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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‘A Complete Unknown’ Wins Top Prize From Cinema Audio Society
Television awards went to “Shōgun,” “The Bear” and “Masters of the Air”
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‘Conclave,’ ‘Say Nothing’ Win Scripter Awards for Adapted Screenplays
“Conclave” seems one step closer to Oscar victory, while “Say Nothing” beat both “Baby Reindeer” and “Shōgun” to take the top TV prize
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‘Anora’ Triumphs at Indie Spirit Awards
The film won three awards, including Best Feature and Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison
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Nick Offerman to Serve as Oscars Announcer, Lily-Rose Depp and Willem Dafoe Added as Presenters
Other presenters will include Joe Alwyn, Sterling K. Brown, Ana de Armas, Selena Gomez, Ben Stiller and Oprah Winfrey
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‘Conclave’ Named Best Film at BAFTA Awards
Acting awards go to Mikey Madison for “Anora,” Adrien Brody for “The Brutalist,” Kieran Culkin for “A Real Pain” and Zoe Saldaña for “Emilia Pérez”
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‘Wicked,’ ‘Nosferatu’ and ‘Conclave’ Win Film Awards From Art Directors Guild
Television awards go to “Shōgun,” “Fallout,” “Squid Game,” “The Penguin,” “What We Do in the Shadows” and “Saturday Night Live”
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‘The Substance,’ ‘Wicked’ Top Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards
“The Last Showgirl” also wins a film award, while “Saturday Night Live” dominates live TV categories
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‘Anora,’ ‘Nickel Boys,’ ‘Shōgun,’ ‘Hacks’ Win Top Writers Guild Awards
“Shōgun” wins three awards to top all shows and films — complete winners list
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The Lesson of This Week’s Awards Shows: While We Were Talking About ‘Emilia Pérez,’ People Were Already Voting for ‘Anora’
With Oscar voting beginning on Tuesday, has Sean Baker’s film quietly built the consensus it needs to win?
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Sean Baker Traces the Road to an Unlikely Oscar Frontrunner: ‘It’s Surreal, Quite Honestly’
TheWrap magazine: The director of “Anora” discusses the state of independent film: “I can’t imagine having to break in now”
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Jeremy Strong on the Dark Legacy of Roy Cohn: ‘We’re Living in His World Now’
TheWrap magazine: The Oscar-nominated star of “The Apprentice” says Cohn’s “brute force and misinformation” is seen in today’s politics
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How Kobe Bryant Set Kris Bowers on the Path to an Odd Oscar Landmark
TheWrap magazine: “It’s a very small niche,” Bowers says of being nominated for documentary short one year and original score the next
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‘Emilia Pérez’ Director Jacques Audiard Receives a 4th Oscar Nomination as Academy Names Eligible Producers
Audiard joins “Anora” writer-director-editor-producer Sean Baker as a rare person to be nominated four times for one film
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‘The Wild Robot’ Dominates Annie Awards for Animation
The DreamWorks Animation epic won in all nine categories in which it was nominated; “Flow” won two awards
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Producers Guild Victory Completes Remarkable Awards-Race Surge for ‘Anora’
With wins at the Critics Choice Awards, Directors Guild and Producers Guild in only two days, Sean Baker’s freewheeling film has to be considered an Oscar frontrunner
