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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‘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
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The Oscars Homestretch: ‘1917’ Is on Top as Voting Begins
The race is uncertain, and the contenders are exhausted
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Editor Thelma Schoonmaker Is Surprised by How Long ‘The Irishman’ Is Too
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “When we screened it for the first time, people had no problem with the length, and we were astounded,” Martin Scorsese’s longtime editor says
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How ‘Joker’ Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir Used ‘Macho Chords’ to Get Inside the Character’s Head
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “He’s almost like the only character in the story,” the Icelandic composer says
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Quentin Tarantino on What Happened to Leonardo DiCaprio’s Character After ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “He starts becoming in demand again,” director says of Rick Dalton after the events in the film’s finale
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‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Knives Out,’ ‘Malificent 2’ Win Top Prizes at Costume Designers Guild Awards
“Schitt’s Creek,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Game of Thrones” and “The Masked Singer” take the guild’s television awards
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Oscar Nominees Luncheon Finds Academy Grappling With Change and Loss
The annual event is a celebratory one, but the death of Kobe Bryant and the pressures of a shortened awards season were on the minds of nominees who gathered on Monday
