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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How Costa Rican Drama ‘Clara Sola’ Became Like ‘Carrie Meets Cinderella in Latin America’
TheWrap magazine: “Both films have a very juicy release or explosion,” director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén says
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With ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds,’ Chad’s Top Director Hopes to Change How His Country Views Abortion
TheWrap magazine: “I’m used to making films about men, but I knew I had to become a spokesman for these women,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun says
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How International Breakout Star Renate Reinsve Learned to ‘Surrender to the Chaos’
TheWrap magazine: The Norwegian star of the Oscar favorite “The Worst Person in the World” says “it’s impossible to wrap my head around” the attention she’s received for the film
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Lady Gaga to Receive Icon Award at Palm Springs Film Awards
The award will be presented on Jan. 6 for her performance in “House of Gucci”
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AFI’s Top 10 Films of 2021 Include ‘Dune,’ ‘King Richard’ and ‘The Power of the Dog’
Other films that made the cut were “CODA,” “Don’t Look Up,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Nightmare Alley,” “tick, tick… BOOM!” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
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How the Pope Francis Doc ‘Francesco’ Helped the Director Recover From Trauma
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to find the positive side of humanity,” director Evgeny Afineevsky says of the film he made after documenting war and the refugee crisis
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Asghar Farhadi on How COVID Left a Mark on His Oscar Contender ‘A Hero’
TheWrap magazine: The Iranian director was able to erase physical signs of the pandemic, but the delays gave him months more in the rehearsal time he loves
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Why Mexican Oscar Entry ‘Prayers for the Stolen’ Avoided Scenes of Graphic Drug Violence
TheWrap magazine: “In Mexico, we’re very much contaminated by (violent) images we see constantly,” director Tatiana Huezo says
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You Can Tell It’s Oscar Season Because Diane Warren Has a New Song in the Race
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to write a song about hope,” 12-time nominee says of “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days”
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How Dan Stevens Simulated ‘the Strangeness of Humanity’ to Play a German Robot in ‘I’m Your Man’
TheWrap magazine: “He knows everything except the intricacies of human nature,” Stevens says of the android he plays in the German-language comedy
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2022 Palm Springs Film Festival to Feature 129 Films, Appearances by Kristen Stewart and Jane Campion
The 2022 festival will return with a lineup of movies from 70 countries
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Why Todd Haynes Never Wanted to Leave the Editing Room Making ‘The Velvet Underground’
TheWrap magazine: “I love cutting, and it was all I ever wanted to do for the rest of my life, basically,” the director says of his documentary about the groundbreaking band
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Paolo Sorrentino’s Big Challenge With ‘The Hand of God’: Stop Trying to Be Fellini
TheWrap magazine: “It was clear from the beginning that this movie needed a different style – very simple,” the Italian director says of his highly personal story
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Oscars Set Qualifier Lists With 26 Animated Features, 93 International Films and 138 Documentaries
The international entries tie the record for eligible films, but the other two categories are well short of the records in those categories
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‘Succession’ Tops Critics Choice Awards Television Nominations
The Roy family drama received eight noms, but “Evil” and “Mare of Easttown” weren’t far behind
