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.
Experience:
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Steve received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach.
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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
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Academy Board of Governors Election Dominated by Incumbents, Including Marlee Matlin, Jason Reitman and Jason Blum
The only first-time governors elected in 17 races were Peter Kujawski, Gigi Williams, Carter Burwell and Andrew Roberts
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Richard Gere Doesn’t Think Intimacy Coordinators Would Have Worked in the ’80s
In a recent interview with TheWrap, his “The Agency” co-stars Michael Fassbender and Jodie Turner-Smith debate the matter with the veteran actor and ’80s sex symbol
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Eddie Redmayne Explains the Art of Getting People to Root for a Ruthless Killer in ‘The Day of the Jackal’
TheWrap magazine: “How do you do such appalling things and yet still keep people engaged?” the Oscar-winning actor asks
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Tom Cruise, Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas to Receive Honorary Oscars
Cruise, Allen and Thomas will be given Academy Honorary Awards, while Parton will get the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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‘The Agency’ Stars on Why the Espionage Drama Feels Timely in the Trump Era
TheWrap magazine: Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Richard Gere and Jodie Turner-Smith talk about intrigue, global machinations and … Steve Bannon?
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Kathy Bates Thought Her Career Was Over – Then ‘Matlock’ Left Her Gobsmacked
TheWrap magazine: “I was older and I just felt, ‘This is it, I’m done,’” the actress says of the days before “American Horror Story” and “Matlock” brought her back
