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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Oscar voters downsized the Best Picture category, and the kind of movies they nominated
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Jodie Foster Receives 2 Directors Guild Television Nominations
“Homeland” gets a pair of noms to lead all primetime television series
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Matthew McConaughey, Julia Roberts, Casts of ‘Boyhood’ and ‘Birdman’ to Present at SAG Awards
First round of announced presenters will join Carrie Fisher on stage at the Shrine Auditorium
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And can “Selma” recover from a bad showing with the Hollywood guilds to grab some Oscar redemption?
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Oscars to Honor 21 Scientific and Technical Achievements
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Directors Guild Nominates Richard Linklater, Alejandro Inarritu, Wes Anderson, Morten Tyldum and Clint Eastwood
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‘Planet of the Apes’ Leads Visual Effects Society Nominations
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Cinema Audio Society Thinks ‘Interstellar’ Sounds Just Fine
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Streaming Crashes Golden Globes With Amazon’s Historic Wins
As delivery platforms change, awards shows are forced to become “platform-agnostic”
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Golden Globes Voters Spread the Wealth and Honor the Little Guys
“Boyhood” remains on top, “Birdman” takes a hit and Globes voters like new TV shows, not old ones
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Awards credibility is secondary when you’re selling yourself as Hollywood’s biggest party of the year
