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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Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno and Sally Field Hit Palm Springs Film Festival for ’80 for Brady’ Premiere
The second Fonda-Tomlin film in a few months (this one with Tom Brady) proved to be an ideal opening-night film for the return of an in-person festival in Palm Springs
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As the Globes and Critics Choice Awards Approach, Will 2023 Have a ‘CODA’-Style Surprise?
Predicting the Oscars Best Picture race as awards season kicks off the New Year with a flurry of activity
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How the Designers of ‘Elvis’ and ‘Blonde’ Brought 2 Icons Back to Life on Screen
TheWrap magazine: Here’s how you duplicate (or tweak) some of the most familiar looks of the last century
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Cinematographer Roger Deakins Fears That Moviegoing Has ‘Changed Beyond Repair’
TheWrap magazine: “I don’t think producers and studio people are willing to take the risk on a film that expands the cinematic language,” says the legendary DP of “Empire of Light”
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27 Films Are Competing for the Animated Feature Oscar – How Many Do You Know?
There’s a whole world beyond “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Turning Red” and “Minions: The Rise of Gru”
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How Guillermo del Toro Sold Netflix on a Twisted Version of ‘Pinocchio’
“We had at least two or three companies that looked like they were gonna say yes, and then they withdrew,” del Toro says of his dark spin on the classic
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James Cameron Compares ‘Avatar’ Sequels to Episodic Television: ‘It’s Really One Big Story’ (Exclusive Video)
The filmmaker also admits he’s not yet confident “Avatar 5” will get made
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James Cameron Justifies ‘Avatar 2’s Lengthy ‘Hangout’ Sequences: ‘People Forget to Put Beauty Into a Film’ (Exclusive Video)
The filmmaker also tells TheWrap that Fox tried to cut flying scenes from the first “Avatar” for lack of plot
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James Cameron on the New Market Challenges Facing ‘Avatar 2’: ‘I Thought We Were Dead’ (Exclusive Video)
The filmmaker also offers his own divergent hypothesis on why the theatrical experience is unique
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How ‘Women Talking’ Turned a Hayloft Into a ‘Sacred Space’
TheWrap magazine: “We talked a lot about the idea of a cathedral,” says director Sarah Polley
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The Making of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
For TheWrap magazine, James Cameron and his collaborators pull back the curtain on how they crafted the innovative sequel
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How ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Composer Simon Franglen Honored the Late James Horner
TheWrap magazine: “There’s no reason that a reef tribe would have the same sound (as a jungle tribe),” the composer says
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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Sound Mixer Created Live Sound Design for the Actors During Mo-Cap Filming
TheWrap magazine: “A lot of what we did, nobody had done before,” Julian Howarth says
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James Cameron on the ‘Fine Line’ of Celebrating Culture Without Appropriating in ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ (Exclusive Video)
“At what point are you no longer honoring and celebrating a culture, but actually extracting and exploiting?” the filmmaker told TheWrap
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James Cameron Differentiates ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ From Superhero Movies: ‘The Problems They’re Facing Are Real’ (Exclusive Video)
“They’re not going up against some guy that’s trying to conquer the galaxy,” Cameron tells TheWrap of his Na’vi protagonists
