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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Hawk Koch Elected Academy’s 1st 2nd-Generation President
Producer Hawk Koch follows in his father Howard Koch's footsteps, is elected president of the Motion Picture Academy
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Movie Academy’s Presidential Race Narrows, Heats Up
As the AMPAS election to choose Tom Sherak's successor nears, top candidates appear to be Hawk Koch, Rob Friedman and Cheryl Boone Isaacs
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‘The Master’ Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
Toronto Film Festival booking will allow Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" to kick off awards season and capitalize on Scientology's media attention in the wake of Tom Cruise's divorce
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Tom Sherak’s Exit Interview: ‘We’re Not a Ma-and-Pa Organization Anymore’
As his three years in office come to an end, Academy president Tom Sherak reflects on executive unheaval, controversial rule changes and the Brett Ratner fiasco
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IMDb Says Anti-Donald Trump Doc Is Greatest British Movie Ever
"You've Been Trumped" says Donald Trump ran roughshod over Scottish environment to build a golf course; IMDb users say the movie is better than "Lawrence of Arabia"
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‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’ Director Actually Hopes Her Movie Will Be Pirated
Alison Klayman, the first-time director of the documentary "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," wants her film to be seen in China by any means necessary
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Zoe Kazan on Men, Women, Power, Control and ‘Ruby Sparks’
Actress-screenwriter Zoe Kazan turned Pygmalion into a rom-com with dark edges in "Ruby Sparks"
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‘Ruby Sparks’ a Case Study in Hollywood’s Rocky Landscape for Small, Character-Driven Films
Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Oscar-winning "Little Miss Sunshine" made $100 million, but it still took a series of close calls to get "Ruby" off the ground
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New Oscar Campaign Rules Limit Email, Screening Invites
In annual revision of Oscar campaign rules, Academy clamps down on emails, limits post-nomination screening invites and bans use of third-party mailing lists
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Toronto Film Festival to Open With Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Looper’
Rian Johnson's time-travel movie "Looper" will open festival; Terrence Malick, Ben Affleck, Joss Whedon, Wachowskis will also have films in Toronto
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Will Oscar Voters Look Past the ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Tragedy?
A moment of silence (and a trio of police cars) greet "The Dark Knight Rises" at the Academy, where Christopher Nolan's Batman movie already had to overcome voters' prejudices
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Michael Moore on the ‘Dark Knight’ Shooting: ‘We Are a Violent Nation’ (Exclusive)
"Bowling for Columbine" director Michael Moore tells TheWrap that violence will continue until the world has "had its fill" of the U.S.
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5 Things To Know Before Seeing ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
You don't need to be a comics geek to appreciate "The Dark Knight Rises," but it helps to know a few things about Christopher Nolan's bat-universe
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Emmy Analysis: Voters Still Love HBO, But Not as Much as They Used To
Cable giant HBO still leads in Emmy nominations, but the gap is narrowing — and challengers are coming from unlikely corners