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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Producers Guild Nominates ‘Amy,’ ‘The Hunting Ground,’ ‘The Look of Silence’ for Documentary Award
“Meru” and surprise nominee “Something Better to Come” also make the PGA’s list
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Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse and Kurt Cobain All Compete for Oscar Glory in Documentary Race
This year’s Oscar documentary feature race is full of films about musicians both tortured and triumphant
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Ian McKellen Delights Oscar Voters With Epic Stories About Meryl Streep, Annette Bening, Ava Gardner
At the age of 76, the “Mr. Holmes” star has been tireless, and always entertaining, on the awards campaign trail
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Pixar, CalArts and Punkrobot Make Oscar Shortlist for Animated Shorts
Shortlisted films include “Bear Story,” winner of TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival
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Oscar Voters Narrow Live-Action Short Field to 10
The shortlisted films include one Student Academy Award winner
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‘The Martian,’ ‘Spotlight’ and 5 Other Movies That Could Win the Best Picture Oscar
With “The Revenant” and “Joy” waiting in the wings, the Oscar race still feels unsettled
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‘Gotham,’ ‘Marco Polo’ Lead American Society of Cinematographers TV Nominations
“Game of Thrones,” “Blindspot” and “Bessie” also singled out by the ASC
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SXSW Film Festival To Open With Richard Linklater’s ‘Everybody Wants Some’
College-set comedy will kick off the festival on March 11, 2016
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Oscars Disqualify Afghan Foreign Language Entry ‘Utopia’ (Exclusive)
The film was determined to contain too much English dialogue, reducing the field from 81 to 80
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Spike Lee Slams Hollywood for ‘Ridiculous’ Lack of Diversity at Academy’s Governors Awards
“It’s easier to be the president of the United States as a black person than to be the head of a studio,” said Lee
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Hollywood ‘Stands in Solidarity’ With France, Says Academy President at Governors Awards
“All of us here stand in solidarity and support of France and the French people,” says Cheryl Boone Isaacs
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Saoirse Ronan to Receive International Star Award From Palm Springs Film Fest
“Brooklyn” actress joins Cate Blanchett as first Palm Springs honorees
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Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams to Receive Santa Barbara Film Fest Tribute
The three actors will be given the festival’s American Riviera Award for their work in “Spotlight”
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‘Harry Potter’ Producer David Heyman to Receive Top PGA Honor
Producer will accept the David O. Selznick Achievement Award on January 23
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‘Cartel Land’ Leads Cinema Eye Honors With 5 Nominations
Other nonfiction movies with multiple nominations are “Amy,” “Democrats,” “Listen to Me,” “The Look of Silence” and “The Wolfpack”
