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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How Paul Greengrass’ ’22 July’ Shows the ‘Right-Wing, Populist Typhoon Blowing Through the West’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: The British director’s film is set in 2011, but he says, “It’s the story of where we are today — how do we fight for our democracy at a time when it’s under profound challenge”
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‘Private Life’ Star Kathryn Hahn on Her Onscreen Chemistry With Paul Giamatti: ‘A Soupy Mystery’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “It’s hard to even talk about our process, but I didn’t have to look anywhere but into his eyeballs,” actress says of her work with her co-star
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Why ‘Leave No Trace’ Breakout Star Thomasin McKenzie Isn’t Gunning for a Marvel Movie Anytime Soon
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I was really attracted to the fact that there weren’t any villains or antagonists or bad guys,” the 18-year old New Zealand-born actress says
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How Natalie Portman’s Toxic Diva in ‘Vox Lux’ Hit Home
OscarWrap magazine: “It’s something I’ve been very interested in because of my personal experience of the separation between the public and the private,” Portman says of the film’s theme
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Olivia Colman to Receive Palm Springs Film Festival’s Desert Palm Award
The star of Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” will receive the honor at the festival’s annual Awards Gala on Jan. 3, 2019
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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Fact Checks: How Much Is Real Life? How Much Is Fantasy?
TheWrap Oscar magazine: We speak to screenwriter Anthony McCarten about where the filmmakers took creative liberty — and why
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SAG Awards Nominations Are Great News for ‘A Star Is Born,’ But Not for ‘The Favourite’
For “The Favourite,” “Vice,” “Roma” and “Green Book,” the lack of a SAG ensemble nomination hurts in an exceptionally competitive awards year
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African American Film Critics Name ‘Black Panther’ the Year’s Best Film
“BlacKkKlansman,” “The Hate U Give” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” win two awards each
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Santa Barbara Film Fest’s Virtuosos Winners Range From Sam Elliott to Elsie Fisher
Other honorees are Richard E. Grant, Claire Foy, John David Washington, Thomasin McKenzie, Steven Yeun and Yalitza Aparicio
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Do the Oscars Have an Asia Problem in the Foreign Language Film Race?
The Academy has only nominated seven films from 17 Asian countries in the last 20 years
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Diane Warren Explains Her Trilogy of Inspirational Movie Songs, From ‘The Hunting Ground’ to ‘RBG’
OscarWrap Songs Special: “I still have my fun songs — but when I can do songs that can have power and motivate someone, I want to do it,” says the nine-time Oscar nominee
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How ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Got Alan Menken to Write the Ultimate Alan Menken Parody
OscarWrap Songs Special: “It’s flattering when they say, ‘Give us something that’s like that thing you did before,’” says the eight-time Oscar winner
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Why Songwriter Keegan DeWitt Couldn’t Write Songs for Nick Offerman in ‘Hearts Beat Loud’
OscarWrap Songs Special: “I lost a whole week before I called the director and said, ‘I don’t know how to do that,’” Keegan DeWitt says of tailoring his music to the comic actor
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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Songwriters on Facing the Pressure of Following a Classic
Oscar songs special: “How could we possibly be as brave or audacious or naïve as we needed to be to take on such a project?” says songwriter Marc Shaiman of his and Scott Wittman’s job on the Rob Marshall film
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‘The Favourite’ Tops All Films in Critics’ Choice Award Nominations
But “Black Panther” is nipping at the leader’s heels, finishing second in total nominations
