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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Glenn Close to Be Honored by Palm Springs Fest
Five-time Oscar nominee to receive festival’s Career Achievement Award, the first of many festival honors for awards contenders
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Werner Herzog’s New ‘Into the Abyss’ Poster: First Look (Exclusive)
Director says he’s anti-death penalty, while calling the convicts in his death-row doc “human beings, not monsters”
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Pedro Almodovar Adds Dark, Scary Movies to AFI Fest
Spanish director picks four films with connections to his own work, including “Eyes Without a Face” and “The Killers”
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Rodrigo Garcia: There Was an ‘Odd Little Man’ on the Set of ‘Albert Nobbs’ (Video)
The director of the Glenn Close film says his gender-bending star made for a peculiar presence on the set
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How ‘The Help’ or ‘Midnight in Paris’ Could Win Best Picture
In an unsettled year, the winner just might come from anywhere
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Post-Production Vendor: ‘All Our Business Models Went Out the Window’
Business has declined, prices are frozen and opportunities are tougher to come by, says a veteran of post-production services
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The Jobs Crisis: Voices From Hollywood’s Trenches
Actress Christine Lakin ‘Hustles to Make a Living’ During Slowdown
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Indie Forum: Werner Herzog Slams SAG, Filmmakers Grapple with Change
Keynote speaker Herzog says indie film doesn’t exist, but filmmakers nonetheless trade new strategies in a mutating business
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Elizabeth Olsen: ‘Martha Marcy’ Breakout Star on Fear, Fame and That Confounding Ending
Talking with the other Olsen sister and her colleagues on one of the year's most unsettling and demanding dramas
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Oscar Entries, International Auteurs Coming to AFI Fest
“This Is Not a Film,” “Alps,” “A Separation” and “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia” added to lineup for Hollywood-based festival
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Gotham Awards Nominate ‘The Descendants,’ ‘Take Shelter’
Nominated performers include Elizabeth Olsen, Shailene Woodley, Felicity Jones
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NY Film Critics Jump to the Front of the Awards Line
NYFCC moves its awards announcement into November, ahead of National Board of Review
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Christopher Plummer, Glenn Close, Nick Nolte — A Year for Overdue Oscars?
This year’s prime acting contenders include an unusually large number of actors who’ve been overlooked for years … some of them, decades
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Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships Go to California, Oklahoma Writers
Five winning scripts, chosen from field of almost 7,000 entries, will receive $30,000 prizes
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‘The Artist,’ ‘Shame,’ ‘Melancholia’ Coming to AFI Fest
Festival galas and special screenings will also include Polanski’s “Carnage” and Michelle Williams showcase “My Week With Marilyn”