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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Will This Fall’s Film Festivals Finally Kick Off a Normal Awards Season?
The Venice, Telluride and Toronto festival will launch a season that really needs to generate more heat than the past two years have done
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Academy CEO Bill Kramer Promises to Use Oscar Rules to Support Movie Theaters
The new top executive also discusses the new reality of TV ratings, changing Academy finances and the look of next’s year’s Oscars
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Brendan Fraser to Receive Toronto Film Festival Award for ‘The Whale’
The actor will be given the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance for his work in the Darren Aronofsky film
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3 Short Films Qualify for Oscars With HollyShorts Film Festival Awards
“Hallelujah,” “Mulaqat/Sandstorm” and “Scale” take the top prizes at the Hollywood festival
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The Emmys Cold List: Here’s a Final Salute to Shows and Stars That Voters Overlooked in 2022
TheWrap magazine: From “The Is Us” to “Yellowstone” to Marvel, the Emmys left some favorites by the wayside this year
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Is the Golden Globes’ Comeback Doomed by the New-Look HFPA?
It’s not a good look to resurrect the Globes with less transparency and more of an eye on profit
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How Director Michael Showalter Went Behind the Mask of Elizabeth Holmes — and Tammy Faye Bakker
TheWrap magazine: Showalter has already directed Jessica Chastain to an Oscar this year, and he has the chance to do the same with Amanda Seyfried and an Emmy
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Werner Herzog, Laura Poitras Documentaries Added to Toronto International Film Festival Lineup
TIFF has also added 50 international films to the Contemporary World Cinema section
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Zendaya, Julia Garner and More: Meet the Drama Performers With Multiple Emmy Nominations
TheWrap magazine: The list also includes Jason Bateman, Rhea Seehorn and Sydney Sweeney
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The Emmys’ Craziest Battle: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Barack Obama
TheWrap magazine: The Lakers great and the 44th president are both nominated in the Outstanding Narrator category
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Christina Ricci May Be Funny in ‘Yellowjackets,’ But Don’t Call Her Comic Relief
TheWrap magazine: “I tend to over-empathize with my characters, so the hardest thing was to feel like the character was being laughed at all the time,” the Emmy-nominated actress says
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Sam Mendes to Receive Directing Award at Toronto Film Festival
The writer-director of the upcoming “Empire of Light” will be honored with the TIFF Ebert Director Award during the September festival
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Here’s the Emmy Rule That Makes Voters Look Lazy
It’s easy to blame Television Academy members for nominating so many actors from the same shows, but is the system itself to blame?
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AFI, BAFTA Awards Events Set Up an Awards Season Battle
The events are usually timed to coincide with the Golden Globes, but in January they’ll take place just before the Critics Choice Awards
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First 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards Go to ‘Arcane,’ ‘Annie Live!’ and Others
The Television Academy has announced winners in the juried categories in advance of September’s Emmy ceremonies
