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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Oscars Add Almost 140 Voters, But Actors Branch Shrinks Again
Number of actors in the Academy drops for the third consecutive year, but total membership tops 7,000
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‘The Revenant’ Director on Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Bear Rape’ Scene: ‘Why Didn’t I Think of That?’
Alejandro G. Inarritu jokes to TheWrap that a bear sexual assault “would have been one of the most memorable scenes ever”
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Critics’ Choice Awards Considers Adding ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ to Best Picture Nominees
In unprecedented move, Broadcast Film Critics Association will poll members to see if they would have voted for “The Force Awakens”
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‘Son of Saul,’ ‘Mustang,’ ‘Brand New Testament’ Make Oscars Foreign Language Shortlist
Colombia, Denmark, Finland and Germany are also included on a shortlist with few surprises
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‘Straight Outta Compton,’ ’50 Shades of Grey’ Nominated for Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
Sixth annual GMS Awards also single out “Creed,” “Pitch Perfect 2” and music documentaries on Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain
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Richard LaGravenese to Receive Writers Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Ian McLellan Hunter Award is named after blacklisted screenwriter recently portrayed in “Trumbo”
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‘The Fencer,’ ‘Last Cab to Darwin’ to Open and Close Palm Springs Film Festival
Festival also adds conversations with Lily Tomlin and “Amy” director Asif Kapadia, screenings of “The Revenant” and “The Brand New Testament”
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Crazy Oscars Foreign Language Race Nears Judgment Day
We know “Son of Saul” is the frontrunner, but what else could make the shortlist?
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Ennio Morricone, John Williams Make Oscars List of Eligible Scores
The composers’ scores for “The Hateful Eight” and “Star Wars” use previously-written music, but were deemed eligible
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Lands on AFI’s Top 10 List
Films range from “Mad Max” to “Straight Outta Compton” to “Room”; special TV award goes to “Mad Men”
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‘The Hunting Ground’ Wins Producers Guild’s Stanley Kramer Award
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s film about campus rape is also a PGA nominee for Best Documentary
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How Jay Roach Channeled Trumbo: ‘He’d Be Like Aaron Sorkin, So It Has to Be Funny’
Jay Roach tells TheWrap he had to channel a little Dalton Trumbo for his new film, even if it meant fixing a mistake in a Stanley Kubrick classic
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Matt Damon to Receive Palm Springs Festival Chairman’s Award
The award will be presented by Damon’s “The Martian” director, Ridley Scott
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305 Films Qualified for Oscars in 2015
The number is slightly down from last year’s Oscars total of 323
