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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‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘The Holdovers’ Win at ACE Eddie Awards
TV winners at the editing awards include “Beef,” “The Bear” and “The Last of Us”
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‘American Fiction’ Wins Scripter Award for Adapted Screenplays
“Slow Horses” wins the television award for the second year in a row
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‘Oppenheimer’ Dominates, Lily Gladstone Surges and Other Lessons We Learned on a Big Awards Weekend
The Screen Actors Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards and Producers Guild Awards set the table for the Oscars
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‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Top Prize at Producers Guild Awards
“The Bear,” “Succession” and “Beef” won in television categories at the 35th annual awards
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Protesters Play ‘Free Palestine’ Chant on Bullhorn Outside Spirit Awards | Video
Muffled sounds of a recorded chant could be heard on the Santa Monica ceremony’s livestream
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Independent Spirit Awards Winners 2024: ‘Past Lives’ and ‘Beef’ Are Top Dogs
Other winners include “American Fiction” and “The Holdovers” and “The Last of Us” for TV
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SAG Awards 2024 Winners List: ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘The Bear’ Lead With 3 Trophies Each
“Succession” took just one trophy (for drama ensemble), while Lily Gladstone, Cillian Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Robert Downey Jr. win film acting honors
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What’s Left to Learn in the Biggest Awards Weekend Before the Oscars?
The SAG, Indie Spirit and Producers Guild Awards may still have a few things to teach awards-watchers
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How the Supreme Court Spurred the Oscar-Nominated Short ‘Red, White and Blue’
TheWrap magazine: Director Nazrin Choudhury says she wrote the abortion-themed film in “two or three hours” after the court overturned Roe v. Wade
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Inside the Wacky World of Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Poor Things’ With His Irish Producers
TheWrap magazine: “Ignorance was bliss,” Andrew Lowe says of his and Ed Guiney’s leap into their largest production ever
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‘The Creator’ Wins 5 Categories to Top Visual Effects Society Awards
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” swept the VES animation categories, while “The Last of Us” dominated the TV awards
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Poor Things,’ ‘Saltburn’ Win Costume Designers Guild Awards
TV winners include “Ahsoka,” “Beef,” “The Great,” “Rebel Moon” and “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
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3 Oscar Nominations in 4 Years? That’s Short Work for Ben Proudfoot
TheWrap magazine: “The Last Repair Shop,” which the filmmaker made with Kris Bowers, is his third documentary short nom
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How ‘American Fiction’ Composer Laura Karpman’s Fight for Diversity Led to Her First Oscar Nomination
TheWrap magazine: “I have benefited from my own advocacy, but that was never the intent,” she says
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‘American Fiction,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ Nominated for Writers Guild Awards
Several Oscar-nominated screenplays, including “Poor Things,” were ineligible for the strike-delayed guild awards
