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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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Cleans Up in Emmy Writing Category — and Clocks Another Win for Diversity
TheWrap magazine: Four years ago, Stefani Robinson became the first Black woman ever nominated for writing and producing. This year, she did it again
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Comedy Categories Are a Rare Bright Spot for Female Directors at the Emmys
TheWrap magazine: Of this year’s seven directing categories, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series is the only one where women outnumber men
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Alex Borstein and Tony Shalhoub Face the End (and Brave the Twists) of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
TheWrap magazine: The two Emmy-winning actors have been nominated four times each for the comedy series, which is currently filming its final season
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How the Beatles Invaded the Emmys in 2022
TheWrap magazine: Peter Jackson’s documentary series “The Beatles: Get Back” received five nominations, and “McCartney 3, 2, 1” landed another three
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Quinta Brunson, Bill Hader and More: Meet the Comedy Performers With Multiple 2022 Emmy Nominations
TheWrap magazine: The list also includes Steve Martin, Jerrod Carmichael and (with an asterisk) Harriet Walter
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Harry Styles, Emma Corrin to Receive Toronto Film Festival Award as Part of ‘My Policeman’ Cast
The TIFF performance award will also go to castmates David Dawson, Gina McKee, Rupert Everett and Linus Roache
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Goodbye, Vin Scully: In a Format Designed for Play by Play, He Found Poetry
A fan looks back in sorrow and appreciation at the greatest baseball announcer ever
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Janet Yang Elected President of Oscars Academy
The “Joy Luck Club” producer will be the fourth woman and first Asian American to head the Academy
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‘My Old School’ Film Review: Scottish High-School Documentary Is Enjoyably Odd – for a While
Inventive filmmaking and some impressive lip syncing from Alan Cumming isn’t enough to overcome a story that wears thin
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‘Murina’ Film Review: A Croatian Teen Struggles in Coming-of-Age Drama
Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s drama is one of a string of timely films about women looking for agency in their own lives
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Emmy Voters Go International, Not Sentimental
Steve Pond’s Emmy Analysis: “This Is Us” and “black-ish” get rude sendoffs from the TV Academy, which set up a battle between “Succession” and “Squid Game”
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Cannes Film ‘The Eight Mountains’ Lands North American Deal with Sideshow and Janus
The drama from directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch won the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s festival
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Jeanell English Named to New Position as Film Academy’s Head of Impact and Inclusion
English, who has been working for the Academy for two years, will report to new CEO Bill Kramer
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‘Summer With Hope,’ ‘Word’ Win Top Prizes at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
The audience award at the Czech festival went to “PSH Neverending Story”
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Emmy Predictions, Variety & Reality: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Rolls On and On
The long-running show will no doubt extend its record as the most-nominated program in Emmy history
