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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Jason Reitman on Directing ‘Labor Day’: ‘It Felt Like Making My First Movie All Over Again’
The director talks with TheWrap about learning how make a film without snappy dialogue.
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Kate Winslet on the Advantages of Being Hot and Sticky in ‘Labor Day’: ‘It Was Like a Pressure Cooker’
The Oscar-winning actress embraced a character who makes inexplicable decisions in Jason Reitman’s unconventional romance
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Martin Scorsese on ‘Wolf of Wall Street’: I Wanted It Big and Ferocious
The veteran director talks with TheWrap about fighting the ratings board and seeing uncomfortable echoes of Hitler in his black comedy of excess
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Oscars-Style Recount Would Give Critics’ Choice Awards 8 Best-Pic Nominees, Not 10 (Exclusive)
In TheWrap’s annual recount of Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ballots, the use of the Oscar process would reduce the number of 2013 nominees by two
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‘Shame on You!’ Says Academy Member to Martin Scorsese at ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Screening
Actress says Scorsese’s wild, divisive three-hour bacchanalia prompts elevator confrontation at AMPAS screening in Los Angeles
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‘The Wind Rises’ Director Hayao Miyazaki Goes Out in a Blaze of Controversy – and Beauty
The Oscar winner has struck a nerve with his last film
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How ‘Ernest & Celestine’ Director Benjamin Renner Created His Own Storybook Ending
The co-director originally signed on to draw storyboards for the adaptation
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Oscar Foreign Language Shortlist: ‘The Hunt’ and ‘The Great Beauty,’ But Not ‘The Past’
“Broken Circle Breakdown” and “The Grandmaster” also make the list; in a major surprise, Asghar Farhadi’s film does not
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Palm Springs Festival Sets Premieres, Anniversary Screenings
“Belle” and “Le Week-End” get gala slots; 25th anniversary screenings will include “Cinema Paradiso,” “Strictly Ballroom” and “The Lives of Others”
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Meryl Streep To Receive Icon Award at Palm Springs Fest
Three-time Oscar winner will join her “August: Osage County” costar Julia Roberts in receiving PSIFF honor
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As Critics’ Awards Keep Coming, It’s Turning Into a ’12 Years a Slave’ Runaway
With nearly two dozen regional groups picking the year’s best, Steve McQueen’s film has won three-quarters of the best-picture awards
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Director John Lee Hancock on ‘Saving Mr. Banks’: We Went for the Truth, Not the Facts
The film based on Walt Disney’s attempt to make “Mary Poppins” may change the details, but its director says he’s not telling any big lies
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Academy Unveils New Oscar-in-a-Triangle Logo
New design incorporates an A along with the familiar Oscar image
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Robert Redford Lands Award From Santa Barbara Fest
After a nearly wordless performance in “All Is Lost,” the veteran actor will get to talk at a SBIFF tribute
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289 Films Qualify for Oscars (Updated With Complete List)
Number is a record for the last several years
