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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7 Bright Spots to End a Crowded, Messy Summer at the Movies
From "Elysium" to "The Spectacular Now," the summer movie season still promises a few movies worth leaving the house to see
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‘August: Osage County,’ ‘Gravity,’ ‘Rush’ Headed to Toronto Film Fest
Festival will open with Bill Condon's WikiLeaks movie "The Fifth Estate," and close with Daniel Schecter's "Life of Crime"
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Academy Museum Gets $5M Donations From Gale Anne Hurd, Gerald Schwartz, Mann Family
Portions of the museum will be named after donors
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Confessions of a Springsteen Fanatic: New Bruce Fan Movie Rocks
The two-night special theatrical event "Springsteen and I," assembled from fan-shot footage, is an unexpectedly moving look at fandom
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Who’s Going to Be the Next President of the Motion Picture Academy
TheWrap gives the lowdown on the top candidates and potential dark horses to replace termed-out Hawk Koch after one eventful year
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Emmys 2013: Steven Soderbergh Scores 3 Nominations — But Only 1 Under His Real Name
The "Behind the Candelabra" director is also nominated under aliases he uses to shoot and edit films
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Emmy Reactions: Kevin Spacey Says ‘House of Cards’ Proves TV Is Smarter Than Music Industry
"If you give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price, they won't steal it," the actor tells TheWrap
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Emmys: Netflix Crashes the Party as Voters Redefine TV
Analysis: With nine nominations for "House of Cards," an unconventional rival muscles into a competition normally restricted to network and cable TV
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Sundance Brings Fest Faves ‘Blue Caprice,’ ‘This Is Martin Bonner’ to L.A. Festival
Next Weekend, Sundance's first-ever Los Angeles festival, will present 12 features over four days
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Why Director Lucy Walker Couldn’t Say No to a Movie About Injured Snowboarder Kevin Pearce
The Oscar-nominated director talks to TheWrap about the lure of extreme sports and her struggle to get funding for “The Crash Reel”
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Amy Pascal, Alex Gibney Elected to Academy Board of Governors
10 first-time governors help bring the total of female governors to 14, the largest number ever
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‘Fruitvale Station’ Director: My Story of an Inner-City Killing Is About Humanity, Not Politics
Can lightning strike two years in a row for scrappy, low-budget indie debuts set in largely African-American communities that are seldom seen on the big screen?
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Oscar-Nominated Songs, Scores Get Their Own Live Concert
Nominated musicians are invited to perform a few nights before the Oscarcast
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‘Fruitvale Station’ and Trayvon Martin Murder Case: Art and Life Collide on Eve of Film Release
Ryan Coogler's drama about the killing of a young African-American is hitting theaters the same week as closing arguments in the George Zimmerman trial
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George Clooney to Receive Britannia Award from BAFTA LA
Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film will shine spotlight on Clooney during an awards season where he has three films in play