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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Academy’s Sci-Tech Awards to Honor Film Labs
As film becomes a dying form and digital takes over, the awards designed to reward innovation take a look back
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An Opinionated Guide to an Annoying Year for Oscar Songs
When it comes to the eligible songs for the Academy Awards, excess ruled in 2013
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Why the Oscar Song Process Has Me Singing the Blues
Wading through a 75-song DVD of out-of-context clips is a chore, but that’s what the Academy asks Music Branch voters to do
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Latest Awards-Season Potshot: Meryl Streep Doesn’t Like Walt Disney!
In humorous remarks at the National Board of Review ceremony, Streep sides with Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks” antagonist P.L. Travers
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Cinematographers Nominate ‘Gravity,’ ‘Captain Phillips’ and 5 More
Unexpectedly large ASC film category also includes “12 Years a Slave,” “Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Nebraska,” “Prisoners” and “The Grandmaster”
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Costume Designers Guild Nominees Range From ‘Great Gatsby’ to ‘Nebraska’
“American Hustle,” “Saving Mr. Banks,” “The Hobbit” and “Her” are also among the nominees in three film categories
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‘Gravity,’ ’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Hustle’ Lead BAFTA Nominations
British field looks a lot like the Oscars might, with “Gravity” topping all films with 11 nominations
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Winners and Losers From the Guild Nominations
With DGA, WGA, PGA and SAG nominations in, it’s time to take a look at the state of the race
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New York Critics Apologize to Steve McQueen for Heckling, But Armond White Defends Himself
Critic blasts “misquotes and lies,” even as NYFCC promises disciplinary action
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Inside the 10-Year Odyssey to Make ‘Nebraska’ With Alexander Payne
Producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa talk with TheWrap about budget battles with Paramount and a Cannes debut that initially seemed like a disaster
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Santa Barbara Film Fest To Open With ‘Mission Blue,’ Show Silents for Super Bowl Sunday
Fest will launch with environmental documentary, and show “Wings” and “The Thief of Bagdad” during the big game
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Paul Mazursky To Receive WGA’s Screen Laurel Award
Honor for lifetime achievement in movies will go to the writer-director of “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” “An Unmarried Woman” and “Down and Out in Beverly Hills”
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Directors Guild Nominations: Steve McQueen, Alfonso Cuaron, David O. Russell, Martin Scorsese and Paul Greengrass
Notable directors who missed the cut in a crowded and competitive year include Alexander Payne, Spike Jonze and the Coen brothers
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Why U2’s Bono Considered Nelson Mandela His ‘Bandleader’
The Irish rockers wrote a song for “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” and say the South African leader has inspired them since they were teens
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5 Lessons From Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, U2 and More at the Palm Springs Film-Fest Gala
On a night of epic self-deprecation from big stars like Meryl, Julia and Sandra, a rock ‘n’ roller from Dublin stole the show
