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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‘Belfast’ Film Review: Kenneth Branagh Crafts a Rich, Moving Memory Piece
Jamie Dornan and Caitriona Balfe star in a movie that bursts with life as it explores a pivotal moment in the director’s own childhood
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‘Flee’ Leads All Documentaries in Cinema Eye Honors Nominations
The animated Danish film picked up seven nominations for the New York-based awards, with “Ascension” and “Faya Dayi” garnering five
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Oscars International Race 2021: Complete List of Entries
Here are descriptions and trailers for the 93 films competing for 15 spots on the Best International Feature Film shortlist
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Oscars International Race Ties Record With 93 Contenders
France, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Iran and Italy submitted some of the highest-profile films in a category that equaled last year’s record for entries
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Kristin Stewart to Receive Spotlight Award at Palm Springs Film Festival
The “Spencer” actress becomes the first honoree to be announced for the annual awards gala
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Oscars International Race Heats Up With Favorites From Italy, Norway and Denmark
“The Hand of God,” “Flee” and “The Worst Person in the World” are among the latest additions to a race that also has “Titane” on hand to shake things up
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‘Summer of Soul,’ ‘Flee,’ ‘Ascension’ Land on DOC NYC Short List of Awards-Worthy Documentaries
Other films on the list, a reliable Oscar predictor, include “Becoming Cousteau,” “Faya Dayi,” “Introducing, Selma Blair,” “The Rescue” and “The Velvet Underground”
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IDA Documentary Awards Shortlist Includes ‘Ascension,’ ‘Flee’
“Summer of Soul,” “In the Same Breath” and “Convergence” are also on the list of 29 documentary features from which the final nominees will be chosen
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‘The French Dispatch’ Film Review: Wes Anderson Creates a Stylish, Exhausting Sampler Pack
The film may be the ultimate Anderson movie, whipping everything he does into five jewel-box episodes without the need to make anything serve a larger story
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‘Dune’ Film Review: Huge Sci-Fi Epic Is Relentlessly Dark But Thrilling
Timothée Chalamet stars in Denis Villeneuve’s dazzling and frustrating take on Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 novel
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Student Academy Awards Give Top Prizes to Chapman, CalArts and Berkeley
The University of Iowa and the Cleveland Institute of Art win for the first time, while international prizes go to schools from Germany, France and the Netherlands
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‘The Lost Daughter,’ ‘Passing’ Lead Gotham Awards Nominations
In the newly gender-neutral acting categories, nominations went to eight men and 14 women
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‘City So Real’ and ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Lead Cinema Eye Honors Broadcast Nominations
The late Diane Weyermann served as executive producer on both of the awards’ most-nominated projects
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DOC NYC Lineup to Include Films About Dean Martin, Kevin Garnett, Kurt Vonnegut
The nation’s largest documentary festival announced a lineup of 120 features
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Oscars Academy’s Dawn Hudson Says She Won’t Seek New Term as CEO
Hudson, who has led the organization through a stormy and transformational decade, will not return once her contract is up in May 2023
