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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Could Spirit Awards Finally Step Up as a Bold Alternative to the Oscars?
History suggests they won’t
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‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ Regina Spektor Win Top Prizes From Guild of Music Supervisors
“Queen & Slim” and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” also won film awards, while TV winners included to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Better Call Saul” and “Euphoria”
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Death of the Great Oscars Makeover of 2018
The Academy’s Board of Governors introduced four ideas to remake the Oscar show
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Pre-Oscar Awards Scorecard: ‘Parasite’ Won the Most, but ‘1917’ Won the Big Ones
With the Hollywood guilds picking their favorites, eight of the nine Best Picture nominees have gone home with at least one award
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Oscars Endgame: Unpacking the Final Ads for ‘1917,’ ‘Parasite,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ and More
“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “Jojo Rabbit” have gone with new angles, while other films are sticking with the imagery that got them this far
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Oscars’ Streaming Site Goes Down One Day Before Voting Ends
The members-only site was down for a few hours on Monday, but the Academy says voting hub was not affected
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‘Parasite,’ ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Win Art Directors Guild Awards
Television winners include “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Russian Doll,” “The Umbrella Academy” and “Chernobyl”
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‘Minari,’ ‘Boys State’ Win Sundance Film Festival’s Top Jury Awards
Audience awards go to “Crip Camp,” “Minari,” “The Reason I Jump” and “Identifying Features”
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‘Jojo Rabbit’ and ‘Parasite’ Win Top Writers Guild Awards (Complete List of Winners)
Television winners include “Succession,” “Barry” and “Watchmen”
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Artios Awards for Casting Go to ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Marriage Story’
Television winners include “Game of Thrones,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Pose” and “Russian Doll”
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‘1917’ Composer Thomas Newman on Cousin Randy and Growing Up in Oscars’ Most Nominated Family
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “It was always a musical family,” Thomas Newman says of the clan’s 93 Oscar nominations, all in the music categories
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How Producers David Heyman and Emma Tillinger Koskoff Each Landed 2 Best Picture Oscar Noms
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Two successful producers on the challenges of multitasking, pleasing directors and Netflix
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Inside ‘Parasite’ Director Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Embarrassing’ Oscar Season
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I tend to get shy easily,” the South Korean director says of the acclaim he’s received on this year’s awards circuit
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How ‘Little Women’ Writer-Director Greta Gerwig Was Inspired by Louisa May Alcott – and David Cronenberg
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Director Gerwig and producer Amy Pascal talk about making only the third Best Picture nominee written, directed and produced solely by women
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‘The Lion King’ Is King at the Visual Effects Society Awards
The Disney remake takes three awards, while Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” wins two
