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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Lupita Nyong’o, Michael Fassbender, Barkhad Abdi Invited to Join Motion Picture Academy
This year’s crop of 271 AMPAS invitees also includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Chris Rock, Jay and Mark Duplass, Steve Coogan and Megan Ellison
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Academy Changes Oscar Campaign Rules for the Music Branch
New regulations come on the heels of the unprecedented disqualification of a song nominee earlier this year
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Why ‘Begin Again’ Director John Carney Relished Conflict Between Adam Levine and Keira Knightley
“They were both outside their comfort zones,” the Irish director tells TheWrap in a conversation that also touched on the film’s name change post Toronto
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World War II Drama ‘Carry On’ Wins Top Award at Palm Springs ShortFest
Dark film about the Japanese occupation of China qualifies for short-film Oscar with win at 20th annual festival
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LA Film Fest Award Winners Include ‘Man From Reno,’ ‘Young Kieslowski,’ ‘Stray Dog’ and ‘Meet the Patels’
Winners include crime mystery in both English and Japanese, and the documentary debut from “Winter’s Bone” director Debra Granik
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‘Mad’ and ‘Bad’ Exit Strategies: Matt Weiner and Vince Gilligan Reveal Their Endgame
Weiner and Gilligan talk with EmmyWrap about finding closure for two of the most acclaimed series in TV history
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Why Mark Ruffalo Didn’t Want to Play Larry Kramer in ‘The Normal Heart’ at First
The Oscar-nominated actor talks with EmmyWrap about the battle to get Kramer’s AIDS play adapted, and finding the love in the feisty activist
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Demian Bichir, America Ferrera, ‘Devious Maids’ Land Imagen Nominations
Nominees for awards honoring Latino portrayals also include “Chicago P.D.,” “Law & Order” and “Cesar Chavez”
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‘Alpha House’ Creator Garry Trudeau: Political Gridlock Is Good for Comedy
The Doonesbury creator talks with EmmyWrap about Robert Altman, Amazon’s scary pilot process and finding the humor in Washington
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LA Film Fest Offers Lessons on Surviving the Indie Jungle From Tom Bernard and Michael Barker
The Sony Pictures Classics co-chiefs talk about money, art and awards as they receive LAFF’s Spirit of Independence honor
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Billy Bob Thornton on Why ‘Fargo’s’ Format Rules: ‘Now I Can Make a 10-Hour Movie If I Want To’
The FX star talks with EmmyWrap about his return to TV in “Fargo” and his frustrations with independent film
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‘Game of Thrones’: It’s Father’s Day, Lannister Style
SPOILER ALERT: The show that’s perfected the art of killing off characters has a grand, gory finale
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Jimmy Scott, Jazz Singer Featured on ‘Twin Peaks,’ Dead at 88
Unknown to most audiences but revered by other musicians, Scott performed at two presidential inaugurations 40 years apart
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‘Last Days of Vietnam’ Screens to Unsettling Echoes From Iraq
Rory Kennedy’s documentary bows at L.A. Film Festival as another evacuation of Americans takes place near Baghdad
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LA Film Festival: A Feast of Indie Movies, With a Side of Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum
The 20th edition of Film Independent’s downtown fest has a few blockbusters in “festival-adjacent” slots, but its heart is in smaller, artier movies
