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.
Experience:
Resides In:
Los Angeles
Education:
Steve received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach.
-
Academy’s Board Continues Its Makeover With 11 First-Time Governors
Term limits prevented 11 governors from running for re-election, with Lou Diamond Phillips among the first-timers elected to the board
-
Eve Hewson Says She Was Drawn to ‘Bad Sisters’ Because She, Too, Is a ‘Wild Child’: ‘I’m Not Going to Lie About That’
“There’s something in playing a character from where you are from — it is so instinctive and in your blood,” the Irish actress says of the Apple TV+ drama
-
Oscars Toughen Theatrical Requirements to Qualify for Best Picture
Effective in 2024, contending films will be required to play in 10 of the top 50 U.S. markets in addition to normal qualifying runs
-
‘Black Mirror’ Ruled the Emmys, but This Year’s Eligible Anthology Series Will Struggle to Crash the Party
Netflix’s eight-time Emmy-winning horror hit sparked a 2021 category adjustment for anthology series that makes it harder for a breakthrough
-
How ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ Created Music Meant to Be ‘the Greatest Songs Ever’: ‘It Was Like a Musical, in a Way’
TheWrap magazine: “The way that the music is referred to in the novel is with all the most intimidating adjectives: classic and timeless — and we are not songwriters,” writer/producer Scott Neustadter says
-
Rufus Sewell Found the Key to the Political Drama ‘The Diplomat’ in Screwball Comedy
TheWrap magazine: “The dynamic of the relationship was incredibly, recognizably real,” the British actor says of the flirting, fighting characters he and Keri Russell play
-
Critics Choice Real TV Awards Wins Go to Eugene Levy, RuPaul
Bravo’s “Top Chef” and Hulu’s “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi” also won multiple prizes in the awards for reality and unscripted television
-
Not So Funny: Why the Emmy Comedy Categories Are Losing Nominees This Year
A decrease in submissions is hitting the comedy field particularly hard, reducing the number of nominees in key categories
-
If This Is a New Start for the Golden Globes, Why Are the Same People Voting?
The awards show is reorganizing as a for-profit enterprise, but the now-defunct HFPA is still supplying the voters
-
Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander to Be Honored at 2023 Karlovy Vary Film Festival
The two actors will receive the President’s Award and bring their latest films to the Czech festival
-
Why Elton John Turned Down Playing the Super Bowl but Said Yes to Dodger Stadium: ‘I Was Having the Best Time’
TheWrap magazine: The Disney+ stadium show also included “one of the greatest moments of my career” courtesy of a certain dancing music icon
-
When Every Series Is a Blend of Comedy and Drama, What’s an Awards Show to Do?
The Emmys must decide where series belong, but the lines between comedy and drama are all but indistinguishable these days
-
Elle Fanning Explains the Hazards of Acting in ‘The Great’: ‘Your Brain Is Just on Fire’
TheWrap magazine: The actress also talks about the season’s big death and admits, “I was crying all the time”
-
Watch Out, ‘The White Lotus’ – Emmy History Says You’re Moving to a Much Rougher Neighborhood
In the past, shows that flourished in the limited series category have found voters much less hospitable after moving to drama series
-
Why ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Inspired Weird Al Yankovic to Make His Own Fake Biopic
TheWrap magazine: “I thought, it’s time to puncture the biopic genre once again,” Yankovic says
