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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Academy Elects Michael Giacchino, Rory Kennedy to Board of Governors
Tom Hanks is among the nine incumbents who held onto seats on a board that now contains a record 17 women
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Emmys to Give Syd Cassyd Award to Producer Spike Jones Jr.
Jones will receive the honor at the Creative Arts Emmys, the show he’s produced for the last 20 years
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Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke Drama ‘Everest’ to Open Venice Film Festival
Director Baltasar Kormákur’s film will kick off the fest on Sept. 2
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Jerry Weintraub Appreciation: A Hollywood Mogul Straight Out of Central Casting
The veteran producer, promoter and executive always looked, acted and talked the part
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15 Things to Know About the Academy’s Board of Governors Election
It’s Ava DuVernay vs. Michael Mann, a Kennedy on the ballot and a potential record for diversity
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Oscar Voter Diversity Report Card: How Women, Minorities Rank Among New AMPAS Members
Less than a third of the Academy’s new members are female or of color
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Can Emmy Voters Ignore ‘Empire,’ ‘Transparent’ and ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ as Balloting Ends?
Unlike the Oscars, the Emmy calendar makes reading the tea leaves an exercise in futility — but there are clues as to which way the Academy will go
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Oscars Invites Record 322: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Emma Stone, Chris Pine Among Sought Members
Chris Pine, Kevin Hart, Felicity Jones, Rosamund Pike, J.K. Simmons also receive invites
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Emmy Wrap: ‘Downton Abbey’ Creator Julian Fellowes on Why He’s Ending the Show Before the Nazis
“There have been wonderful films about them, but I don’t think I’m the right guy to write them,” the British writer tells TheWrap
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Emmy Wrap: ‘Togetherness’ Creators Mark and Jay Duplass on Why TV Beats Movies for Storytellers
“We were frustrated with what we call the middle class of independent film,” the Emmy-contending brothers tell TheWrap
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Hacking Comedy: How Silicon’s ‘Valley of the Dudes’ Keeps the Laughs and Antics Going Offscreen (Video)
“We’re strangely similar to our characters, both as people and in a group dynamic,” T.J. Miller tells TheWrap
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Lili Taylor Returning to ‘American Crime’ for Season 2
The actress was a guest star in the first season, but will be a regular in the second
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LA City Council Approves Academy’s Movie Museum
Unanimous vote keeps AMPAS on track for 2017 opening
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Academy Awards Expands Visual Effects and Doc Shortlists, But Doesn’t Add Categories
AMPAS Board of Governors also opts not to change the number of Best Picture nominees
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Emmy Breakout Titus Welliver Is More Than Just a Hard-Boiled Dick in ‘Bosch’: Watch His #selfieinterview (Video)
His favorite moments in the LA-based detective series are the silences, the veteran character actor says
