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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Chris Rock’s Hiring: If the Voters Won’t Address Oscars’ Diversity Woes, the Academy Will
Academy brass and show producers can’t change the number of African-American nominees, but they hired a host likely to talk about it
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Chris Rock Was Funniest Oscar Host Ever, If You Were at His Rehearsals
When this year’s host first did the gig in 2005, his off-camera remarks were rude and hilarious
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AFI Fest Completes Lineup With Oscar Contenders, Films With Maggie Smith and Tim Roth
The festival will take place in Hollywood from Nov. 5-12
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‘Beasts of No Nation’ Director Cary Fukunaga on Capturing Violence in Africa: ‘You Can’t Turn a Blind Eye’
“The acts of brutality that really happen are impossible to shoot,” says the director of the harrowing Netflix drama
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Academy Relaunches Grant Programs After 1-Year Hiatus
AMPAS programs offering grants to film scholars, festivals and film education are accepting applications again
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AFI Fest Adds Oscar Contenders, Festival Favorites to Lineup
Hollywood festival adds 20 titles, including films starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger and Cynthia Nixon
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‘Crimson Peak’ Director Guillermo del Toro on How Hollywood Is Limiting Horror Movies
“What it had going against it for the market is that it was a female-centric movie with an R rating,” del Toro tells TheWrap about his haunted-house film
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How ‘Steve Jobs’ Steamrolled Objections of Apple Founder’s Family
Jobs’ family refused director Danny Boyle’s request to use the iconic ‘1984’ Apple ad but the director found a way to use it anyway
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Oscars: 80 Countries Qualify for Best Foreign Language Film
Newcomer Paraguay joins hopefuls like Austria’s “Goodnight Mommy” and Germany’s “Labyrinth of Lies”
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Fox’s Jim Gianopulos to Receive Producers Guild’s Milestone Award
The PGA’s highest honor will go to Gianopulos at its award ceremony on Jan. 23
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33 Best Picture Challengers in First Oscar Outlook: ‘The Martian,’ ‘Steve Jobs,’ ‘Bridge of Spies’
This year’s crowded Academy Awards field lacks any clear frontrunners — but not because it wants for worthy candidates
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Critics’ Choice Movie, Television Awards to Combine Into ‘Super Show’
Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast TV Journalists Association will hold joint show on Sunday, Jan. 17
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Will Smith’s ‘Concussion’ to Premiere at AFI Fest
Film about traumatic brain injury in the NFL will screen at the Chinese Theatre on Nov. 10
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Oscar Voters Faced With Deluge of Fall Documentary Screeners
An October package of 62 additional qualifying films pushes the total doc field close to last year’s total of 134
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Academy Honors Aspiring Screenwriters With $35,000 Nicholl Fellowships
The awards will be handed out at the Academy on Nov. 4
