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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European Court Ruling Strikes at Soccer TV Deals
Court rules that European Union freedoms trump broadcast deals made by the Premier League with BSkyB and ESPN; ramifications beyond sports are questionable, however
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Relativity Partners With Spotify for Film Promotion
Studio becomes first to enlist digital-music service, beginning with November release “Immortals”
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Oscar Buzz: The Extremely Loud and Incredibly Oscar-Baity Trailer
Can Melissa McCarthy break into the Supporting Actress race, and how Oscar-worthy is the new Stephen Daldry movie? A look at what Academy Awards trackers have to say about the big races
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Michael Shannon: ‘There Can’t Be a Lot of People on Earth Feeling Things Are Great’
Star of the doomy “Take Shelter” says film taps into his new-parent feelings of powerlessness and fragility
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‘Moneyball’s’ Bennett Miller: It’s Not a Baseball Movie, It’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Director of the Oscar-contending film says making a low-key studio movie is like assembling a small-market baseball team
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Joe Jonas Video Producer: We’d Never Even Heard of Movie We Supposedly Plagiarized
Executive says video got its ideas from the French New Wave, not the recent online hit
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Oscar Spoilers in the Wings: Spielberg, Scorsese, Eastwood, Fincher
The Best-Picture race looks unsettled — but a surprising number of heavy hitters have yet to be heard from
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Sony Classics Picks Up Toronto Winner ‘Where Do We Go Now?’
Film was previously chosen as Lebanon's entry into Academy's Foreign-Language race
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Pedro Almodovar Snubbed Again as Spain, Italy, Choose Dark-Horse Oscar Candidates
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Did Joe Jonas Steal the Shots for His Sexy Music Video? (Exclusive)
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Mayan Documentary Will Show Evidence of Alien Contact, Says Mexico (Exclusive)
Filmmakers, Mexican government will reveal secrets about the extraterrestrials who took Mayans off the planet — seriously!
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‘Moneyball’ Wins Fans at Academy, on Twitter
Film’s Saturday AMPAS screening goes well, and Jerry Seinfeld, Rod Lurie and Edgar Wright sing its praises on Twitter
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Oscar’s Foreign-Language Submissions: The Master List (Updated With Reviews)
The complete list of what’s been submitted to the Academy so far, continuously updated
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A Week Before Deadline, Oscar Foreign-Language Race Takes Shape
Canada, China, Israel, Ireland, Mexico and Russia among latest countries to submit contenders for Foreign-Language Oscar