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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Inside the Black-and-White Look of ‘Ripley’: Luxury, Danger and a Whole Lot of Stairs
TheWrap magazine: “In the old days, I might have had a panic attack,” says production designer David Gropman of the miniseries’ scale and complexity
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Here Are All the Ways John Hawkes Was Wrong About His Emmy-Nominated Role in ‘True Detective’
TheWrap magazine: The “Night Country” actor admits he resisted showrunner Issa López’s ideas for his character and the song he performs on the HBO limited series
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In Praise of the Emmys’ Poor TV Movie Category
Limited series got a total of 100 Emmy nominations this year; television movies got 5
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Juno Temple Had No Time to Grieve ‘Ted Lasso’ Before Starting ‘Fargo’: ‘It Was Kind of a Blessing’
TheWrap magazine: The actress goes deep on the complexity of her “Fargo” character and that “profoundly beautiful” ending
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How ‘Finding Your Roots’ Fights Racism ‘One Family Tree at a Time’
TheWrap magazine: “We truly are a nation of immigrants,” says host Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in the aftermath of the PBS program’s first Emmy nomination
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‘Amplified’ Wins Top Award at HollyShorts Film Festival, Qualifies for Oscars
“Anuja,” “Wander to Wonder” and “The Final Copy of Ilon Specht” also won Oscar-qualifying awards at the short film fest
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Who Is Mary Lou Belli and Why Does She Keep Getting Emmy Nominations?
TheWrap magazine: The director of “The Ms. Pat Show” specializes in the multi-cam format, where it’s all about getting an audience to laugh
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Can We Get Rid of the Emmy Sweeps This Year, Please?
A year after awards voters set a record for the most wins by the fewest shows, it’d be nice to distribute statuettes a little more widely
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Why Sara Bareilles Didn’t Worry About Being Funny With Her Emmy-Nominated ‘Girls5eva’ Song
TheWrap magazine: The singer-songwriter-actress says her season-finale song “The Medium Time” is “about staying present”
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Carol Burnett at 91: ‘I’ve Got My Hips and My Knees and I Think I’ve Got My Brain’
TheWrap magazine: Burnett’s 23rd Emmy nomination came for “Palm Royale” more than six decades after she received her first one
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Inside the Wild Journey of ‘Hacks’ — From a Creepy Audition in the Dark to Surprising Emotional Twists
TheWrap magazine: And Hannah Einbinder also explains to Jean Smart and Paul W. Downs why the three of them are the Powerpuff Girls
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No, Alan Cumming Didn’t Expect to Become a Reality Star, Either: ‘Who Would’ve Thunk It?’
TheWrap magazine: The Tony Award-winning Scottish actor says his gig hosting “The Traitors” is indicative of his career: “I’ve always been eclectic and done weird, left-field things”
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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis,’ Pedro Almodovar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
TIFF has added 19 new films and unveiled the schedule for its Sept. 5-15 festival
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Emmy Voters Face the Usual Dilemma: Too Many Nominations for Too Few Shows
More than 35% of this year’s acting nominations went to only four programs
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TIFF 2024 to Spotlight TV Shows From Alfonso Cuarón, Thomas Vinterberg and Janicza Bravo
Toronto organizers also announced episodic programs from Joe Wright and Tomas Alfredson along with four dozen short films
