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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Good Morning Oscar, January 28: Built for Speed
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Good Morning Oscar, January 27: The Bloggers Are Coming
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DGA Picks Carl Reiner to Host, Of Course
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Oscar 2011 Nominees React: Kidman, Bening, Bardem, Firth …
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For Better (and Worse), the Academy Went Beyond the Obvious
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