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 Promotes Teni Melidonian and MaryJane Partlow to Exec Oscar Roles
Melidonian will become chief Oscars officer while Partlow is instated as executive VP of awards production and special events
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Ferrari’ Land Nominations From Cinema Audio Society
“Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro” and “Oppenheimer” are also singled out in a category that usually predicts Oscar nominees
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‘Oppenheimer’ Leads AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards Nominations
“Killers of the Flower Moon,” “The Color Purple,” “Barbie” and “Maestro” are also nominated in the top category
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How Honorary Oscar Winner Carol Littleton Fought to Make Film Editing More Diverse
TheWrap magazine: “I was not happy being sidelined because of nepotism and strict rules, and I was bound and determined it wasn’t going to happen to anybody else,” she says
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Only 265 of the 321 Oscar-Qualifying Films This Year Are Eligible for Best Picture
“Dumb Money,” “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” are among those not in the running for the top prize
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Why Wim Wenders Blurred the Lines Between Reality and Fiction in ‘Anselm’ and ‘Perfect Days’
TheWrap magazine: “I think the real is something very beautiful in fiction, and the fictional is very beautiful in the real,” the director says
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Golden Globes Make a Case for ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Poor Things’, but Not Much of One for Themselves
With new voters and new ownership, the Globes put on an awkward, clunky show with a distinctly international sensibility
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Monica Sorelle, Monique Walton, Set Hernandez Win Indie Spirit Emerging Filmmaker Awards
Colman Domingo and Lily Gladstone presented the $25,000 grants during the Independent Spirit Awards Nominees Brunch
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‘Past Lives’ Wins Best Film Award from National Society of Film Critics
Acting honors go to Sandra Hüller, Andrew Scott, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Charles Melton
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Golden Globe Predictions: Can Barbenheimer and New Voters Save the Show?
Even smart choices might not be enough to bring credibility to an embattled, revamped awards show
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Emma Stone’s ‘Poor Things’ Journey: Why a Stripped-Down Approach Was Key to the Strangest Role She’s Played
TheWrap magazine: “She doesn’t shy away from any life experiences, whether it’s food, or politics, or philosophy, or sex, or dancing, or travel or science,” Stone says
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Why the Success of ‘The Boy and the Heron’ May Lead to Another Miyazaki Movie
TheWrap magazine: “If this film becomes a major hit, then he may make another film,” says producer Toshio Suzuki
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Poor Things’ Make the Costume Designers Guild’s Best-Dressed List
Nominees for CDG awards also include “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “Saltburn,” “Ahsoka,” “Loki” and “The Masked Singer”
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘Maestro’ Lead Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Nominations
Other nominated films include “Barbie,” “Nyad,” “Saltburn” and “Poor Things”
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With ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Maestro’ and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ This Is the Year of Female Editors
TheWrap magazine: It’d be only the third time in Oscar history for three female editing nominees
