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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Jessica Biel, Patricia Arquette and Vincent Piazza Explore the Lure of Violence in New Tribeca Films
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Cannes Film Festival Lineup Includes Woody Allen, Matthew McConaughey, Natalie Portman
Two animated films, “Inside Out” and “The Little Prince,” will also screen
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Tribeca Film Festival Makes Big Move … to Tribeca
With construction no longer clogging downtown streets, the festival can return to the neighborhood that inspired it
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Benedict Cumberbatch, James Corden Among BAFTA Television Nominees
International-series nominations go to “House of Cards,” “The Good Wife,” “Orange Is the New Black” and “True Detective”
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Lily Tomlin Film ‘Grandma’ to Open Los Angeles Film Festival
Rodrigo Garcia will serve as the festival’s guest artistic director, while Gale Anne Hurd will receive the Glory to the Filmmaker award
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Cannes Film Festival Makes Ingrid Bergman Its Poster Girl for 2015
Actress will appear in festival graphics on the 100th anniversary of her birth
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Animated Features Get the Biggest Boost From Twitter, Report Finds
Networked Insights says the average box-office value of a tweet is $560, but animated films are higher than that
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Chantal Rickards Named BAFTA Los Angeles’ First CEO
The British television executive will move from London to LA to take the newly-created position
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Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and Sam Smith Win Top Brit Awards (Complete List)
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