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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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
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‘Abundant Acreage Available’ Review: Amy Ryan Owns This Quiet Family Drama
Writer-director Angus MacLachlan sketches small-town lives with sensitivity, but it’s Ryan who makes his understated and enigmatic drama worth seeing
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‘Mountain Between Us’ Review: Idris Elba and Kate Winslet Plane Crash Drama Falls Short
TIFF 2017: A love story cheapens the grand survival story in Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad’s latest
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Oscars Break Another Record With 92 Foreign Language Contenders
The biggest field ever will include Ruben Ostlund’s “The Square” and Angelina Jolie’s Cambodian-language film “First They Killed My Father”
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Oscars Documentary Race Breaks a Record: Here’s the List of All 159 Entries
“City of Ghosts,” “Faces Places,” “Jane” and “Ex Libris” are among the docs that have helped break the old Oscars record of 151
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Here’s What Tom Petty Wrote as His Epitaph
The rocker grew pensive during an interview in 1981: “When it’s all over, all you’re gonna leave behind is the records”
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Tom Petty Appreciation: He Was Rocking to the End
The Southern California-based performer played his last show at the Hollywood Bowl less than a week before his death
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‘Faces Places,’ ‘Abacus,’ ‘Risk’ Get Oscar Boost From DOC NYC’s Short List
The annual list of awards-worthy documentaries also includes “The B-Side,” “City of Ghosts,” “Jane” and “Kedi”
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Could Trump’s New Travel Ban Affect the Oscar Race Again?
Two countries on the banned list, Iran and Venezuela, have already submitted entries in this year’s Oscar foreign-language race
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Oscars Overhaul and Open Up Foreign Language Voting Process
AMPAS eliminates the color-coded voting groups from past years, and drops its longstanding conflict-of-interest rules in the category
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‘Stronger’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Hangs Tough in Boston Marathon Bombing Drama
David Gordon Green’s film is an examination of how we look for uncomplicated heroes in the wake of tragedy
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Duffer Brothers on Their Journey From Film-School Rejection to ‘Stranger Things’ (Exclusive Video)
TheWrap Magazine: “We had a plan — I just can’t believe it actually worked,” Ross Duffer says
