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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This Year’s Oscar Season: Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
Awards contenders are hiring armies of publicists — is it savvy campaigning, or desperation?
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Oscar Voters Like ‘The Descendants,’ But Do They Love It?
Official voters’ screening of the Best Picture frontrunner draws strong reaction — but nobody calls it the year’s best film
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‘Hoop Dreams’ Director Is Snubbed Again by Academy
Steve James’s “The Interrupters” doesn’t make the documentary shortlist; Werner Herzog also snubbed
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Demian Bechir: I Wanted to Be a ‘Twilight’ Vampire (Video)
Actor first met director Chris Weitz auditioning for "New Moon," but wound up starring in the far more down-to-earth "A Better Life"
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George Clooney Gets More Love, This Time From Palm Springs Fest
Actor/writer/director named recipient of the festival’s Chairman’s Award
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Oscar Winner (and Show Rookie) John Myhre Named Oscars Production Designer
Designer has won Oscars for “Chicago” and “Memoirs of a Geisha,” but has never worked on the Oscar show
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‘Senna,’ ‘Il Castello’ and ‘Better This World’ Win New IDA Doc Awards
Documentary organization also announces that awards show will be hosted by Josh Fox, Tiffany Shlain and Eddie Schmidt
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Celebs Back to Jury Duty as Economy Kills Special Treatment (Exclusive)
New York’s Juror Appreciation Day, during which celebs extol jury duty as they’re being dismissed from it, falls prey to budget cutbacks
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Oscar Doc Race: This Year, It’s a Free-for-All
Even Martin Scorsese is in the running in a very confusing year for Oscar documentaries
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With Ratner in Its Rearview Mirror, Academy Honors Oprah, James Earl Jones
Highlight of third Governors Awards might have been award to its least-famous honoree, makeup pioneer Dick Smith
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‘Into the Abyss’: Werner Herzog Plumbs Death, Life and Squirrels
The key to getting his gripping death-row doc, says the filmmaker, is knowing the heart of men
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Governors Awards: A Night for Honorary Winners, and Oscar Contenders
The Academy’s annual ceremony for honorary Oscars has become an irresistible stop on the campaign trail
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Kirsten Dunst on Lars von Trier — and That Nazi Joke
“He’ll say weird things to people or in conversation — and he’s nervous in front of press”
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This Year’s AFI Fest: The Auteurs Came, Saw, Conquered
Kirsten and Clint and Leo walked the red carpets, but the real VIPs at the AFI Fest were Bela Tarr, the Dardennes, Wim Wenders