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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Lily Gladstone on Her Journey Into the Mainstream With ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: ‘I’m in a Better Position to Advocate’
TheWrap magazine: “I’ve flown under the radar and kept my indie cred ’til now,” the breakout actress says
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How Megan Thee Stallion Forced the ‘Dicks: The Musical’ Songwriters to Overhaul Their Big Cabaret Song
TheWrap magazine: Josh Sharp says the rapper “showed up on the first day of the shoot and was like, ‘People think I’m dirty, but y’all are dirty’”
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Song or Score? ‘The Holdovers’ Music Blurs the Line
TheWrap magazine: “It’s what we jokingly call scource — half score, half source music,” says composer Mark Orton
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Why Jon Batiste Followed His Huge ‘American Symphony’ With a Gentle Love Song
TheWrap magazine: The composer and performer says the ballad “It Never Went Away” “felt spiritually connected to everything that happened” as his wife battled leukemia
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How Composer Ludwig Göransson Took Viewers Inside J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Head
TheWrap magazine: “You’re with him — you’re feeling his feelings, you’re seeing through his eyes throughout the whole film,” Göransson says
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Why John Carney Needed to Write ‘Good, Not Great’ Music for ‘Flora and Son’
TheWrap magazine: “It can’t be that she suddenly starts singing like Beyoncé and he starts writing Ed Sheeran songs,” Carney says
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How Jarvis Cocker Channeled His Childhood Cowboy to Write Songs for ‘Asteroid City’
TheWrap magazine: The musician and longtime Anderson collaborator also appears in the 1950s-set film
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How ‘American Fiction’ Grew Out of Cord Jefferson’s Own Experiences of Being Piegonholed as a Black Writer
TheWrap magazine: “The subtext of all those conversations is an inability to see Black life as being as complex and dynamic and broad and deep as anybody else’s life,” Jefferson says
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‘Past Lives’ Wins Top Prize at Gotham Awards
Acting awards go to Lily Gladstone, Charles Melton and Ali Wong
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How Maori Singer Stan Walker Reclaimed His Identity With a Song From Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’
TheWrap magazine: “Even though I’m 33 years old, I feel born again in a whole new way,” says the New Zealand singer
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Diane Warren Is Back in the Oscar Song Race, But You Probably Could Have Guessed That
TheWrap magazine: “He wants a friend,” says Warren of the Honorary Oscar she received last year after 14 nominations without a win
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‘Apolonia, Apolonia’ Leads International Documentary Association Nominations
“The Mother of All Lies” and “Milisuthando” also received multiple nominations for a very international IDA Documentary Awards
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How ‘Past Lives’ Director Celine Song Earned Her Cast’s Trust
TheWrap Magazine: “Part of being a director is that you’re the burning, bubbling center of gravity for how much everybody’s going to give,” Song said
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‘Kokomo City’ Leads in Cinema Eye Honors Documentary Nominations in Fractured Awards Year
“20 Days in Mariupol,” “The Eternal Memory” and “32 Sounds” also score multiple nods
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’ and ‘Zone of Interest’ Star Sandra Hüller Explores Shades of Darkness
TheWrap Magazine: With powerful performances in two acclaimed films, the German actress puts her stamp on awards season
