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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Israeli-Palestinian Film ‘No Other Land’ Wins at IDA Documentary Awards
Other winners include “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” “Queendom” and “Black Box Diaries”
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AFI Names ‘Anora,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ on Annual Top 10 List
The list of 2024’s best films also includes “Conclave,” “Nickel Boys,” “The Brutalist,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Sing Sing,” “A Complete Unknown” and “A Real Pain”
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‘Shogun’ Leads Critics Choice TV Nominations
Other nominees include “Abbott Elementary,” “Disclaimer,” “Hacks,” “The Diplomat,” “The Penguin” and “What We Do in the Shadows”
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Inside the Filming of Norway’s Oscar Entry ‘Armand’: ‘Going More and More Crazy Together’
TheWrap magazine: “It made sense to turn it into a nightmare,” director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel says
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‘Universal Language’ Is the Only Oscar Entry Where a Turkey Was Arrested on the Set
TheWrap magazine: “(The turkey) gives a very good, soulful performance, even if he doesn’t always take direction,” director Matthew Rankin says
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The Journey of ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’: Recreate ‘World of Warcraft’ First, Get Permission Second
TheWrap magazine: Director Benjamin Ree used the popular game to tell the story of Mats Steen — and only got the rights to do so after finishing the film
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‘Anora,’ ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Lead 2025 Indie Spirit Awards Nominations
In the TV categories, “Baby Reindeer” and “Shōgun” scored the most nods
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June Squibb Gets Her First Lead Role at 95 — and She’s Ready for More
TheWrap magazine: After starring in “Thelma” and shooting “Eleanor the Great,” she has a new rule for her agent: “Only leads, and only if the film has my name in it”
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‘The Brutalist’ Wins Top Award From New York Film Critics – Complete List of Winners
Acting awards go to Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Adrien Brody, Carol Kane and Kieran Culkin
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R.J. Cutler’s Wild 2024: From Elton John to Martha Stewart to Dodgers v. Yankees
TheWrap magazine: “These are real movies — these are narratives with characters and themes and cinema,” the director says
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Talking With Oscars Song Contenders: Pharrell Williams, Kristen Wiig, Robbie Williams … and Yep, Diane Warren Too
TheWrap magazine: We also get the scoop from the songwriters for “Emilia Pérez,” “The Wild Robot” and “Blitz”
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‘A Different Man’ Named Best Film at 2024 Gotham Awards – Complete List of Winners
Acting awards go to Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin for “Sing Sing” and Brandon Wilson for “Nickel Boys”
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Oscars Song Race Contains 89 Songs, But Nothing From ‘Wicked’ – Complete List
In the Best Original Score category, 146 films qualified
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Jeff Nichols’ Favorite Part of Making ‘The Bikeriders’: Watching Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer Go Head-to-Head
TheWrap magazine: “It was our version of the scene from ‘Heat,’” the director says, nodding to the Al Pacino-Robert De Niro classic
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‘Nickel Boys’ Director RaMell Ross Says Making Movies Is Like Jumping on a ‘Weird Carousel’
TheWrap magazine: “Cinema lends itself to the play between the surreal, the symbolic, the experiential, the nonsensical and the aesthetic,” he says
