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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‘Modern Family,’ ‘Mad Men’ Top Critics Choice TV Award Nominations
Nominations for Emmy alternative look a lot like … the Emmys
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Produced By Conference: Ego, Money and Credit Take Center Stage
Producers dish on an undeserved Oscar, difficult stars and the new movie from the makers of “Little Miss Sunshine”
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It’s ‘Twilight’ Time at MTV Movie Awards, Again
Robert Pattinson and crew win everything, as they always do at MTV’s annual extravaganza
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Harvey Weinstein Praises ‘Private Ryan,’ Bashes Silicon Valley
The indie-film kingpin speaks glowingly of the movie he beat at the Oscars in 1999, but says some tech companies view movies as product
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Kevin Smith to Indie Producers: ‘Lower Your Expectations, the Way My Wife Did’
Profane filmmaker dominates Produced By panel with tales of surviving in changing indie landscape
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‘X-Men’ Producer: ‘There’s Too Much 3D Right Now’
Lauren Shuler Donner was among the tentpole producers taking shots at the format Saturday at the Produced By conference
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L.A. Film Fest Adds Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Erykah Badu
Black/MacLaine conversation will take game-show approach; alien-invasion film and Iraqi true story also added to galas
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Julianna Margulies: The Dark Side of ‘The Good Wife’
“The Good Wife” star on what she likes about the Emmys (they’re old school) and what she doesn’t (they judge you on one episode)
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12 Burning Questions for the Oscars’ New Dawn
As Dawn Hudson comes aboard as the Academy’s new CEO, she’ll be facing questions about the future of the troubled telecast — and more
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Coachella Expands to 2 Weekends
After 2011’s quick sellout and rampant counterfeiting, festival announces plans to stage entire 2012 festival twice, featuring the same acts each time
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Making ‘Tree of Life’: Inside the Malick Method
Terrence Malick’s collaborators talk about the wild, unconventional journey that turned into a remarkable new film
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Oprah Embraces Poetry Doc — and Complicates Things for ‘Louder Than a Bomb’
Makers of vibrant high-school poetry film find Oprah’s Doc Club a new destination in a changing landscape — but it comes at a price
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Iran Blasts Cannes’ von Trier Banishment; Director Defends Festival
Deputy culture minister says ban leaves “dark stain” on festival history; von Trier says his comments were “unintelligent and hurtful”
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Academy to Members: Get Ready for Electronic Voting
Oscar voting will soon be done online, says a letter sent to AMPAS members
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Curtis Hanson: ‘Tell Geithner to F—ing Blow Me’ and Other ‘Too Big’ Changes
“L.A. Confidential” director faced daunting task: turn financial conversations between men in suits into a thriller