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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‘1917,’ ‘Joker,’ ‘The Irishman’ Among American Society of Cinematographers Nominees
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How Oscar Voting Really Works: Critics’ Top 10 Lists Would Produce These 7 Best Picture Nominees
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How Many Votes Does It Take to Get an Oscar Nomination in 2020?
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5 Awards Shows on One Night! Inside the Most Crammed Awards Season Ever
It’s gonna rain awards stuff for the next 40 days and 40 nights
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8 Biggest Changes to the Oscars in the 2010s, From #OscarsSoWhite to Envelopegate
The past 10 years saw the Academy reshape itself in the wake of #OscarsSoWhite, #MeToo, declining ratings and executive changes
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Quentin Tarantino to Receive Director of the Year Award from Palm Springs Film Festival (Exclusive)
The “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” director is the 12th and final honoree to be announced by the festival
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The Safdie Brothers Detail the 10-Year Journey to Make the Adam Sandler Drama ‘Uncut Gems’
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Jamie Foxx to Receive Palm Springs Film Festival Award for ‘Just Mercy’
Foxx will be honored for his performance as a death-row inmate who was wrongfully convicted
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Here’s What’s on My Oscar Season Christmas Wish List: Eddie Murphy, ‘A Hidden Life’ and Lots More
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Terry Gilliam Lets Loose on ‘Don Quixote,’ Trump, Harvey Weinstein, Marvel and More
“I’m here to say things that get me into trouble when you print them,” says the Monty Python member whose most recent film is “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote”
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Academy Allows ‘Cats’ to Submit Its New, Improved Version to Oscars
The Oscar rulebook prohibits changing a film after its initial run — but it doesn’t cover what happens when a movie makes changes in the middle of that run, as “Cats” did
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‘Toy Story 4’ Director Says the Key to the Hit Film Wasn’t Woody or Buzz
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The code name for this movie internally was ‘Peep,’” Josh Cooley says
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How ‘Frozen II’ Filmmakers Handled ‘That Pressure’ to Follow a Blockbuster: ‘We Made a Pact’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The first movie ended with ‘happy ever after,’ but life doesn’t work that way,” producer Peter Del Vecho says
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Cynthia Erivo to Receive Breakthrough Award at Palm Springs Film Festival
The “Harriet” star will receive the honor at the festival’s awards gala on Jan. 2
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‘Ford v Ferrari’ Editors Say Those Auto-Racing Scenes Weren’t the Biggest Challenge
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