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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‘Evolution’ Film Review: ‘Pieces of a Woman’ Filmmakers Offer a Powerful Meditation on Trauma
Cannes 2021: Director Kornél Mundruczó and writer Kata Wéber explore the complicated identity of Jews in and around Germany after World War II
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‘Unclenching the Fists’ and ‘Murina’ Reviews: Cannes Dramas Explore Women’s Struggles for Control
Cannes 2021: Many films at this year’s festival have engaged in a multifaceted conversation about young women around the globe trying to find some agency in their own lives
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‘Where Is Anne Frank’ Film Review: Animated Feature Puts Holocaust Heroine in Timely Fantasy
Cannes 2021: “Waltz With Bashir” director Ari Folman has made another sophisticated animated film that tells a wartime story to which the filmmaker has a personal connection
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‘Lingui, The Sacred Bonds’ Film Review: Rare African Cannes Drama Is a Showcase for Actresses
Cannes 2021: Achouackh Abakar Souleymane and Rihane Khalil Alio shine in Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s subtle film about women in a hostile culture
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What Happened to the Films Selected for Last Year’s Cannes Film Festival?
Cannes 2021: The 2020 festival was canceled, but many of the five dozen films chosen by Cannes last year made a mark, and two won Oscars
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Cannes Critics Week Celebrates 60 Years of Finding New Filmmakers
Cannes 2021: Directors who first came to Cannes via the International Critics Week sidebar include Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro G. Inarritu and Bernardo Bertolucci
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Mark Cousins Included 90 Movies in His ‘Story of Film’ – But Couldn’t Fit This Daniel Radcliffe Title
Cannes 2021: The documentary is missing Russian movies, horror movies, and one Radcliffe film
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No Hugs, Masked Mugs and More Movies: A Guide to Cannes Under COVID Protocols
TheWrap magazine: It’ll be a Cannes Film Festival like no other — here are the reasons why
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Leslie Odom Jr., Maria Bakalova and Steven Yeun Among 395 Invited to Join Oscars Academy
Emerald Fennell, Laverne Cox and Robert Pattinson are also on the scaled-down list of new member invitations
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Oscars Keep Streaming Releases Eligible for One More Year
Because of the continuing impact of the pandemic, films will still be able to qualify even if they never get theatrical releases
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s Return to Include Tribute to Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation
The long-running Central European festival announced its lineup after cancelling last year’s event because of the pandemic
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Sorry, Emmy Contenders – Fewer Actors Will Get Nominations This Year
Under the Television Academy’s current rules, fewer entries means fewer nominees — and this year’s pandemic-fueled drop is particularly pronounced in the performer categories
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‘Summer of Soul’ Film Review: Questlove’s Vibrant Concert Film Captures a Pivotal Harlem Moment
The documentary finds politics and music inextricably linked, with culture flowing from the church to the street to the concert stage
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Film Academy’s Board of Governors Election Sets New Record for Women on Board
For the first time ever, there are more women than men on the 54-person board
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Tops Critics Choice Real TV Awards, Again
The reality show won in the competition category for the third consecutive year, although this time it shared the award with “The Great British Baking Show”
