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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‘Fruitvale Station,’ ‘Her,’ ‘Nebraska’ Get Tributes as SF Film Society Launches Awards Event
SFFS’s attempt to participate in awards season will also salute documentary “The Square”
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With Hollywood Film Awards, the Silly Season Has Arrived
In a town where publicity always trumps credibility, even Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts don’t really care how legitimate the awards are
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‘God Loves Uganda’ Director: Anti-Gay Crusaders Are Losing in the U.S., But Winning Around the World
Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams says evangelical Christians are targeting the developing world in the wake of increasing tolerance in the West
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Here They Are, All 151 Oscar-Qualifying Documentaries (Exclusive)
The record-setting deluge of eligible docs ranges from “The Act of Killing” to “Zipper: Coney Island’s Last Wild Ride”
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‘Slave’ Writer: Hollywood Making GOP Mistake of Not Tracking Blacks
Screenwriter says Hollywood is overlooking the black audience the same way the Republicans did in the last election
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AFI Fest Adds ‘Lone Survivor’ Premiere, ‘August: Osage County’ Gala
Films by Spike Jonze, Ralph Fiennes, Stephen Frears, Asghar Farhadi and Errol Morris also join lineup
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How J.C. Chandor and Robert Redford Pulled Off the Crazy Idea Behind ‘All Is Lost’
There’s only one actor, he spends the entire movie in a boat and he doesn’t say anything — what could possibly go wrong?
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Will Oscar Voters See the Wrong Version of ‘The Grandmaster?’
Hong Kong submitted the truncated U.S. version, not the longer (and, critics say, better) version originally released in Asia
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Orson Welles, Werner Herzog, Michael Moore Films Make List of All-Time Influential Docs (Exclusive)
Cinema Eye’s roster of 25 movies that inspire current filmmakers ranges from rock docs to political films
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‘The Selfish Giant,’ Foreign Oscar Entries Join AFI Fest Lineup
American Film Institute unveils New Auteurs section, shorts and juries for Hollywood festival
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’12 Years a Slave’ vs. ‘Gravity’ – Who Filled the Seats at the Academy?
Sunday’s AMPAS screening of Steve McQueen’s slavery drama was well received, but attendance couldn’t match ‘Gravity’
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Spike Jonze Wins Over NY Film Fest With ‘Her,’ Sets Sights on Oscar
Jonze’s quirky love story is a hit with critics and festivalgoers, but can such an unconventional film win over Academy voters?
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Julian Assange to the Hollywood Foreign Press: “The Fifth Estate’ Is Going to Fail’ (Exclusive)
In an unusual conversation with the normally entertainment-minded HFPA, the fugitive WikiLeaks founder talks a little about movies, a lot about the “security complex” he fights against
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Beatles Director Richard Lester to Receive Career Achievement Award From L.A. Film Critics
The British director of “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Help!” helped pave the way for film comedy and rock videos
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Bob Iger to Get Producers Guild’s Milestone Award
Disney chairman and CEO will receive the PGA’s highest honor at the 2014 PGA Awards in January
