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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‘Citizenfour’ Sweeps Cinema Eye Honors Documentary Awards
Film about Edward Snowden wins four awards, the second to do so in Cinema Eye Honors history
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As Oscar Voting Closes, Is ‘Selma’ in Trouble?
Short answer: No, but it hasn’t been smooth sailing for Team MLK
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Writers Guild Nominations Include ‘Gone Girl,’ ‘Grand Budapest Hotel,’ ‘Boyhood,’ ‘Imitation Game’
Oscar contenders “Birdman,” “Selma” and “The Theory of Everything” were not eligible for WGA Awards
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‘Grand Budapest Hotel,’ ‘Inherent Vice,’ ‘Selma’ Nominated by Costume Designers
Other nominees include “Birdman,” “The Imitation Game” and “The Theory of Everything”
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Cinematographers Give More Nominations to ‘Birdman,’ ‘Imitation Game’ and ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’
“Mr. Turner” and “Unbroken” are also singled out by ASC
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Casting Society Nominations Pit ‘Gone Girl,’ ‘Selma’ and ‘Foxcatcher’ Against 2013’s Big Movies
Artios Awards date change means 2014 films will compete with “12 Years a Slave” and “American Hustle”
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Producers Guild Nominations Range from ‘Boyhood’ to ‘Gone Girl’ – But Not ‘Selma’
“Selma” is conspicuously missing from list of nominees, which also includes “Birdman,” “American Sniper” and “Nightcrawler”
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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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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
