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 Gains 600 Oscar Voters After Year of Big Changes
After sending out a record number of invitations in June, every one of the Academy’s branches saw an increase in members
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Critics Awards 2016: It’s a Tight Battle Between ‘Moonlight’ and ‘La La Land’
In pre-holiday voting, “Moonlight” has the edge in wins; Casey Affleck, Viola Davis and Mahershala Ali dominate in acting categories
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Oscars Gender Gap Extends to Actors and Actresses
Almost 60 percent of the performances submitted to the Academy for consideration were by men
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How Damien Chazelle Pulled Off the Big, Bold Musical ‘La La Land’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “We were making three pieces of art at once: a normal movie, an album of music and a dance piece,” filmmaker says
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Denzel Washington’s ‘Fences’ Stars Spill on Actor-Driven Oscar Contender (Videos)
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “He completely disarmed any anxiety or fear,” newcomer Jovan Adepo says of working with his director
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How ‘Hell or High Water,’ ‘Arrival’ Screenwriters Use Genre to Talk About Today’s America
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Writers of “Captain Fantastic” and “American Pastoral” also discuss how their films are timely
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336 Films Qualify for Oscars in 2016
The number is an increase over last year’s total of 305, and marks the largest number of contenders in recent years
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Oscars Makeup Shortlist Includes ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Deadpool,’ ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’
“Suicide Squad,” “A Man Called Ove,” “The Dressmaker” and “Hail, Caesar!” also make the cut on the seven-film list
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How Felicity Jones Found the Heart in CG-Heavy ‘A Monster Calls’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I remember being in tears after I finished reading it,” actress says of the story of a young boy visited by a giant tree creature
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‘Julieta’ Review: A Subdued Pedro Almodovar Is Still Weird Enough
At a Cannes Film Festival full of the kind of transgressive filmmaking he pioneered, Almodóvar has gotten downright decorous
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‘Sing’ Review: Illumination’s Animated Musical Doesn’t Need Minions to Charm
With this touching and emotional film, Chris Meledandri’s company takes a big step up
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How Tom Ford Went From Designer to Director With ‘Nocturnal Animals’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Fashion is “very different from making a movie, which is hopefully not going to be marked down in three months,” director says
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‘Jackie’ Star Natalie Portman on Artfully Invading Jackie Kennedy’s Privacy
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The family went through so much, and you don’t want to add to anyone’s suffering,” Portman says of portraying the iconic First Lady
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’20th Century Women’ Star Annette Bening on Why Acting Still Scares Her
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “You feel like you’re on a tightrope,” the four-time Oscar nominee says
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‘Manchester by the Sea’ Director Kenneth Lonergan: I Loved Yelling at Casey Affleck
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Writer-director also explains the film’s unique flashback structure
