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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‘Athlete A’ Film Review: Documentary About US Gymnastics Sex Abuse Scandal Is Heartbreaking and Infuriating
Directors Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen detail the investigation that uncovered years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in the USA Gymnastics program
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Inside Kaitlyn Dever’s ‘Unbelievable’ Journey From ‘Booksmart’ to Emmy Contender
TheWrap Emmy Magazine: “I like to work different parts of my acting muscles,” actress says
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‘Irresistible’ Film Review: Jon Stewart’s Political Comedy Feels Curiously Tame
Steve Carell and Rose Byrne star as dueling political operatives in a film that mixes its occasional laughs with plenty of position statements and diatribes
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Golden Globe Awards Joins the Coronavirus Shuffle, Moves to Feb. 28
The Globes normally take place in early January, but have now moved to the original date of next year’s Oscars
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Palm Springs Shortfest Gives ‘Matriochkas’ Its Top Short-Film Award
The French and Belgian film is one of five movies that can qualify for the Oscars because of Palm Springs awards
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Critics’ Choice Awards Follow Oscars and Spirit Awards, Move 2021 Show to March 7
The awards also alter their eligibility dates to match the Oscars
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‘You Should Have Left’ Film Review: Don’t Go in the Basement, Kevin Bacon!
David Koepp’s horror film plays like a scaled-down Blumhouse version of “The Shining”
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‘7500’ Film Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Gets Tough in Nerve-Wracking Cockpit Thriller
German director Patrick Vollrath’s feature debut stays in a single claustrophobic location and is made up of long, uninterrupted takes
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‘Mr. Jones’ Film Review: Uneven Period Drama Explores Soviet Atrocities
Director Agnieszka Holland is attuned to the depths and intricacies of human misery, but this film is more scattered than her Oscar-nominated “Europa, Europa” and “In Darkness”
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Academy Postpones Next Year’s Oscars to April 25
This will be the latest the Oscars have been held since 1932; Academy Museum opening is also delayed because of coronavirus
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Television Academy to Reshape Creative Arts Emmys Into a Virtual Event
The Academy also eliminates the Emmys Governors Balls, but still plans to keep the main Emmy show on its original date
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‘Normal People’ Producer Ed Guiney Says Film and TV Production Isn’t Possible Without Quick COVID Testing
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “We have to face up to is that if we want to shoot, we’re going to be shooting in a coronavirus world,” producer says
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Samantha Bee Says the Worst Part of Making Her Show at Home Is Staring Into Her Husband’s Eyes
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It’s a much more intimate experience, watching my husband find me not funny,” says the host who now does shows from her back yard
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‘Pose’ Star Billy Porter on the ‘Huge Connection’ Between Coronavirus and AIDS
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “We’re going to destroy ourselves if we don’t change some stuff,” the actor and activist says
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‘The King of Staten Island’ Film Review: Judd Apatow Helps Pete Davidson Tell an Uncomfortably Personal Story
The film tiptoes carefully around fraught emotional issues and in the process manages, perhaps surprisingly, to be a fairly mature movie about a not-at-all mature guy
