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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Art Directors Guild Likes the Look of ‘Grand Budapest Hotel,’ ‘Into the Woods’
About 80 percent of Oscar design nominees are first honored by the ADG
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Brad Pitt’s Singing Lesson and 9 Other Moments From the Palm Springs Awards Gala
How Rosamund Pike wooed David Fincher, what Eddie Redmayne did on his vacation and more
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‘Goodbye to Language’ Wins Top National Society of Film Critics Award
Jean-Luc Godard’s experimental film narrowly beats out “Boyhood” for Best Picture of the Year 2014
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‘Imitation Game’ Wins Top Awards at Capri Film Festival
Timothy Spall, Jennifer Aniston and Amy Adams win acting awards at Italian fest
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OscarWrap: LA Philharmonic’s Gustavo Dudamel Goes to the Movies With ‘The Liberator’
A major player in classical music lends his ear to Venezuela’s entry for Best Foreign Language film
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OscarWrap: Patti Smith Pens Lullaby Across Time for Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’
The rock goddess ponders past, present and future in a spiritual tune that could land her a golden statue
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Weinstein Revs Up ‘Imitation Game’ Awards Campaign by Promoting Alan Turing, not Benedict Cumberbatch
New ads for the World War II-era film extoll the character, not the filmmaking
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‘Boyhood,’ ‘Whiplash,’ ‘Gone Girl’ Nominated by American Cinema Editors
“Birdman,” “American Sniper,” “Nightcrawler,” “Imitation Game” also recognized by award with strong record predicting the Oscars
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OscarWrap: Julianne Moore Still a Contender, Still Brilliant in ‘Still Alice’
The actress reflects on her research and strict commitment to the realities of Alzheimer’s
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‘Leviathan’ Director on His Dark Look at Russia: ‘We’re Not Moving Forward, We’re Walking in Circles’
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s damning look at Putin’s Russia is a major contender on the Oscar foreign-language shortlist
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OscarWrap: The Sexy Slow Burn of Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac’s ‘Most Violent Year’ Explained
Director J.C. Chandor and heat-seeking Isaac on their critically acclaimed film that “doesn’t reveal itself to you right away”
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Smears, Sleepers & Safe Bets: 5 Burning Questions About the Oscar Race
From recent attacks on “Selma” and “The Imitation Game” to question marks about “Boyhood,” we break down a confusing race
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Good Girl Strikes Back: Amy Adams Has the Last Laugh
Wrap Magazine 2014: Her character in “Big Eyes” may be naïve and timid, but the actress who plays her is certainly not
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Angelina Jolie, Jack O’Connell and Miyavi on Pressures of ‘Unbroken’: 1 Fainted, 1 Vomited, 1 Worried
Wrap Magazine 2014: Doing justice to Louis Zamperini’s story, the director and her actors say, was an enormous challenge
