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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Oscar Best-Pic Montage Wasn’t Playing Favorites, Filmmaker Says
Director who assembled montage set to “The King’s Speech” says he was rooting for “The Social Network”
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‘King’s Speech’ Gets Post-Oscar Boxoffice Bump
Best Picture winner sells double the tickets it did last week; “The Fighter” and “Black Swan” don’t see sales increase
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Good Morning After, Oscar: February 28
From reviews to tweets, most of the notices didn’t look too kindly on the James Franco/Anne Hathaway Oscars
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TheWrap’s Complete Oscars 2011 Coverage
Absolutely everything you need to know about the 83rd Annual Academy Awards
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Forget the Critics; Here’s Why Oscar’s Voters Liked ‘King’s Speech’ Best
Analysis: Oscar season is long, the road is uneven but Tom Hooper’s royal drama came out on top — even after losing eight of the first nine categories in which it was nominated
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The 2011 Academy Awards Finally Arrive: Royals vs. Nerds at the Kodak
Some races may be decided, but Oscar night brings drama and questions
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Final Oscar Predictions: Still ‘The King,’ But a Few Changes
The Odds is sticking with Tom Hooper over David Fincher, but the Documentary and Live-Action Short categories have shifted
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Razzies Say It Doesn’t Get Any Worse Than ‘Last Airbender’
M. Night Shyamalan’s tops four-and-a-half categories, “Sex and the City 2” takes three
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Academy Yanks Credentials After Nikki Finke Spoils Oscars
After website publishes entire lineup of Oscar show, reporter Mike Fleming’s credentials are revoked
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‘Black Swan’ Tops Indie Spirit Awards; Aronofsky Best Director
The film’s star, Natalie Portman, and “127 Hours’” James Franco win top acting honors
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Polanski, ‘Of Gods and Men’ Win Cesar Awards
“French Oscars” names “The Social Network” best foreign film
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A Guide to the Academy’s Interactive Oscar Features
AMPAS goes into new areas (including that social network) to lure younger, more wired viewers
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Indie Spirit Awards Smell a Lot Like Oscar This Year
It’s hard to stay “alternative” when most of your nominees will hit the beach on Saturday — then the Kodak on Sunday
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Good Morning Oscar, February 25: Thanks But No Thanks, Gervais
Ricky Gervais offers the Oscar hosts an opening bit that’s not much funnier than his Golden Globes monologue
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Academy, ABC Sign Contract Extension
Pact to broadcast Oscar show extended through 2020

