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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Online Emmy Voting – Will It Make the Nominations Less Predictable?
Emmy voters are creatures of habit, but a new system could expand the pool of voters
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Student Oscars Go to Stanford, Columbia and Brigham Young
Film from Munich’s University of Television and Film wins international award
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Panel Examines TV’s Crisis Management: Embrace the New Landscape, But Hang on Tight
Producers Guild conference concludes, “There’s never been more opportunity, and it’s never been harder to get the right deal”
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Taylor Kitsch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rose McGowan, Oscar Isaac Films Coming to Palm Springs ShortFest
Oscar-qualifying short-film festival will also showcase shorts with NIck Offerman, Tony Hale, Alex Karpovsky, Sarah Paulson and Sophia Loren
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Reveals Inspirations for ‘HitRECord’: Judy Garland and The Muppets
Gordon-Levitt talks with TheWrap about crowd sourcing and the changing face of television
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10 People, Places and Things to Remember From the Cannes Film Festival
From art movies to Kristen Stewart, Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain, a strong and deep festival produced memorable moments
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Turkish Drama ‘Winter Sleep’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes
Julianne Moore and Timothy Spall win acting honors; Bennett Miller takes directing award for “Foxcatcher”
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Sony Classics Buys Palme d’Or Contender ‘Leviathan’
Russian epic is considered a frontrunner for the top Cannes award
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Romantic Comedy ‘Love at First Fight’ Sweeps Directors’ Fortnight Awards at Cannes
Cannes 2014: The Thomas Cailley rom-com becomes first film to win all three honors in the section
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Rampaging Dogs Movie ‘White God’ Wins Top Prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard
Cannes 2014: Other awards go to “Turist,” “The Salt of the Earth,” “Party Girl” and actor David Gulpilil
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Good Morning Cannes, Day 9: Kristen Stewart Shines, Justin Bieber Behaves and Quentin Tarantino Complains
A tight Palme d’Or race enters its final day as the stars come out to party (and fundraise)
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Cannes: ‘The Tribe’ Wins Critics’ Week Awards
Ukranian film told in sign language takes top prize and two other honors in independent Cannes sidebar
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Student Film From U of Texas Wins Cannes’ Cinefondation Prize
Annie Silverstein’s “Skunk” lands a 15,000 Euro prize and guaranteed spot at Cannes for her first feature
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Good Morning Cannes, Day 8: A Cocky Kid, a Grizzled Vet and Lot of Dogs
Xavier Dolan shows he has a right to be cocky, and Jean-Luc Godard becomes the latest director to point his camera at canines
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Robert Pattinson’s Cannes Makeover Gets Darker and Bloodier With ‘The Rover’
Cannes 2014: David Michod’s grimy road movie joins “Maps to the Stars” as an opportunity for indie-driven reinvention
