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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European Film Awards Winners: ‘The Great Beauty’ Takes Top Prize
Acting awards go to Veerle Baetens for “The Broken Circle Breakdown” and Toni Servillo for “The Great Beauty”
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’12 Years a Slave’ Dominates Boston Online Critics Vote
Film wins awards for picture, director, actor, supporting actress, editing and score
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Egyptian Documentary ‘The Square’ Wins Top IDA Award
International Documentary Association also honors short “Slomo,” TV series “Inside Man” and “Independent Lens”
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Why the Coen Brothers Wanted to Folk It Up on ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’
Ethan and Joel Coen talk with TheWrap about their struggle to find the right guy to play a Greenwich Village singer circa 1961
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‘American Hustle’ Cast to Be Honored by Palm Springs Fest
Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence will receive festival’s Ensemble Performance Award
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How Oscar Isaac’s Career Fallback Landed Him ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’
The actor’s side job as a musician came in handy when the Coens were trying to cast the uncastable title role
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Academy Announces 9 Films That ‘Gravity’ Will Beat for the VFX Oscar
AMPAS effects branch narrows the field to 10, but Alfonso Cuaron’s film remains the prohibitive favorite
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‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Among Writers Guild’s TV Nominees
Multiple WGA nominations also go to “Modern Family,” “House of Cards,” “The Good Wife,” “Masters of Sex” and “Orange Is the New Black”
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Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’ Named Year’s Best by National Board of Review
New York-based group gives acting honors to Bruce Dern and Emma Thompson, snubs “American Hustle”
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10 Dark Horses That Could Shake Up the Oscar Foreign-Language Race
From clay figurines to bluegrass music, a number of films have the potential to join more high-profile contenders on the upcoming shortlist
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Oscar’s Foreign Language Chair Promises Big Changes After This Year’s Awards
Change is imminent, says Mark Johnson, head of the Academy’s foreign-language committee
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NY Film Critics Give Top Honor to ‘American Hustle’
Acting awards go to Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto and Jennifer Lawrence
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‘Wolf of Wall Street’: Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio Bring Sex, Drugs and Money to the Oscar Race
Scorsese’s wild three-hour movie has become the hot screening ticket as voting deadlines approach
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‘The Act of Killing,’ ‘Stories We Tell’ Make Oscar Documentary Shortlist
In a year with a record number of entries, voters go for a solid lineup of mostly high-profile docs
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‘The Act of Killing,’ ‘Stories We Tell’ Make Oscar Documentary Shortlist
In a year with a record number of entries, Oscar voters go for a solid lineup of mostly high-profile docs