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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‘The Favourite’ Dominates at the European Film Awards
Antonio Banderas and Olivia Colman win the acting awards for “Pain and Glory” and “The Favourite”
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‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Writers on What’s Fact and Fiction in Mr Rogers Movie
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Screenwriters Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster explain that one of the lead characters is largely fictionalized — but it isn’t Mr. Rogers
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Writers Explain the Secret to Great Biopics
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The truth is stranger than fiction, so use as much of it as you possibly can,” Larry Karaszewski says
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‘Ford v Ferrari’ Writers Explain Their Policy: ‘Stick to the Truth, Not the Facts’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “You do as much diligent research as you can, and then forget about it,” says Jez Butterworth of the approach he and John-Henry Butterworth took on the auto-racing drama
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How ‘The Two Popes’ Screenwriter Created Those Private Conversations in the Vatican
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “We don’t know really what happened,” writer Anthony McCarten says
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Golden Globes Nomination Film Predictions: ‘The Irishman,’ ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ … And What Else?
With voters split between dark movies like “Joker” and crowd-pleasing ones like “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” the Globes nominations are harder to predict than ever
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Hey, Oscars: Your Vote-Counting System Is Suddenly a Hot Trend in Political Elections
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Ranked-choice voting might seem complicated to Oscar voters, but six states will be using it in the Democratic primaries next year
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Taron Egerton on How ‘Rocketman’ Found Elton John’s Truth by Not Worrying About the Facts
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I just wanted to capture the showman in him, the anger in him, the pain and vulnerability,” the actor says
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‘Les Miserables’ Director Says Things Haven’t Changed Much Since Victor Hugo’s Time
“A century later people are still miserable there,” Ladj Ly says of the Paris suburb where Hugo wrote his 1862 novel and Ly set his explosive new film of the same name
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Sorry, Oscar Voters: Here’s All the Swag They’re Not Allowed to Send You
‘Tis the season for lots of swag, as long as you’re not in the Academy
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‘Wild Rose’ Star Jessie Buckley Changed Her Mind About Country Music After Playing a Nashville Singer
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I thought it was a bit hick,” the Irish actress says
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Meet Julia Butters, the 10-Year-Old Scene Stealer From ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I had no idea who Quentin (Tarantino) was, so I didn’t know it was going to be a big movie,” actress says
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AFI Top 10 List Includes ‘The Irishman,’ ‘Joker,’ ‘The Farewell’
Television honorees include the final seasons of “Game of Thrones” and “Veep”
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How Gershwin Superfan Elisabeth Moss Became a Punk Singer in ‘Her Smell’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I have great pictures of me in my ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ costume playing a guitar,” says Moss of her preparation for the Alex Ross Perry drama
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New York Film Critics Circle Awards: ‘The Irishman’ Named Best Picture of 2019
Antonio Banderas, Lupita Nyong’o, Joe Pesci and Laura Dern win acting awards, while the Safdie brothers win best director for “Uncut Gems”
