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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Emmys 2021 Predictions in All 26 Major Categories (Photos)
TheWrap awards editor Steve Pond breaks down the winners — will “The Crown” and “Ted Lasso” completely dominate?
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Emmy Predictions 2021: Just How Dominant Will ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘The Crown’ Be?
Those two shows and “The Queen’s Gambit” should be the big winners, but Emmy voters like to throw in a few surprises every year
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‘Belfast’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award
Toronto 2021: 12 of the last 13 films to win the award have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, and five have won it
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‘Listening to Kenny G’ Film Review: Entertaining Documentary Won’t Make You Stop Hating the Guy
TIFF 2021: Penny Lane’s film lets Kenny G make a case for himself, but it also gives lots of screen time to people who can’t stand his music
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‘Blue Bayou’ Film Review: Justin Chon’s Timely Immigration Story Slips From Lyrical to Overwrought
The family drama tackles important U.S. policy issues but gets undercut by the melodrama
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‘The Survivor’ Film Review: A Haunted Ben Foster Dominates Real-Life Drama
Toronto 2021: Barry Levinson most substantial film in years stars Foster as Holocaust survivor Harry Haft
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Toronto So Far: It’s Good to Be Back, but Where’s the Buzz?
Toronto 2021: In a weird year, crowds are deliberately small and nothing has broken out as a sure-fire awards contender
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‘The Year of the Everlasting Storm’ Film Review: Bold Anthology Examines Life in the Pandemic
Seven directors offer wildly different perspectives in this disquieting snapshot of our time
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‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Film Review: Like the Band, the Movie Is Potent and Excessive
Venice Film Festival 2021: Bernard MacMahon’s documentary includes rare interviews with the surviving members of the band
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‘King Richard,’ ‘Cyrano,’ ‘C’mon C’mon’ to Premiere at Telluride Film Festival
The Colorado festival, which announces its lineup the day before it begins, will also include the documentaries “Fauci,” “Becoming Cousteau” and “The Rescue”
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Ethan Hawke on Paul Newman, Marvel and What’s Wrong With Today’s Movies
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: “Paul Schrader says a really great movie starts when you walk out of the theater, but most contemporary movies end when the credits roll,” says the actor
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‘As Far as I Can Walk’ Wins Top Prize at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
The Czech festival also gave awards to “Zatopek” and “Every Single Minute”
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The Films to Watch as the Fall Festivals Kick Off Another Weird Oscar Season
The Venice, Telluride and Toronto fests will still be affected by the pandemic, but a robust selection of contenders will be jockeying for momentum
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‘Mosquito State’ Film Review: Wall Street Needs Some Insecticide in Creepy Drama
Filip Jan Rymsza’s film about a stock analyst who has an unhealthy fascination with mosquitoes will get under your skin, that’s for sure
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Here’s Why Daveed Diggs Won’t Watch the ‘Hamilton’ Movie
TheWrap magazine: Also, the Emmy-nominated star still thinks that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original idea for the landmark production was a bad one
