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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Emmy Icon James Burrows Carries the Torch for Multi-Cam Sitcoms, but He’s Scared They’re Dying
TheWrap magazine: The 84-year-old director received his record 27th nomination for “Mid-Century Modern”
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‘Trapped’ Wins Grand Prize at Hollyshorts Film Festival, Qualifies for Oscars
Other shorts that gained Academy Award eligibility at the festival are “Hurikán,” “A Son and a Father” and “Voices From the Abyss”
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Ike Barinholtz Has a Bold Wish List for ‘The Studio’ Season 2 Cameos: Spielberg, Leo and Tarantino
TheWrap magazine: The Emmy nominee also jokes about campaigning for some thank-you speeches for his character, Sal Saperstein
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First Rule of Writing the Emmy-Nominated Song ‘Harper and Will Go West’: Don’t Be Too Funny
TheWrap magazine: But that doesn’t mean Kristen Wiig and her fellow songwriters couldn’t rhyme go west with brand-new breasts
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How Questlove Put Together the Insane Montage That Opened His ‘Saturday Night Live’ Music Documentary
The musician and filmmaker watched “SNL” episodes every day for a year and gave a score to every musical performance in the show’s history
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Documentaries About Paula Deen, Clergy Abuse and Whistling Contests Headed to Toronto Film Festival
The festival’s TIFF Docs program will include new films from Oscar winners Laura Poitras, Ben Proudfoot, Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
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I Made an Emmys Wish List, But Will My Wishes Come True?
It was a modest list, but Emmy voters can be a frustrating lot
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‘A Star Is Born’ Producer Lynette Howell Taylor Elected Academy President
Howell Taylor will be the fifth woman to serve in the position, and the third in the last 12 years
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Bob Odenkirk, Sigourney Weaver Headline Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness Movies
The section will open with “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie” and close with “Dead Lover”
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Yorgos Lanthimos, Noah Baumbach, Kathryn Bigelow, Guillermo Del Toro to Bring New Films to 2025 Venice Film Festival
The celebration of cinema takes place Aug. 27 – Sept. 6
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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein,’ New Baz Luhrmann Elvis Movie Added to 2025 Toronto Film Festival Lineup
More than 50 movies were added to the festival, including work directed by Edward Berger, Bobby Farrelly, Brian Cox, Aziz Ansari and Maude Apatow
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Emmy Nominations Analysis: ‘Severance’ and ‘The Studio’ Dominate, but Does That Make Them Frontrunners?
Rivals “The Pitt” and “Hacks” received enough nominations to make them serious contenders all the way to Emmy night
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Emmy Nomination Predictions 2025: How Will They Find Room for All Those ‘White Lotus’ Actors?
This year’s top nominees should include “The Bear,” “Hacks,” “The Pitt,” “Severance,” “The Studio” and Mike White’s wild ensemble drama
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New Steven Soderbergh, Nia DaCosta Films to Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF will screen Soderbergh’s “The Christophers” and DaCosta’s “Hedda” in addition to new works from Alejandro Amenábar, Byun Sung-hyun and Chandler Levack
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Academy Board of Governors Adds Haifaa al-Mansour, Effie T. Brown, Annie Chang
The three new governors-at-large will give the board a makeup of 30 women and 25 men
