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 Rider’ Wins Best Picture from National Society of Film Critics Awards
Acting awards go to Olivia Colman, Regina King, Ethan Hawke and Steven Yeun
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Producers Guild Awards Nominations Include ‘Roma,’ ‘Black Panther,’ ‘A Star Is Born’ – and Also ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
About 75 percent of Producers Guild Awards nominees go on to receive Oscar nominations for Best Picture, though the two awards never match completely
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Lin-Manuel Miranda on Why a ‘Puerto Rican Dude’ in ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Is Such a Breakthrough
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “We’re not only playing the ‘Latino’ roles, but also playing great roles where race is just a part of it — it’s a step forward for representation,” the actor says
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‘Black Panther’ Stars Chadwick Boseman and Michael B Jordan Recall Playing the Same Role on ‘All My Children’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “They said, ‘You are too much trouble,’” Boseman says the soap told him when he was fired for voicing objections to the part — that Jordan then took over
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Sorry, ‘A Star Is Born’ and ‘Black Panther’! Netflix’s ‘Roma’ Is Dominating 2018 Critics’ Awards So Far
With more than 30 groups declaring their favorites, Alfonso Cuarón’s drama has won as many best-picture awards as the next five rivals combined
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Oscars: Europe Loses Ground and 6 Other Lessons We Learned From This Year’s Short Lists
From foreign films to docs and songs and scores and shorts, the lists revealed a few things about this year’s races
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‘Cold War’ Film Review: Romance in Postwar Europe Is Ravishing and Haunted
Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski returns to Europe in the aftermath of World War II in his first film since the 2013 Oscar winner “Ida”
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‘Black Panther,’ ‘Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Lead Oscar Song, Score Shortlists
“A Quiet Place,” “Mary Poppins Returns” and “A Star Is Born” also make the list
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‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor,’ ‘Free Solo’ Lead Oscar Documentary Shortlist
Shortlist finalists in nine categories were released by the Academy
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‘Roma’ and ‘Cold War’ Lead Oscars Best Foreign Language Film Shortlist
Oscar nominations are announced on Jan. 22
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Jeff Bridges to Receive Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award
Actor wins honorary award for career that includes “The Big Lebowski,” “Crazy Heart,” “True Grit,” “Starman” and “The Last Picture Show”
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Oscars’ Best Picture Category Needs Fixing – Here’s an Easy Way to Do It
OscarWrap magazine: At a time when the Academy wants to embrace inclusion and diversity, it’s sticking to a system that narrows voters’ focus
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‘Cold War’ Wins Big at the European Film Awards
No EFA winner has ever gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, but six have won the foreign language Oscar
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Inside ‘Green Book’: Read Tony Lip’s Real Letters From the Road Tour With Donald Shirley
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Nick Vallelonga, son of the man played by Viggo Mortensen, says his father’s reaction to the movie would be, “Why the hell weren’t you making movies about me a long time ago?”
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The Oscars Are About to Dump a Load of Short Lists on Us – Here’s What to Expect
For the first time, the Academy will release nine short lists at once, trimming the field in the foreign-language, documentary and music categories, among others
