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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Academy Screening Rooms Are Filling Up With Oscar Contenders — Except in the Best Picture Category
20 international films and almost 100 documentaries are available to Oscar voters, but the online platform in the top category is missing all the favorites
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Top Student Academy Awards Go to USC and Schools from the UK, Poland and Germany
The University of the West of England Bristol and the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School received their first-ever Student Oscars
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Jim Jarmusch, Werner Herzog, Charlie Kaufman Movies Headed to AFI Fest
The festival announces its full lineup, which also includes 19 Best International Feature Film Oscar contenders
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Oscars International Race 2025: Complete List of Entries So Far
It’s looking to be a very political year in the category
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Oscars International Race Takes Shape as Academy Asks Voters to Save In-Person Screenings
Norway’s “Sentimental Value,” Brazil’s “The Secret Agent,” Germany’s “Sound of Falling,” Taiwan’s “Left Handed Girl” and South Korea’s “No Other Choice” are among the highest-profile entries so far
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Emmys Déjà Vu: Another Big, Satisfying Surprise Ends the Awards Show
For the second year in a row, the last award of the night is a major upset, in this case “The Pitt” beating “Severance”
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‘Hamnet’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award
TIFF 2025: Other winners include “Frankenstein,” “Wake Up Dead Man” and the controversial documentary “The Road Between Us”
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‘Driver’s Ed’ Review: Teenage Road Comedy Doesn’t Really Go Anywhere
TIFF 2025: Sam Nivola, Kumail Nanjiani and Molly Shannon star in Bobby Farrelly’s R-rated but tepid high school comedy
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Final Emmy Predictions: A Bunch of Strong Favorites and at Least One Sneaky Challenger
Conventional wisdom says “The Studio,” “Severance” and “Adolescence” will walk away with the top awards, but one of those might be vulnerable
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‘Dust Bunny’ Review: Bryan Fuller’s Family Horror Flick Is Wild, Colorful and Just Plain Nuts
Toronto Film Festival: Mads Mikkelsen and Sigourney Weaver are the big names, but 10-year-old Sophie Sloan runs the show
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How ‘The Secret Agent’ Used Urban Legends to Hide Its Political Points
TIFF 2025: Director Kleber Mendonça Filho borrowed from Brazilian tales of a hairy leg running amok, which were invented to talk in code about the military dictatorship
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Toronto Film Festival So Far: Short on Prestige Movies, Big on Popcorn Flicks
Other festivals grabbed most of the top awards contenders, but TIFF’s 50th year is showcasing plenty of crowd-pleasers
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‘Roofman’ Review: Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst Are a Charmingly Doomed Couple in Dark Rom-Com
Toronto Film Festival: Derek Cianfrance’s film highlights Tatum’s undeniable charm, even as a felon
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‘EPiC’ Review: Baz Luhrmann Doesn’t Need Austin Butler to Make Another Rockin’ Elvis Movie
TIFF 2025: The director’s new film, which stands for “Elvis Presley in Concert,” mixes live footage with rehearsals, backstage moments and Elvis’ own voiceovers
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‘The Lost Bus’ Review: Paul Greengrass Turns Up the Heat in Visceral Wildfire Story
Toronto Film Festival: Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera star in a headlong piece of terrifying real-life action
