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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‘Eagles of Death Metal’ Director Colin Hanks on His Doubts About Retelling Concert Attack
Oscar Wrap Magazine: “I don’t necessarily like to stick a camera in my friends’ faces,” Hanks says of depicting aftermath of 2015 terror attack on Paris concert hall
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Producers Guild Documentary Nominees Include ‘Jane,’ ‘City of Ghosts,’ ‘Cries From Syria’
The winner will be announced at the Producers Guild Awards on January 20, 2018
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Oscar Contender ‘Jane’ Takes Brett Morgen From Kurt Cobain to Jane Goodall
Oscar Wrap Magazine: Despite his acclaimed docs about Kurt Cobain and Robert Evans, Morgen said the primatologist had no idea who he was
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‘Faces Places’ Directors Agnès Varda and JR Look for Fun in a ‘Disgusting’ World
Oscar Wrap Magazine: “We suffer to be in a century of so much tragedy, but should we add to the news of the bad times?” says legendary French director
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Angelina Jolie Decries Hate Speech and the ‘Failure of Democracy’: ‘We Have to Pay Attention’
Star says she wanted to make her Oscar-contending film “First They Killed My Father” not about Cambodia, but with Cambodia
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Sam Rockwell to Receive Palm Springs Film Festival Award for ‘Three Billboards’
Rockwell will join previously announced honorees Gal Gadot and Timothee Chalamet at the January 2 awards gala
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‘Mudbound’ Review: Dee Rees’ Movie About Southern Race Relations Bogs Down in Melodrama
Dee Rees’ follow-up to “Pariah” and “Bessie” is a sweeping saga but also a letdown
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Gary Oldman to Receive Modern Master Award from Santa Barbara Film Festival
The “Darkest Hour” actor will be given the award in a ceremony on February 2
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Oscars’ Governors Awards Party in the Shadow of Hollywood’s Dark Times
Agnes Varda, Donald Sutherland and Alejandro G. Inarritu are among the honorees on a night that was a moment of truth in an odd awards season
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Pixar’s ‘Coco,’ 2 Lego Movies Top List of 26 Oscars Animation Contenders
The number of submitted films is large enough to trigger a full slate of five nominees in the category
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‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Movie Review: Frances McDormand Is Bloody Funny
McDormand is a force of nature in Martin McDonagh’s black comedy set in small-town America
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Willem Dafoe Lands Cinema Vanguard Award from Santa Barbara Film Fest
“The Florida Project” star will receive his award at a ceremony on February 1
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Gal Gadot to Receive Award From Palm Springs Film Festival
“Wonder Woman” actress will be given the Rising Star award on January 2
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‘City of Ghosts,’ ‘Strong Island’ Lead Cinema Eye Honors Nominations
Other nominated documentaries include “Faces Places,” “Ex Libris,” “Last Men in Aleppo” and “Quest”
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‘It Happened in LA’ Review: Here’s a Different Look at La La Land
There are no song-and-dance numbers in the film, but Michelle Morgan’s words can sing in this genial Left Coast rom-com
