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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‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’ Film Review: Portrait of Civil Rights Icon Couldn’t Be More Timely
Dawn Porter’s film is partly a straightforward celebration of the civil rights icon, and partly an examination of voter suppression still being used against Black people today
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Oscars Finally Give Agents the Vote
Agents are now classified as Members-at-Large rather than Associate members
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‘Cheer,’ ‘Queer Eye’ Win Top Prizes at Critics Choice Real TV Awards
Other winners include “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “The Voice” and “The Last Dance”
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‘The Young and the Restless,’ ‘The View,’ ‘Jeopardy’ Win Top Daytime Emmy Awards
Additional winners in a virtual ceremony broadcast on CBS include Kelly Clarkson, Alex Trebek and actors Jason Thompson and Heather Tom
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How Niecy Nash Connected With a Baby Kidnapper for ‘Stolen by My Mother’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “The thing you can never judge is someone else’s pain,” says the three-time Emmy-nominated actress
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How Racism’s Legacy Shaped André Holland’s Performance in Damien Chazelle’s ‘The Eddy’ (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I think that trauma has a lot to do with how much he will allow himself to feel and to express,” Holland says of the jazz musician he plays
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Why Joey Soloway Didn’t Walk Away From ‘Transparent’ After the Jeffrey Tambor Scandal
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It really felt like, we have to do this on our terms — not on Jeffrey’s terms, not on MeToo’s terms, not on ‘Transparent’ fans’ terms,” says the showrunner formerly known as Jill Soloway
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‘Normal People’ Stars Were Frustrated With Their Characters Too: ‘You Just Want to Shake Them!’ (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “You want to go, ‘Your incapacity to speak is going to result in you having a very unhappy year in your life!’” says Paul Mescal, who stars with Daisy Edgar-Jones in the limited series
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‘Eurovision Song Contest’ Film Review: Will Ferrell as an Icelandic Wannabe Pop Star?
Ferrell and Rachel McAdams don silly costumes and belt out kitschy pop anthems, but the movie is workmanlike, mid-level Ferrell silliness
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Will the New Emmy Rules Really Lead to More (and More Diverse) Nominees?
If the rules had been in place last year, they actually would have resulted in fewer nominees
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Why ‘Watchmen’ Star Tim Blake Nelson Loved Acting Behind a Mask
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “Taking away the face actually empowered my character,” says the veteran character actor who plays Looking Glass in the sci-fi miniseries
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How ‘Mrs. America’ Directors Went From ‘Captain Marvel’ to a Feminist History Lesson
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “We were toward the end of postproduction and thinking of a long nap,” says Anna Boden of her and Ryan Fleck’s decision to tackle the FX miniseries
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Aunjanue Ellis on Why the Clark Sisters Gospel Group Deserve the Same Respect as Mozart
TheWrap Emmy magazine: The Emmy-nominated actress plays the demanding mother of the pioneering vocal group in the Lifetime movie “The Clark Sisters”
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‘The Plot Against America’ Star Morgan Spector on How Philip Roth ‘Accidentally Predicted’ Donald Trump
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It’s almost so on-the-nose that it’s ridiculous,” Spectors says of the ties between the 1940-set Roth novel and today
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John Ridley on TV’s Role Amid Protests Over Racial Inequality: ‘We Have to Be Part of the Solution’ (Video)
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It’s almost 30 years since I started, and there still are not enough showrunners of color or directors of color,” says the writer, director and producer
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