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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Directors of Voter Suppression Documentary ‘All In’ Definitely Aren’t Surprised by This Year’s Election Mess
TheWrap magazine: “Trump’s claims about voter fraud weren’t new and different, they were part of the playbook we’d already explored in the film,” says co-director Liz Garbus
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George Clooney on How the Pandemic ‘Changed the Temperature’ of His Sci-Fi Drama ‘The Midnight Sky’
“The first thing they said was, ‘Don’t worry, it only affects elderly people — people 55 and older.’ I’m like, ‘What??? I’m the elderly??’” the actor-director says
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Steve McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ Series Named Best Picture of 2020 by LA Film Critics
Acting awards go to Chadwick Boseman and Glynn Turman for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Carey Mulligan for “Promising Young Woman” and Youn Yuh-jung for “Minari”
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5 Films From 2021 That Could Shake Up the 2020 Oscars Race
Upcoming films could bring Andra Day, Zendaya, Robin Wright and both Denzel Washington and his son John David Washington into the race
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Oscars International Entries Are Close to New Record, But Voters Can’t See Them All Yet
91 different countries are known to have made submissions in the category, but at the moment only 30 of those films are available to voters in the Academy screening room
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‘Monster Hunter’ Review: Don’t Go Hunting for a Good Movie in This Videogame Silliness
Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa and Ron Perlman star in Paul W.S. Anderson’s hyperkinetic sci-fi melodrama drowning in CGI
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Paul Greengrass Celebrates Christmas Opening of ‘News of the World’: ‘We’re Only Going to Recover by Daring to Release Movies’
“As an expression of faith in our business and faith in the healing power of the movies, I think that what we gain is beyond measure,” director says
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Sundance Film Festival’s 2021 Lineup Includes Films From Robin Wright, Questlove and Edgar Wright
50% of the 140 features, shorts and episodic projects were directed by women, and 51% by artists of color
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Why Stacey Abrams Wanted to Make Sure Voting Doc ‘All In’ Was Not About Her
“She really felt that as soon as you make it about one person, it can be written off,” says director Liz Garbus of her and Lisa Cortes’ sobering documentary
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Ron Howard Credits Interest in Fact-Based Films to an ‘Apollo 13’ Viewer Who Called Ending ‘Hollywood Bulls–‘
“He didn’t know it was based on a true story, and he thought it was corny. And I immediately realized, this is why you choose stories based on real events!” Howard says
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‘Another Round’ Wins Top Prize at European Film Awards
Acting honors go to Mads Mikkelsen and Paula Beer
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Expect to See Lots of Men, Not So Many Women Competing for SAG Ensemble Award
With the male ensembles of “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “One Night in Miami” among the top contenders, the disparity could be especially pronounced this year
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How George Clooney’s Work on ‘ER’ Helped Him Direct ‘The Midnight Sky’
When he tried to figure out how to get the audience invested in his postapocalyptic sci-fi drama, Clooney remembered the hospital show he once appeared on
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‘Time’ Tops Cinema Eye Honors Nominations for 2020 Documentaries
Other nominees include “Boys State,” “Collective,” “Dick Johnson Is Dead” and “Gunda”
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‘Queer Japan’ Film Review: Deliriously Scattered Film Embraces the LGBTQ Universe
At its best, Graham Kolbeins’ film manages to be both kinetic and lyrical, hitting you with a barrage of day-glo imagery while finding lovely moments in art and dance
