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’ 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
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Helen Mirren, Jude Law, John Malkovich and Others In the Best Film-Fest Trailers You’ll Ever See (Video)
Danny DeVito, Milos Forman and Harvey Keitel have also appeared in stylish, irreverent trailers for the Karlovy Vary Film Festival
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Oliver Stone Blasts Obama’s ‘Bush-Style Eavesdropping Techniques’; Says Edward Snowden Is a Hero
The politically-charged filmmaker spoke out during an appearance at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
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Banned Iranian Director Escapes House Arrest by Skyping to a Film Festival
Jafar Panahi is banned from making movies or leaving the country, but the Iranian director appears live onscreen at Karlovy Vary Film Festival for a screening of his new film
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Who Are the Likely Emmy Snubs in the Crowded Drama Category?
With so many great shows competing, series that once would have been shoo-ins for nominations will be left out this year
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10 Oscar Contender Long Shots: ‘Mud’, ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’, ‘Before Midnight’ (Photos)
Few of them are legitimate Best Picture contenders, but here are 10 movies whose creators could conceivably get tickets to the Dolby Theatre next March 2.
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The Oscar Race So Far: Let’s Hope the Best Is Yet to Come
Apart from "Before Midnight" and some visual-effects extravaganzas, the first half of 2013 has been notably light on awards movies
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Emmys: Inside the Unexpected Body Count at Elegant ‘Downton Abbey’
Executive producer Gareth Neame on why he didn't mind the the deaths of Matthew and Sybil — and those new "Downton" clothing and furniture lines
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Is It Time to Expose the Academy’s Secret Committees?
Sources say the AMPAS governors may look at a system that hides the names of committee members even from the people who voted them in
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Emmys: ‘Veep’ Writer/Director: Not All Politicians Are Evil – a Good 1% Are Not
Armando Iannucci has raised profanity and insults to an art form with three scorching and sidesplitting looks at politics
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Emmys: Sorry, Benedict and Dominic, Voters Like Actors Who Play Real People
History shows that trophies tend to go to actors that play real people in the Miniseries or Movie category
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Emmys: How the Miniseries Rose From the Dead
Left for dead a couple of years ago, miniseries now dominate TV movies in the Emmy longform categories
