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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SAG Awards to Choose the Lucky (and Random) 4,200
Screen Actors Guild nominating committees will be chosen on Friday, but process is anonymous and determined by chance
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 31: Tributes & Tax Breaks
Cannes honors Jean-Paul Belmondo … and Sarah Palin agrees with Hollywood liberals about something
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Broadcast Film Critics Form TV Organization, Plan Awards Show
Critics Choice Television Awards will precede Emmys, following the model of the Critics Choice Movie Awards
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 30: A Prequel, a Cheerleader, a Second-Generation Sci-Fi Maven
Tidbits from CinemaCon, David Bowie’s son learns from Major Tom, and why Zack Snyder will outlast Michael Bay
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Stream Works: Hollywood Searches for a Netflix Alternative
With the disc business fading fast, and Netflix charging hard, film and TV studios are eager to find new online distribution platforms
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Lionsgate Dives Into the Original Web Series Business with ‘Trailer Trash’
The TV and film company thinks the new Todd Goldman-created offering is more than just a new-media experiment
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Edward Burns’ Latest, ‘Newlyweds’ — a $9,000 Indie Film
Film shot in 12 days will close Tribeca and become Burns’ sixth premiere at the festival
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Cinema Guild Acquires ‘Hoop Dream’ Director’s ‘The Interrupters’
Acclaimed look at inner-city violence from Steve James will be released theatrically in the summer
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 28: It’s HP7 2U
On the eve of the Cinecom convention, some looks at the movies and issues on the minds of exhibitors and studios
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Jeremy Renner on His House-Flipping Sideline: ‘It Keeps Me Grounded’
Oscar-nominated actor says buying, restoring and reselling houses kept him afloat when acting jobs weren’t coming
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Emir Kusturica to Head Cannes’ Un Certain Regard Jury
Serbian director to preside over jury in section devoted to adventurous films
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 25: A Festival Roundup
The Muppets take Tribeca, Bollywood comes to Hollywood, Dallas wants change and pundits ponder Cannes
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Opera, Live Theater Ride to the Rescue of Troubled Multiplexes
While movies are bombing at the box office, high art is playing to sold-out audiences at motion-picture theaters nationwide
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Broadening Broadway: In-Theater Broadcasts Bring the Arts to Main Street
Artistic directors say the ability to broadcast their events in movie theaters is a fantastic way to expose the arts to a wider audience