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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‘Social Network,’ ‘Ghost Writer’ Land Scripter Nominations
“127 Hours,” “True Grit” and “Winter’s Bone” also in the running for award for literary adaptations
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Matt Damon Tapped for Critics Choice’s Joel Siegel Award
In other award news, “Modern Family’s” Ferguson and Stonestreet to host WGA West’s not-televised show
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Art Director Noms Run Gamut from ‘King’s Speech’ to ‘Robin Hood’
ADG adds ‘Shutter Island,’ ‘Narnia,’ ‘Alice in Wonderland’ to usual slate of contenders
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Good Morning Oscar, January 5: Credit Checks
The guild makes things hard for producers, and movies that aren’t getting awards do get a little love
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Matt Damon, J-Lo, Robert Pattinson to Serve as Golden Globes Presenters
Presenters announced on Twitter include a star of the Globes’ biggest snub, “True Grit”
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Affleck’s ‘The Town’ and ‘Rabbit Hole’ — PGA, WGA Nominations Winners and Losers
With three major guilds in, things are looking good for “The Town” and tricky for “Rabbit Hole” and “Blue Valentine”
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Mo’Nique to Reveal Oscar Nominations
Last year’s Supporting Actress winner will join Academy president Tom Sherak for early-morning press conference
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Writers Guild Nominations for ‘Social Network,’ ‘True Grit,’ ‘The Town’
This being the WGA, they’ve also thrown a few curveballs, including “I Love You Phillip Morris” and “Please Give.” Here’s the full list
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Producers Guild & Writers Guild Nominees – ‘King’s Speech,’ ‘Social Network,’ ‘Fighter’
Prelude to Oscar? PGA’s 10 nominations and WGA’s nods could point the way. Click here for full list of nominees
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Good Morning Oscar, January 4: Child Support
Is Hailee Steinfeld good enough to pass herself off as a supporting actress, or is category fraud about to misfire big time?
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Mark Your Awards Calendar – TheWrap’s Guide to a Very Busy Month
The holidays are over, which means it’s time for nominations, parties and awards shows — and Oscar noms coming on Jan. 25
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Online Film Critics Go for ‘Social Network’
Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale and Hailee Steinfeld win acting awards
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Good Morning Oscar, January 3: KC Gets ‘Social’-ized
“The Social Network” takes Kansas City, and Meryl Streep will win an Oscar … in two years
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Quentin Tarantino’s Best of 2010: ‘Toy Story 3’
Three animated films end up on a list where “Robin Hood” and “Kick Ass” make the cut but “Inception” and “Black Swan” don’t
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2010: Top 10 Movies — On An Oscar Ballot
If I had an Academy vote, it’d be a “Biutiful” year, but “Black Swan,” “Toy Story 3” and “The KIng’s Speech” wouldn’t do bad either