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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Taylor Swift, U2, Coldplay and Jay-Z Will Compete for Best Song Oscar
List of 75 eligible songs is the same as last year’s total
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Oscar by the Numbers: How Many Votes Does It Take to Get a Nomination?
Answer: Not as many as you might think
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Randy Thom To Receive Sound Editors’ Career Achievement Award
Skywalker Sound’s Thom has worked on more than 100 films, including “Apocalypse Now,” “The Right Stuff” and “Return of the Jedi”
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‘American Hustle,’ ’12 Years a Slave’ Lead Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Nominations
“Gravity,” “Captain Phillips,” “Her,” “Nebraska” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” also score multiple nods
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Online Film Critics Give ’12 Years a Slave’ Another Best-Picture Win
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong’o and Cate Blanchett win acting awards
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Tom Hanks Lands Palm Springs Honor for Playing Captain Phillips and Walt Disney
Festival will give Hanks the Chairman’s Award for his roles in “Captain Phillips” and “Saving Mr. Banks”
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’12 Years a Slave’ Gets Boost From Second Wave of Critics’ Groups
As regional groups continue to chime in, Steve McQueen’s brutal drama has become the runaway critical favorite
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‘Hunger Games’ and ‘Bad Grandpa’ Make Oscar Makeup Shortlist
Surprising list leaves off “The Hobbit,” “Rush” and “The Butler”
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Academy Adds 172 Oscar Voters, Tops the 6,000 Mark
Almost every branch has increased in size over last year
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5 Ways to Write an Awards Contender
There’s no blueprint for how to get it right — just ask the men behind “Rush,” “Nebraska,” “12 Years a Slave,” “All Is Lost,” and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
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‘Fruitvale Station’ To Receive Producers Guild’s Stanley Kramer Award
Award goes to film that raises awareness of social issues
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Why Steve Coogan Told ‘Philomena’ Director Stephen Frears to Keep an Eye on Him
The actor spoke with TheWrap about his drive to write a dramatic film that was also funny
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Academy Qualifies 114 Scores for Oscars
Continuing 2013’s theme of large fields, the number is 10 more than last year
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Golden Globes and SAG Shutouts: 6 Actors That Shouldn’t Give Up Hope Yet
Adele Exarchopoulos, Brie Larson and Jonah Hill may have been ignored by Globe and SAG voters — but so were Gary Oldman and Quvenzhane Wallis
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How a Song About Custer Morphed Into ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Globe Nominee ‘Please Mr. Kennedy’
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association calls it an original song, but “Please Mr. Kennedy” is part of a long folk tradition of borrowing and rewriting
