrap magazine: “Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!” Dafoe says. “That’s being lazy. That’s not what he is”
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Supersized Golden Globes Nominations Kick Off a Desperate Salvage Project
More nominees! Taylor Swift! What’s not to love?
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‘The Zone of Interest’ Named Best Film of 2023 by Los Angeles Film Critics
Jonathan Glazer wins Best Director; acting awards go to Emma Stone, Sandra Hüller, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Rachel McAdams
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Kôji Yakusho Describes His Journey From Japanese Star to Janitor for ‘Perfect Days’
TheWrap magazine: “After the shoot, the Tokyo Toilet Project told me, ‘Hey, you can start working at our company tomorrow,’” says Yakusho
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How a Storage Unit Transformed the Documentary ‘Joan Baez I Am a Noise’
TheWrap magazine: “I had no idea what was in there,” Baez says of giving her directors the key to a unit that contained tapes of her therapy sessions
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‘American Fiction,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Spider-Man’ Make AFI’s Top 10 List
Television programs on the AFI’s list of the year’s best TV include “Beef,” “The Bear,” “Jury Duty” and “Succession”
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Oscars Animation Category Breaks Record as Academy Reveals Animated, Documentary and International Entries
Thirty-three animated features, 167 docs and 88 international films will be competing this year
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Mexico’s ‘Tótem’ Puts a Kid in the Spotlight: ‘Childhood Is Destiny,’ Director Says
TheWrap magazine: “I think it’s vital to be in a dialogue with our childhood,” Lila Avilés says of her latest Oscar contender
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‘Omen’ Director Baloji Says ‘Hating’ His Name Led Him to Making His First Film
TheWrap magazine: Baloji means “sorcerer” in Swahili, and the artist-director says “all my work is based on my name”
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How Eve Hewson Proved She’s Funny by Playing Irish Women
TheWrap magazine: With “Flora and Son” and “Bad Sisters,” the actress “feels seen for the first time”
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Named 2023’s Best Film by National Board of Review
Martin Scorsese’s epic drama also won awards for directing, cinematography and lead actress Lily Gladstone
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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
