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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‘The Shadow of Violence’ Film Review: Cosmo Jarvis Might Break Your Nose and Your Heart
First-time feature director Nick Rowland has managed to make “The Shadow of Violence” a quiet and affecting character study in the moments when it’s not being brutal and bloody
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‘The Fight’ Film Review: ACLU Documentary Is the Stirring Story of a War Against Donald Trump
For those who consider the current administration a dangerous one, “The Fight” is a chronicle of resistance in a crucial battleground, the courts
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‘Black Is King’ Film Review: Beyoncé Gets Extravagant With Opulent Riff on ‘The Lion King’
This visual feast based on Beyoncé’s 2019 album “The Lion King: The Gift” finds its moments of glory in the strength of its images, which are more arresting than the story or the subtext
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Oscars Academy Gives Film Scholars Grants to Author Books About Race in Hollywood
Racquel Gates and Rebecca Prime will each receive $25,000 from the Academy’s Film Scholars Grants program, which supports film scholarship
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‘Rebuilding Paradise’ Film Review: Ron Howard Looks for Hope in Documentary About Destruction
While the film about the devastating Northern California wildfire reaches for moments of healing and rejuvenation, it’s easy to walk away from it feeling anger and and loss
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Toronto Film Festival Lineup to Include Films Directed by Regina King, Halle Berry
Films by Werner Herzog, Chloe Zhao, Viggo Mortensen, Mira Nair and Frederick Wiseman will also be part of the scaled-down Canadian festival
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‘Nadia, Butterfly’ Film Review: Canadian Cannes Movie Takes an Intimate Look at a Troubled Athlete
Director Pascal Plante’s drama was supposed to premiere at the canceled Cannes Film Festival and is set at the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games
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‘The Hater’ Film Review: Polish Drama Shows Off a Social Media Sociopath
In the new film from the director of the Oscar-nominated “Corpus Christi,” the central figure is a young man who specializes in creating fake news and destroying lives on the internet
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Oscars Academy Elects David Rubin to Second Term as President
The news was announced by the Academy a few hours after Rubin was nominated for an Emmy Award
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Emmy Voters Respond to the Moment, Snubbing Some Favorites for Record Diversity in Nominations
In a year in which America (and Hollywood) was shaken by the coronavirus and by Black Lives Matter protests, Emmy voters sought inclusion across the ballot
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The Go-Go’s on Being Brats and Fighting Rock ‘n’ Roll’s ‘Gender Boxes’ (Video)
“We were Cinderella and the public was Prince Charming, and they just embraced the myth of this scrappy little band,” says band member Kathy Valentine
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The Go-Go’s on Being Brats and Fighting Rock ‘n’ Roll’s ‘Gender Boxes’ | Video
“We were Cinderella and the public was Prince Charming, and they just embraced the myth of this scrappy little band,” says band member Kathy Valentine
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Emmy Nomination Predictions 2020: All the Picks in 24 Top Categories (Photos)
Last year’s champs, “Game of Thrones” and “Fleabag,” are out of the running — so here’s who we think will be vying to occupy those empty thrones
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Composer Alan Menken Wins the EGOT, ‘Sesame Street’ Wins the Most Daytime Emmys
Menken had previously won a non-competitive Emmy, but his win for “Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventures” makes him the 16th person to win competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards
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Emmy Nomination Predictions in Variety & Reality: Shrinking Categories, Stay-at-Home Hosts and No ‘Amazing Race’
Contenders include John Oliver, Kate McKinnon and J-Lo and Shakira, but many of the variety and reality categories are being downsized this year because of new Emmy rules
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