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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Jill Soloway, Magic Johnson Headline SXSW Speakers Lineup
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Writer-director worked on the campus of his alma mater to create his new vision for “live cinema”
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Peter Scolari’s Late Emmy Nomination Scores ‘Girls’ Its Only Nod This Year
Previous nominee Peter MacNicol lost his eligibility in the guest actor category
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Academy Takes the Secrecy Out of Its Secret Committees
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Academy Doesn’t Show Much Appetite for Change in Board of Governors Voting
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GKIDS Picks Up North American Rights to Feminist Animated Film ‘Miss Hokusai’
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