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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‘Queen Sugar,’ ‘Lovecraft Country’ Win Top Prizes in African American Film Critics TV Honors
Acting awards go to Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett; “The Underground Railroad” wins as best limited series
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Producers Guild Schedules 2022 Awards for Late February
The ceremony will take place one day before the Screen Actors Guild Awards
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The Oscars Will Be Earlier Next Year, But the Season Will Be Even Longer
Did the Independent Spirit Awards move to an earlier date because they didn’t want to wait so long for the late-March Oscars?
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‘Joe Bell’ Film Review: Mark Wahlberg Hits the Road to Make You Cry
The earnest drama directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry is awkward at times, quietly affecting at others
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‘How It Ends’ Film Review: It’s the End of the World as We Know It, and You’ll Feel Fine
Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones’ comedy is like Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia,” but without all the, um, melancholia
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‘Titane’ Wins Palme d’Or in Chaotic Cannes Film Festival Ceremony
Cannes 2021: There were bold choices and a big blunder from jury president Spike Lee – complete list of winners
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Cannes Report Day 12: The COVID Tally Is 70 as Screenings End and Jury Duty Begins
Cannes 2021: Plus, the awards parade begins while Maria Bakalova hits the red carpet and Sharon Stone calls charity auction bidders “cheap”
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Will a Weird Cannes Give Us a Weird Palme d’Or Winner?
Cannes 2021: The movies that have been getting all the buzz aren’t necessarily the ones that’ll meet favor with Spike Lee’s jury
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‘The Restless’ Film Review: Potent Belgian Drama Explores Family Torn Apart by Bipolarity
Cannes 2021: Damien Bonnard is riveting as an artist struggling with the condition, as is Leïla Bekhti as a wife trying to keep the family together
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Emmy Analysis: Voters Get Awfully Lazy in the Acting Categories
Do they really have to give all those nominations to actors from just a handful of shows?
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Emmy Nomination Predictions, Variety and Reality: Look for Familiar Faces, From ‘SNL’ to ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
TheWrap looks at the key races — including a popular category that’s once again in jeopardy
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Emmy Nomination Predictions, Limited Series and Movies: You Don’t Need WandaVision to See a Bloodbath Coming
With “The Queen’s Gambit,” “Mare of Easttown,” “The Underground Railroad” and many more, there’s too much good work and not enough nomination slots
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Emmy Nomination Predictions, Drama: ‘The Crown’ Goes for a Royal Sweep
But “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Lovecraft Country” and “Bridgerton” are among the shows that will try to slow down the British juggernaut
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Emmy Nomination Predictions, Comedy: New Kids (and Jean Smart!) Will Rule
Smart’s “Hacks” and Jason Sudeikis’ “Ted Lasso” have all the heat going into a year short on returning contenders and long on first-year shows
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Cannes So Far: It’s All About the Testing – and the Sexy Nuns, of Course
Cannes 2021: Rumors run rampant, nobody likes spitting in tubes or wearing masks in the heat, and the movies have yet to stand out — but in a way, Cannes is still Cannes
