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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And the Next Oscar for Best Picture Will Go to …
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Clint Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar’ to Open AFI Fest
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Academy Makes It Official: Eddie Murphy to Host Oscars
Selection marks return to old-style Oscar-host resume: an actor with standup comic experience
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Weekend in Venice: Nudity, Kitsch and Espionage
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Eddie Murphy Top Choice to Host the Oscars?
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Hungary, Norway Join Foreign-Language Oscar Race
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Venice Fest: Roman Polanski Gets Mean, Keira Knightley Gets Hysterical
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Cynthia Swartz Launches New PR Firm — Just in Time for Oscar Season
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