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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Coachella Expands to 2 Weekends
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Oprah Embraces Poetry Doc — and Complicates Things for ‘Louder Than a Bomb’
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Deputy culture minister says ban leaves “dark stain” on festival history; von Trier says his comments were “unintelligent and hurtful”
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