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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‘Marriage Story,’ ‘The Farewell,’ ‘Uncut Gems’ Top Gotham Award Nominations
Nominees for Best Feature also include “Hustlers” and “Waves”
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Female Directors Dominate in IDA Documentary Awards Nominations
Six of the 10 Best Feature nominees, and all of the films nominated in the new Best Director category, are directed or co-directed by women
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A ‘Bombshell,’ ‘Parasite’ and Brutality Are Shaking Up the Oscar Race
From the premiere of “Bombshell” to the launch of the international race (can anything beat “Parasite”?) to the return of Elton John, here’s what we learned on the awards circuit this week
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‘Jojo Rabbit’ Film Review: Taika Waititi Insists That Nazis Can Be Funny
The New Zealand director has taken a risky premise and turned in a twisted piece of grandly entertaining provocation
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‘The Biggest Little Farm’ Leads Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
“Apollo 11” and “They Shall Not Grow Old” also score multiple nominations from fourth annual Critics Choice Association awards
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‘Apollo 11,’ ‘Amazing Grace’ Make International Documentary Association Awards Short List
The first film from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “American Factory,” also makes the cut for the IDA Documentary Awards
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Record 93 Countries Are in the Running for International Oscar This Year
High profile contenders include South Korea’s “Parasite,” Spain’s “Pain and Glory,” France’s “Les Miserables,” Senegal’s “Atlantics,” Romania’s “The Whistlers” and the Czech Republic’s “The Painted Bird”
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International Documentary Association to Give Awards to Freida Lee Mock, Rachel Lears
The IDA also awards prizes to Cinereach and to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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‘Almost Famous’ Hits the Stage, But How True Is the New Musical to the Movie?
Cameron Crowe’s semiautobiographical rock ‘n’ roll story is a full-fledged musical on its way to Broadway, and we ask — and answer — a few burning questions
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‘Pain and Glory’ Film Review: Antonio Banderas Plays Pedro Almodóvar – Sort Of
Cannes 2019: Almodóvar’s gentle memory piece replaces the youthful provocation of his early films with mature reflection
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Oscars International Race 2019: Complete List of Films
South Korea’s “Parasite” and Spain’s “Pain and Glory” are among the leading contenders in a field that also includes notable films from France, Brazil, Colombia, Romania, Japan and the Netherlands
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Yes, ‘The Irishman’ Will Be a Killer Contender at the Oscars
Martin Scorsese’s melancholy mob epic, which premiered at the New York Film Festival on Friday, is a film that all awards voters will have to come to terms with
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How an Unpublished Cameron Crowe Story About Elvis Presley Turned Into ‘Almost Famous’
The story, written 23 years ago but never published until now, nudged Crowe to write a screenplay about himself, his mother and his relationship to rock ‘n’ roll
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‘Apollo 11,’ ‘Diego Maradona,’ ‘Knock Down the House’ Are on the Awards Track, Says DOC NYC Short List
The annual list from the documentary festival has a strong track record of predicting Oscar nominees and winners
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Tom Hanks to Receive the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. deMille Award
Hanks is also expected to be in the running for a competitive Golden Globe for playing Mister Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
