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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Oscars Shortlists 2026: ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘Sinners’ Lead All Contenders
“Frankenstein” and “One Battle After Another” also appeared on multiple lists, which were announced on Wednesday
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How Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell Wrote ‘Hamnet’ Together: Chaos and Organization
TheWrap magazine: “I would leave her these epic voice notes that were just trains of thoughts,” says director and co-writer Zhao
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‘Hamnet,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ Nominated for Scripter Awards
“Train Dreams” and “Peter Hujar’s Day” are also finalists for the award that goes to film and TV adaptations
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‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Wicked: For Good’ Earn Nominations From Costume Designers Guild
Other films singled out by the guild include “Bugonia,” “Hamnet,” “Hedda” and “Sinners”
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Tom Basden’s Scariest ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ Ask: Carey Mulligan’s Mumford & Sons Husband Hearing His Songs
TheWrap magazine: “I had to send them to Carey knowing that Marcus Mumford would listen to them and might have an opinion,” the writer-actor says
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Billy Idol Wrote a Song About Himself and It Made Him Cry
TheWrap magazine: “I can really see the landscape of my life, and that’s what we were trying to evoke in the song,” says Idol of the tune written for the documentary “Billy Idol Should Be Dead”
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‘We Grew Up Together, Bro’: How Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan Blazed Their Way to ‘Sinners’
TheWrap magazine: The two creative forces explain how their 13-year partnership yielded the critical and box office smash about the blues, the Jim Crow South and vampires
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It’s Time for Oscars Shortlist Voting, but Where Will the Surprises Come From?
Checking in on the documentary, international, music and casting categories
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Composer Daniel Blumberg Says the Wild Music of ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Had to Be ‘As Extreme as Possible’
TheWrap magazine: “It was very experimental in all senses of the word,” Blumberg says
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Diane Warren Wrote a Song to Her 14-Year-Old Self – Who, if She’d Heard It, ‘Would Have Told Me to F–k Off’
TheWrap magazine: “Maybe I would have listened, but at that time I didn’t listen to a lot of people,” says the 15-time Oscar nominee
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Heavily International Nominations Put the Global in Golden Globes
The group that hands out the Golden Globes dropped the word “foreign” from its former name, but the voters and their choices are heavy on films not in English
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How Maryam Touzani Took Her Grief and Found Life and Sexiness in ‘Calle Málaga’
TheWrap magazine: “I unconsciously felt the need to transform the pain I was feeling into a celebration of life,” says the Moroccan writer-director
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‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ Director on the Dangers of Our Time: ‘It Has Never Been Easier to Produce a Lie’
TheWrap magazine: “Whatever crime against humanity we’re talking about, it’s always based on a lie,” says Oscar-winning Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov
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Why Oscar-Nominated Director Abandoned Another Movie to Make ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’
TheWrap magazine: “I had to ask myself questions about what it means to be a filmmaker,” says Kaouther Ben Hania
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‘One Battle After Another’ Named Best Film by Los Angeles Film Critics
LAFCA acting winners are Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Stellan Skarsgard and Teyana Taylor
