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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‘Broken Circle Breakdown’ Leads European Film Awards Nominations
“Blue is the Warmest Color” is nominated for film and director, but no other categories
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‘American Hustle’ Sneak Peek: Christian Bale’s Comb-over, Amy Adams’ Cleavage
An AFI Fest tribute to director David O. Russell unveiled the first six minutes of his ’70s-set awards hopeful
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‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Opens AFI Fest With a Spoonful of Oscar Hopes
Unabashedly tear-jerking and proudly emotional, the Disney film about the making of “Mary Poppins” is a strong awards contender
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Walt Disney Cartoon Makes Shortlist for Oscar Animated Shorts
“Get a Horse!,” which features Disney as Mickey Mouse, will vie for nomination against three films from National Film Board of Canada
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’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘Fruitvale Station’ To Compete With Music Docs for Gotham Audience Award
Unusual list of finalists pits two films about the African-American experience against documentaries on music and high school
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AFI Fest: Where the Red Carpet Meets Subtitles
Hollywood festival is long on major-studio awards contenders, but longer on international arthouse auteurs
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‘Act of Killing,’ ‘Stories We Tell,’ ‘Cutie and the Boxer’ Lead Cinema Eye Honors Nominations
“Cutie” leads all films with six nominations; “The Act of Killing” and “Stories We Tell” receive their second major doc nominations in a week
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Werner Herzog, Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff Discuss Brotherhood and Americana (Exclusive Video)
“You do not make a jump across an abyss,” says Herzog at screening of “The Motel Life”
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Laura Ziskin Eligible for Oscar Nom on ‘The Butler,’ Producers Guild Says (Exclusive)
A PGA panel rules that the late Ziskin, along with Lee Daniels and Pamela Williams, produced the movie; Cassian Elwes and Buddy Patrick are rejected
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Josh Brolin Bakes a Pie in ‘Labor Day’ – The Sexiest Movie Scene Since ‘Ghost’?
Co-star Kate Winslet and director Jason Reitman say Brolin wouldn’t stop baking pies for everybody on the set
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‘Frozen,’ ‘The Croods,’ ‘The Wind Rises’ Top Oscar Slate of 19 Animated Films
Number of submissions paves the way for a full slate of five nominees
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Cate Blanchett To Receive Santa Barbara Fest’s Performer of the Year Award
“Blue Jasmine” actress has received four Oscar nominations, and won once
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Hurricane Sandy Concert Movie ’12 12 12′ – No Need to Repeat Media’s ‘Disaster Porn’
Amir Bar-Lev’s documentary features Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Kayne West … and no crying storm victims
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Why Jared Leto Dropped His Guitar and Put on a Skirt for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
As a transgendered drug addict, Leto makes an eye-catching return to acting after spending nearly six years focusing on music
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Why Matthew McConaughey Embraced a Homophobe ‘Bastard’ in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
The actor talks with TheWrap about finding the humanity in Ron Woodruff and his transition from studio leading man to indie actor
