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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10 Key Moments From the Toronto Film Festival
“The King’s Speech” is up, but a non-TIFF film may steal its thunder … and other lessons from the fall’s biggest festival
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TIFF: Focus Ends Fest with ‘Beginners’
Christopher Plummer/Ewan McGregor drama becomes company’s first TIFF acquisition
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TIFF: Dark Santa Comedy ‘Rare Exports’ Sells to Oscilloscope
11th-hour deal will give Finnish movie about Santa Claus a December release
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‘The King’s Speech’ Wins Toronto Audience Award
Tom Hooper drama about King George VI takes home top prize at 35th TIFF
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TIFF: IFC Acquires ‘Peep World’
Black comedy about dysfunctional family is IFC’s fourth festival-related deal
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TIFF’s Day 9: Let’s Make a Deal
With the closing-night attracting looming, a last-minute flurry of deals sparks the fest
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TIFF: ‘Everything’ Goes to Lionsgate/Roadside
Companies team up to make seven-figure deal for bittersweet drama “Everything Must Go”
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TIFF: Oscilloscope Acquires ‘Meek’s Cutoff’
Western drama from “Wendy and Lucy” director won acclaim at Toronto, Venice
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Docu-Mania at TIFF: On Cave Paintings, Dog-Cloning and Sex & Chains
Up close video chats with two of the fest’s most playful filmmakers — Werner Herzog and Errol Morris
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TIFF’s Day 8: Here Comes the Rain
As bad weather arrives and the fest winds down, critics take stock of TIFF, and two movies come out on top
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TIFF Day 7: Ballet for Breakfast, Rock for Lunch
An invigorating day in Toronto includes the triumphant, crazy “Black Swan” and a special preview from Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Toronto Domination’ Tour
It may be a film festival, but the hot ticket at TIFF was for a couple of events featuring that rocker from New Jersey
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TIFF’s Day 6: It Girls, Party Animals, Pirate Noises
In the shadow of the visiting Bruce Springsteen, life goes on mid-festival