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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Oscar Predictions 2019: Look for ‘Roma’ and Rami to Triumph in a Close, Close Race
One of the most wide-open Oscar races ever has only gotten harder to predict as it gets closer to showtime — but here are our picks in all 24 (on-the-air!) categories
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5 Other Times the Academy Tried to Give the Oscars a Makeover
Previous attempts to reinvent the Academy Awards show have resulted in good shows and bad shows and Rob Lowe and Snow White
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Spirit Awards: For a Change, They’re Not Trying to Be the Oscars’ Baby Brother
Only two years removed from a streak of matching the Oscar winner four times in a row, the Spirit Awards are honoring a slate of films that have been overlooked by the Academy but are richly deserving
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A Hostless Oscars? The Last Time the Academy Tried That, Things Got Ugly
The story of Allan Carr’s hostless train wreck in 1989 ought to be a cautionary tale for this year’s show producers
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Is Somebody Going to Take the Fall for This Year’s Oscars Fiascos?
Depending on how Sunday’s show goes, the backlash over this year’s missteps could hit the Academy president, the CEO, the board … or nobody
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Oscars 2019: Our Predictions in All 24 Categories (Photos)
Look for “Roma” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” to win big in a tight race
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‘Once Were Brothers’ Film Review: Robbie Robertson Documentary Finds the Sadness in Rock ‘n’ Roll
Daniel Roher’s documentary about the seminal musician is haunted by the deaths of three of Robertson’s fellow musicians in the Band
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Costume Designers Guild Gives Top Prizes to ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Black Panther’
In the previous 20 years, one of the CDG Awards winners has gone on to win the Oscar for Best Costume Design nine times
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Oscars Endgame: What Are ‘Roma,’ ‘Black Panther’ and Other Campaign Ads Really Trying to Say?
Oscar campaigns have tweaked their messages to appeal to more voters in the homestretch
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Oscar Race Defies the Experts: With 6 Days to Go, Nobody Knows a Damn Thing
The Writers Guild Awards results compounded the confusion: This may well be the tightest, weirdest, most confounding Best Picture competition ever
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Motion Picture Sound Editors Give Top Awards to ‘A Quiet Place,’ ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ ‘Spider-Man’
The MPSE’s Golden Reel Awards gave television honors to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Westworld,” “The Americans” and “Atlanta,” among others
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‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ and ‘Eighth Grade’ Win Writers Guild Awards for Film
“The Americans” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” win awards for drama and comedy series; “Barry” wins the award for new series
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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award for Sound Mixing
Television winners include “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Mozart in the Jungle” and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”
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‘Vice,’ ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Win Top Awards from Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
Other winners include “A Star Is Born,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Mary Poppins Returns” and “American Horror Story: Apocalypse”
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How the Oscars Bungled This Year’s Show So Badly, and Where the Academy Goes From Here
The Academy’s foolish plan was based on one giant, flawed assumption: that there’s a sensitive way to create a second-class group of categories
