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 Contenders ‘Ida’ and ‘Leviathan’ Lead European Film Award Nominations
“Winter Sleep,” “Force Majeure” and “Nymphomaniac” will also compete for best European film
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‘Virunga’ Is Netflix Documentary Gem: How Filmmakers Are Trying to Bring Down Big Oil
The film about a national park in the Congo is working to put pressure on SOCO International
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Eddie Redmayne to Receive Acting Award from Palm Springs Film Festival
“Theory of Everything” star becomes the first honoree to be announced by the festival
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At the AFI Fest, actress tells TheWrap she won’t play favorites
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AFI Fest Opener ‘A Most Violent Year’ Gives Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain a ‘Gangster Movie Road Map’
Director J.C. Chandor calls his drama follows “a good old-fashioned Hollywood movie”
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AFI Fest Fights Off ‘Interstellar’ to Court the Industry and the Public
Pushed out of one usual venue by Christopher Nolan’s epic, the festival grabs a bigger theater for its annual mix of studios and indies
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Disney, William Joyce and Bill Plympton Make Oscar Shortlist for Animated Shorts
10 films advance, including two from past winners
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Sloan Film Summit Explores Collision of Film and Science (Exclusive Video)
Three-day program comes as science-based films “The Imitation Game,” “The Theory of Everything” and “Interstellar” hit theaters
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20 Films Submitted for Best Animated Feature at 2014 Oscars
The number of submissions paves the way for a full slate of five nominees once again
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’71,’ ‘Pride,’ Benedict Cumberbatch Land British Independent Film Nominations
“Mr. Turner,” “Frank” and “Calvary” are also among top nominees
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Oscar-Qualifying Documentaries Revealed: Complete List of 134 Films (Exclusive)
Films in contention run the gamut from “Afternoon of a Faun” to “A World Not Ours”
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Dame Judi Dench, Mark Ruffalo and Mike Leigh also receive honors from BAFTA Los Angeles
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Edward Snowden and Vivian Maier Documentaries Nominated for IDA Awards
“CitizenFour” and “Finding Vivian Maier” are joined by “Point and Shoot,” “The Salt of the Earth” and “Tales of the Grim Sleeper” in top doc honors
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‘Interstellar’ Lifts Off, But There’s Still No Oscar Frontrunner
Christopher Nolan’s epic has something in common with the rest of this year’s movies: It’s not an obvious winner
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Chris Rock: No, I Didn’t Get an Offer to Host the Oscars
Comic actor denies recent report that the producers came to him before Neil Patrick Harris
