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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170 Films Enter Oscars Documentary Category, Setting New Record
The previous high was 151 eligible films in 2013
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‘Stranger Things’ Creators the Duffer Brothers Tease Season 2: ‘It Gets Pretty Crazy’ (Exclusive Video)
“Once things go wrong, we really escalate the stakes quickly,” Ross Duffer tells TheWrap
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‘Bruce Springsteen on Broadway’ Review: The Boss Delivers an Intimate Musical Autobiography
Nearly 50 years after coming out of New Jersey with the songs and the drive that would make him an icon, Springsteen is doing something that feels wholly fresh
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‘Wonderstruck’ Review: Todd Haynes Aims for Magic, But It’s Elusive
As a formal exercise in the look and feel of cinema, “Wonderstruck” is dazzing; as a piece of storytelling, it’s more problematic
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‘Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Review: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell Get Dark and Freaky
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has made a deranged-stalker flick with a thrilling, almost Kubrickian level of coldness and precision
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Oscars to Invite More Voters for Foreign Language Nominees, Allow International Streaming (Exclusive)
Second phase of voting will now be open to hundreds more members, with international members getting a special break
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Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ Leads Gotham Awards Nominations
Other nominations in the independent film awards went to “The Florida Project,” “Call Me By Your Name,” “Good Time,” “I, Tonya” and “Lady Bird”
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Los Angeles Film Festival Moves to September Next Year
The festival had struggled to attract top-tier films in the summer, but the move puts it into a highly competitive spot during awards season
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Motion Picture Academy Expels Harvey Weinstein
AMPAS Board of Governors sets new precedent by kicking out Weinstein for actions not related to his Academy membership
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What Will It Take for the Academy to Expel Harvey Weinstein?
Here’s the procedure the Academy’s Board of Governors will have to use when they meet on Saturday to consider Weinstein’s fate
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NYU, Berkeley, Ringling College Win Top Student Academy Awards
Two schools from Germany and one from China take the gold medals in the international categories
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Motion Picture Academy to Discuss Harvey Weinstein’s ‘Repugnant’ Actions at Special Meeting
AMPAS says its board will consider action against Weinstein, whose actions it also calls “abhorrent and antithetical to the high standards of the Academy”
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Cat Movie ‘Kedi’ Leads Critics’ Choice Documentary Award Nominees
Other films to receive multiple nominations include “Cries From Syria,” “City of Ghosts” and “California Typewriter”
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Harvey Weinstein and the Oscar Race: He’s Gone But Not Forgotten
The ousted Weinstein Company chief revolutionized Oscar campaigning, and his influence will outlast him
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Oscars Foreign Language Chief Hints at ‘Dramatic Changes’ in the Works
Mark Johnson says that changes “in the very near future” could affect the rule that requires voters to see the contending films in a theater
