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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Short Film Brings Out the Big Guns: Amy Pascal, Joe Roth, Sid Ganis …
Sony staff editor turns to executive suites for cameos in musical comedy “Not Your Time”
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Disgruntled Musicians Call for Grammy Boycott, Threaten Lawsuit
Latin jazz musicians call the consolidation of categories “racist,” call for boycott of CBS
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Bruce Davis Departs: Snapshots From a 30-Year Academy Run
On the retirement of the Academy’s top staffer, a look back at snafus, power plays and battles won and lost
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MoviePass Test Suspended After Theater Complaints
The subscription test is put on hold after AMC, Landmark and others vow to fight the all-you-can watch service
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NBC4 Leads L.A.-Area Emmy Nominations
Station received 28 nods; Fox Sports West, in the thick of the battle for the Dodgers, receives 15
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Surprise Monthly Movie Pass Angers Theater Chains, Studios (Updated)
AMC chain says it will not honor the passes in its theaters
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BAFTA to John Lasseter: Never Mind the Critics, We Love You
Reviewers may have slammed “Cars 2,” but BAFTA/LA gives Pixar chief its highest honor; “Harry Potter” director David Yates also honored
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Palm Springs Sends 4 Shorts to the Academy
Prizes at the largest North American showcase for shorts honor everything from a Jordanian drama to Australian penis jokes
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‘Familiar Ground,’ ‘Wish Me Away’ Win Top LAFF Awards
Deadpan comedy and Chely Wright doc win jury awards; “Attack the Block” takes top audience prize
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Academy Elects 4 First-Time Governors
Gale Anne Hurd, David Newman, Richard Crudo and Michael Tronick join 43-member board, which drops to six women
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Whitey Bulger’s Hollywood Connections Stretch from Scorsese Film to Daytime TV
For the Boston mobster, who was arrested Wednesday in Santa Monica at the age of 81, the Hollywood connection was a strange one
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Emmy Ballots Due Friday
It’s the last chance for many voters to affect this year’s race, and also the final opportunity to vote for a season’s worth of work
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‘Midnight in Paris’ — Will It Be Woody Allen’s Biggest Hit Ever?
This week the comedy became the director’s top grosser in a quarter century; one more giant hurdle awaits
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Bad Ideas and Good Journalism in NYT Documentary ‘Page One’
Writer David Carr and director Andrew Rossi talk about the project, which screens Wednesday night at the L.A. Film Festival
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New Best Picture Rules Could Discard Large Number of Oscar Ballots (Exclusive)
Exclusive: The new rules for Best Picture nominations could dramatically change the number of voters whose ballots influence the slate of nominees