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 Academy Introduces New Inclusion Initiatives, Expands Best Picture Category
The Board of Governors voted for the changes after nationwide protests over systemic racism in the wake of the killing of George Floyd
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How Rob McElhenney Pulled Off a Quarantine Episode of ‘Mythic Quest’: ‘It Was Absolute, Abject Hell’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I am glad we did it, but it was incredibly, exponentially more difficult than a normal production,” says the actor and creator of the episode shot entirely on iPhones by the actors themselves
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Jennifer Connelly on How We’re All Living in ‘Snowpiercer’ Dystopia These Days (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “Everyone on (the train) has been separated from their communities, from the lives they had before, from all the places that they can’t visit anymore,” she says of the dystopian sci-fi miniseries
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‘Artemis Fowl’ Film Review: There’s Not Enough Magic in Kenneth Branagh’s Fantasy Adventure
The film based on Eoin Colfer’s YA novel pays lip service to the power of myth, then settles for the Hollywood substitute, an efficient plot
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‘Tiger King’ Directors Credit the Coronavirus’ ‘Captive Audience’ for Show’s Sensational Success
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “We knew it would be interesting to people, but in this time of the coronavirus, it caught fire in a way that it would never have,” says co-director Eric Goode
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Aidy Bryant on How the Coronavirus Is Shaping Both ‘SNL’ and ‘Shrill’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “‘SNL at Home’ is a good example of how sometimes those restrictions create creativity, you know?” says the actress and producer of
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Academy Elects Ava DuVernay, Whoopi Goldberg to Board of Governors
The number of female Academy governors increases from 25 to 26, and the number of people of color increases from 11 to 12 and includes the three governors-at-large
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‘Da 5 Bloods’ Film Review: Spike Lee’s Vietnam Epic Finds an Apocalypse Then and Now
The way Lee tells the story, with asides and history lessons and cutaways and tricks that have become the director’s singular cinematic vocabulary, make it a must-see in these stormy times
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Critics Choice Real TV Nominations Snub ‘Tiger King,’ Celebrate ‘Ru Paul’s Drag Race’ and ‘Cheer’
Netflix gets the lion’s share of nominations
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‘Becky’ Film Review: Watch a Little Girl Kick Kevin James’ Neo-Nazi Butt
Teen scream queen Lulu Wilson stars in a silly bloodbath administered by a vicious 13-year-old in a knit fox cap with cute little ears that flap as she makes the bad guys bleed
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‘Judy & Punch’ Film Review: Provocative Black Comedy Finds the Horror in Old Puppet Shows
First-time director Mirrah Foulkes has whipped up a brutally stylish feminist twist on the old story, with Mia Wasikowska putting the punch in this twisted entertainment
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How Much Will the ‘Cannes 2020’ Label Help When There’s No Cannes Film Festival?
The festival held a press conference to reveal the names of 56 films that will not screen on the Croisette this year, hoping that it can help those films
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‘The French Dispatch,’ ‘Soul’ Make the Cannes 2020 Lineup As Festival Reveals the Movies It Would Have Shown
The festival, which was to have taken place from May 12 through May 23, was canceled because of the coronavirus
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Whoopi Goldberg Faces Challenge From Richard Dreyfuss, Rita Wilson in Oscars’ Board of Governors Election
Other contenders for the 17 open seats include Ed Begley, Jr., Michael Mann, Ava DuVernay, Brett Ratner, Jason Blum and John Ridley
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Oscars Board Election Has New Rules – But Expect the Same Old Results
Incumbents rarely need any extra help to prevail when the Academy members pick their board, but they might have gotten a boost anyway
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