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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Academy Lets PwC Keep Its Job Despite Oscars Fiasco – But With Big Changes
The accounting firm will add a third balloting leader to the Oscars team to recover from what the Academy calls an “unacceptable” mistake
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Golden Globes Reveal Timeline for Earliest-Ever Ceremony
Nominations will be announced on December 11, with final ballots due on January 3
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Cannes Film Festival Features Claudia Cardinale on its 70th Anniversary Poster
A 1959 shot of the Italian actress graces the official artwork for the 2017 festival
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Tribeca TV Lineup to Include ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Premieres
Ron Howard’s “Genius,” Ken Burns “The Vietnam War” and the documentary “I Am Heath Ledger” will also debut at the festival
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Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Kobe Bryant to Join Tribeca Film Festival Talks
Programs will also include a live performance by Common and celebrity interviewers Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Dustin Hoffman
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Chuck Berry Appreciation: Hail to the True Creator of Rock Music and Attitude
Elvis Presley may have been the king of rock ‘n’ roll, but Berry came up with the true template for the genre
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Oscars Stage Manager Details PwC Accountants’ Incompetence: ‘They Froze’ (Exclusive)
Gary Natoli says PwC’s Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz had to be pushed onto the stage to correct their error
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‘I Don’t Feel at Home’ Review: Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood Kick Butt
Macon Blair’s bloody black comedy gives Lynskey a rare chance to be tough, not tender
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Oscar Season’s Winners and Losers, From ‘Moonlight’ to Those Bumbling Accountants
We offer a postmortem on a dazzling, moving and — in the end — messy awards season
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Academy Adds Its Own Apology for the Oscars Best Picture Mess
“We will determine what actions are appropriate going forward,” Academy says in the wake of PwC’s embarrassing error
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Read the Oscar Accountants’ New, Expanded Apology: ‘Last Night We Failed the Academy’
“PwC takes full responsibility for the series of mistakes and breaches of established protocols during last night’s Oscars,” reads the new statement
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Why Did Oscars Take So Long to Fix Best Picture Flub and 7 Other Questions From Night’s Epic Fail
Let’s not rush to judgment, but PwC’s Brian Cullinan may have worked his last Oscars
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The Oscars and PwC Post-Envelope Flub: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
The accountants’ two huge errors damaged the credibility of the Academy and the Oscars and overshadowed what should have been a historic night
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Academy’s Accountants Take the Blame for Oscars Flub
PricewaterhouseCoopers says it is investigating how the envelope mixup happened
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How ‘Moonlight’ Pulled Off the Biggest, Wildest Oscars Upset Ever
Shocking as it was, the “Moonlight” victory made sense on a night full of wins that were both emotional and political