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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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
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‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Review: Colin Hanks’ Affectionate Documentary Opens Toronto Film Festival
Toronto Film Festival: A crowd-pleasing festival kicks off with a generous and goodhearted doc about a crowd-pleasing Canadian icon
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‘A House of Dynamite’ Review: Kathryn Bigelow’s Riveting Thriller Is a Nuclear Nightmare
Venice Film Festival: The director’s story of a potential missile launch aimed at the U.S. delineates the inner workings of the national security apparatus with a muscularity that is all her own
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‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: A Calm Dwayne Johnson Anchors Raw Martial Arts Drama
Venice Film Festival: Benny Safdie’s debut as a solo director has plenty of bloody fights, but it’s more interested in what comes after
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Venice and Telluride So Far: Awards Season Arrives With Monsters and Ghosts as ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Hamnet’ Make Waves
The first fall festivals have showcased a variety of Oscar contenders, Guillermo del Toro and Chloé Zhao’s films foremost among them
