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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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Film Review: Aaron Sorkin’s Vital Drama Delivers Both Talk and Action
Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Redmayne and Mark Rylance star in the urgent political drama that is set in the 1960s but feels oddly current
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‘Belushi’ Film Review: Celebratory Documentary Can’t Escape John Belushi’s Sad End
It can be thrilling to watch Belushi in action, but even the funniest clips come with a sense of doom and foreboding
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‘Time’ Film Review: Elegant Doc Focuses on Families Affected by Incarceration
You could call Garrett Bradley’s doc a film about crime and justice, but it’s really a film about humanity
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Watch 3 Teen Filmmakers Tackle COVID in Ghetto Film School Competition Winners (Exclusive)
Teenagers from Brooklyn, New Jersey and Los Angeles take top prizes in Film Credits competition sponsored by AT&T and WarnerMedia
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Oscars Look to Netflix and 2021 to Rescue the Skimpiest Best Picture Race Ever
With major studios pushing their films into next year, the Oscars will likely need the slate of films that the streaming giant is offering
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Oscars Ease Eligibility Rules, Allow Films With Drive-In Releases to Qualify
Films that premiere on streaming platforms can also qualify if they are made available on the Academy’s virtual screening room for members
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Academy Names Winners of $35,000 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships
Scenes from the winning screenplays will be read by a group of actors in a virtual event on Dec. 3
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Producers Guild Sets Virtual Awards Show for March 2021
The PGA becomes the first major guild to commit to a virtual 2021 show rather than a live, in-person one
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Academy Museum Lands Huge Collection of Optical Devices From Before Movies Existed
The Richard Balzer Collection consists of more than 9,000 artifacts dating back to China’s Ming Dynasty
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Aaron Sorkin In, Steven Spielberg Out in Already Strange Awards Season
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” proved that it’s a real contender, but “West Side Story” decided to wait until next year
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BAFTA Overhauls Voting Rules to Increase Diversity of Film Awards
New rules include longlists in all categories and more nominees in the acting, directing and Outstanding British Film categories
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‘Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles’ Film Review: Dessert’s the Main Course in Opulent Food Documentary
Though Laura Gabbert’s film showcases impossibly elaborate pastries inspired by the French court of Versailles, it doesn’t settle for making your mouth water or your eyes bug out
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Emmys Put the Focus on Black Lives, But Also Go Overboard for ‘Schitt’s Creek’
For the second consecutive year, voters delivered a massive mea culpa to a critically-acclaimed series that the Emmys had ignored until its final season
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Emmy Winners by the Numbers: HBO Is Leading Network, ‘Watchmen’ Top Series
Netflix came in a distant second overall
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‘Nomadland’ Wins Audience Award at Toronto Film Festival
Nine of the last 10 TIFF audience winners have gone on to receive Oscar nominations for Best Picture, and three have won
