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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‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Leads Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations
“Fargo” is the most-nominated television series in the newly-merged awards show
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Online Film Critics Say ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Is Best
George Miller’s action flick wins four awards; “Carol” wins three, including honors for Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara
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‘Youth’ Wins Top Prize at European Film Awards
Acting awards went to Michael Caine for “Youth” and Charlotte Rampling for “45 Years”
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Golden Globes Voters Muddy Awards Waters With Nods for Big Studios, Micro-Indies
Voters served their major-studio masters but also recognized indies like “Spotlight” and “Room,” but they’re unlikely to impact the Oscar race much
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SAG Awards’ Message to Hollywood: Don’t Procrastinate
The three big late-breaking movies, “The Revenant,” “Joy” and “The Hateful Eight,” got only one nomination between them
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Alicia Vikander to Receive Rising Star Award From Palm Springs Fest
Swedish actress receives honor for “The Danish Girl,” one of her five 2015 films
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Quentin Tarantino Braces for ‘Surprise’ From Cops at ‘Hateful Eight’ Premiere
“I can’t imagine it being anything other than them trying to embarrass me,” Tarantino tells TheWrap
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7 Films That Got an Oscars Boost From the Critics Awards — and 5 That Didn’t
“Spotlight” emerges as the favorite among collective critics, who shut out Jennifer Lawrence’s “Joy” entirely
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Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd Top Grammy Award Nominations
Lamar scores 11 nominations to lead the field; Swift and The Weeknd are next with seven each
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Grammy Nominations 2016: The Complete List
Kendrick Lamar is the most frequent nominee in the Recording Academy’s 83 categories
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‘Ex Machina,’ ‘Room’ Win Big at British Independent Film Awards
Tom Hardy and Saoirse Ronan win acting awards for “Legend” and “Brooklyn”
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‘Spotlight’ Named Best Film by Los Angeles Film Critics
Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Rampling, Alicia Vikander and Michael Shannon win acting awards; George Miller wins Best Director for “Mad Max”
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Oscar Flashback to ‘Little Fart’ Roberto Benigni’s Surprise Win
The “Life Is Beautiful” star’s Oscar antic were amusing… except to competitors like Nick Nolte and Ian McKellen
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‘The Look of Silence’ Wins Top Prize at IDA Awards
International Documentary Association also honors “Best of Enemies,” “POV,” “Independent Lens” and “The Jinx”
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Why Oscar Foreign Film Award’s One-Country Rule Is So Outdated
With international collaborations increasingly common, even the chair of the Academy’s foreign language committee admits, “It has to change”
