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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‘Gravity’ Sounds Best to Cinema Audio Society
Other winners include “Frozen,” “Game of Thrones,” “Modern Family”
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’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘Blue Jasmine,’ ‘Hunger Games’ Win Costume Design Awards
“House of Cards,” “Behind the Candelabra” and “Downton Abbey” are tops in TV categories
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‘Omar’ Director: Politics Has Failed, but Cinema Can Open Minds
Director Hany Abu-Assad landed his second Oscar foreign-language nomination after panicking and thinking, Why am I making bad movies?
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Why Disney Fired John Lasseter – And How He Came Back to Heal the Studio
The Pixar co-founder, given the boot by Disney almost 30 years ago, returned to put the studio on the verge of its first animated-feature Oscar
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Pink Set To Appear At the Oscars
Show’s producers say the singer will take part in “a highly anticipated moment,” say show’s producers
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Oscars Dilemma: Is It OK to Joke About Slavery?
Stephen Fry is the latest host to run into problems trying to make light of the year’s most serious movie
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Christoph Waltz Booked as Oscar Presenter, Completing the Set
Last year’s Best Supporting Actor is the fourth and last of 2012’s acting winners to be named a presenter
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From Jennifer Lawrence to Walt Disney – Oscar’s Biggest, Craziest Streaks
Consecutive acting wins don’t happen very often, but they pale next to other streaks in Academy Awards history
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The Oscars Endgame: Decoding the Final Ad Blitz
With a wide-open race going down to the wire, studios are spending lavishly and searching desperately for messages that resonate
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Anna Kendrick, Jon Hamm and Paul Dano To Present at Spirit Awards (Exclusive)
The show will be hosted by Patton Oswalt on March 1
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Alfonso Cuaron on ‘Gravity’: ‘Awards Don’t Make Your Film Better or Prettier’
Six months into a grueling awards season, the Mexican director reflects on the surprises from a crazy year
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Daniel Day-Lewis To Present at Oscars
Last year’s Best Actor winner is the second presenter to be announced
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‘Gravity,’ ‘Captain Phillips’ Win Sound Editing Awards
“Frozen,” “The Great Gatsby” and “Epic” also win film prizes at the Golden Reel Awards
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BAFTA Awards: ’12 Years a Slave’ Pulls Out Shocking Win (Complete Winners List)
Drama wins the Best Film award after being shut out almost all night; Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jennifer Lawrence and Barkhad Abdi win acting awards
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Kristen Bell, Michael B. Jordan, Christopher Nolan Help Academy Celebrate ‘The Winter Olympics for Geeks’
AMPAS Sci-Tech Awards explore the connection between art and science
