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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‘Boys State’ Review: Even Teen Politics Is a Dirty Business in Sundance-Winning Documentary
Directors Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s film pays lip service to finding common ground but winds up illustrating how impossible that has become
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ShortList 2020: How ‘T’ Finds a Vision of America in Black Rituals Surrounding Death (Video)
“We really do reside at a fork in the road, and that a lot of people are desperately in need of healing,” director Keisha Rae Witherspoon says
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ShortList 2020: ‘No More Wings’ Explores the Meaning of Home Over a Plate of Chicken
British playwright Abraham Adeyemi didn’t want to direct his short screenplay, but he was forced into it and is now an award-winning filmmaker
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ShortList 2020: How Charlie Tyrell Made Beautiful Music Out of Busted Instruments in ‘Broken Orchestra’
Tyrell’s short documentary chronicles the use of discarded instruments from Philadelphia schools to perform a special composition written for them by Oscar-nominated composer David Lang
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ShortList 2020: How ‘Girl in the Hallway’ Animates a Heartbreaking Tale of Abduction and Murder (Video)
First-time director Valerie Barnhart built her film around a wrenching monologue by slam poet Jamie DeWolf
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‘The Tax Collector’ Film Review: Shia LaBeouf Got His Torso Tattooed for This?
David Ayer’s brutal drama about gangs in South Central Los Angeles trots out a lot of posturing and a lot of gang-movie clichés, but flails instead of giving us much reason to care
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‘Insecure,’ ‘For Life’ to Receive Top Awards at African American Film Critics’ TV Honors
Viola Davis, Sterling K. Brown, Jeremy Pope and Laura Harrier will receive acting honors at virtual ceremony
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‘An American Pickle’ Film Review: Seth Rogen Gets Sentimental in Mild Fish-Out-of-Water Comedy
This surprisingly subdued and sentimental riff on Rip Van Winkle meets “Being There” is probably not the best use of Rogen’s particular skill set
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‘She Dies Tomorrow’ Film Review: If You’re Feeling Dread Now, Wait Until You See This
Amy Seimetz’s dark drama is a movie about existential panic that happens to be coming out at a time of existential panic
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How the Go-Go’s Got No Respect From Rolling Stone Magazine
With a documentary on the pioneering all-female band premiering on Showtime, here’s a look back at a career pinnacle that turned sour
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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
