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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Christian Bale’s Inspiration to Play Moses in ‘Exodus’: Monty Python
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Russia Makes Bold Choice, Sends ‘Leviathan’ to Oscar Foreign-Language Race
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s drama is controversial in its home country, but could become an Oscar favorite
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How ‘Boxtrolls’ Got Made by Two Guys Who Didn’t Know Any Better
For its third animated feature, Oregon studio Laika turned to a pair of neophytes at directing stop-motion features
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Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac Film ‘A Most Violent Year’ to Open AFI Fest
J.C. Chandor’s crime drama will have its world premiere in Hollywood on Nov. 6
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Cinematography Awards Go to John Bailey — Twice
Bill Roe, Phil Meheux, Matthew Leonetti, Michael Goi will also receive awards from ASC, ICG
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Oscar Foreign-Language Contenders, 2014: The Complete List
Frontrunners include Poland’s “Ida,” Turkey’s “Winter Sleep,” Belgium’s “Two Days, One Night” and Sweden’s “Force Majeure”
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Mark Gordon to Receive Producers Guild’s Norman Lear Award
Producer will be honored at the PGA Awards next Jan. 24
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Rory Kennedy: ‘We Haven’t Learned the Lessons From Vietnam’
The director of “Last Days of Vietnam” discusses the parallels with Iraq and Afghanistan, and why President Obama should see her film
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Oscars to Add Winning Foreign Language Director’s Name on Statuette
Unprecedented acknowledgement of the filmmaker could be joined by other changes, says committee chair Mark Johnson
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Robert Downey Jr., Emma Watson, Mike Leigh to Receive Britannia Awards
BAFTA Los Angeles honors will also go to Mark Ruffalo and Dame Judi Dench
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Edward Snowden Documentary ‘Citizenfour’ to Premiere at NY Film Festival
Film began with anonymous emails from Snowden to director Laura Poitras
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‘The Imitation Game’ Wins Toronto Audience Award
Runner-up honors go to “Learning to Drive” and “St. Vincent,” documentary prize to “Beats of the Antonov”
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Toronto Documentaries Serve Up a Menu of Murder and Lies
Toronto 2014: “The Look of Silence,” “Merchants of Doubt” and “Tales of the Grim Sleeper” are all chilling
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Sony Classics’ Toronto Pickup of ‘Still Alice’ Puts Julianne Moore in the Oscar Race
Toronto 2014: SPC’s deal to distribute the Alzheimer’s drama makes the four-time acting nominee a strong contender once again
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Viggo Mortensen Comes to Toronto Speaking Four Languages – But Not English
Toronto 2014: In “Far From Men” and “Jauja,” the actor appears onscreen speaking French, Danish, Spanish and Arabic
