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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‘A Separation,’ ‘Once Upon a Time in Anatolia’ Top Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations
Iranian and Turkish Oscar submissions will compete for top honor with films from China and India
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Oscar Buzz: From ‘J. Edgar’ to ‘War Horse,’ Posters, Pictures and a Slew of Trailers
“J. Edgar,” “War Horse,” “Young Adult,” “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” and “Shame” are among films with new media released
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‘Natural Selection’ Among Winners of New Sundance/Indian Paintbrush Grants
Five projects, including a script co-written by Lena Dunham, are singled out for new grant
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Oscar Foreign-Language Submissions Hit 60 as Deadline Passes (Updated)
Late submissions include Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes winner, plus New Zealand’s first entry ever
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Will the Academy Deny Spielberg an Animated Film Oscar for ‘Tintin’?
Motion-capture technology is causing confusion in the animated film category and causing actors to overlook great performances
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Dawn Hudson: New Academy Museum on Fast Track
AMPAS CEO says revived museum could open in three years in old May Company building owned by L.A. County Museum of Art
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Academy Museum Finds Home at LACMA (Exclusive, Updated)
Board of Governors has passed a proposal to locate long-delayed AMPAS museum in old May Co. building at LACMA (Updated)
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Charlie Kaufman’s New Take on Hollywood: A ‘Cancerous Lie-Spewing Machine’
Wait till you hear how Kaufman thanks the Academy that once gave him an Oscar
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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