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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Jean-Luc Godard to Academy: Thanks, but I Still Won’t Show Up
The honorary Oscar recipient will not attend the Academy’s November Governors Awards ceremony, AMPAS reports
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Good Morning Oscar, October 25: The Rom-Com Bias
One actress works the room, and another fights that prejudice against romantic comedies
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L.A. Critics to Honor Paul Mazursky
Director and indie film pioneer to receive Career Achievement Award from Los Angeles Film Critics Association
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Oscar Animated Field Inches Toward Magic Number
“Summer Wars” enters the fray, leaving the category two films shy of the magic number
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Good Morning Oscar, October 22: Fests & Deals & Blood
Summing up a few days worth of film festivals, awards announcements and deals
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‘Carlos’: A Monumental Film, an Awards-Season Puzzle
Three-part film is “an epic piece of cinema” — and a pain to market and position in awards season
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Inconvenient Truths About Oscar’s Documentary Process
Why great non-fiction films like “Exit Through the Gift Shop” and “Joan Rivers” might not make the cut but “Inside Job” will
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Good Morning Oscar, October 21: A Little Bit Country
Gwyneth Paltrow pulls a Jeff Bridges, while other actresses look for those elusive Oscar attributes
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Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships Go to Local Writers
$30,000 screenwriting prizes awarded to four Southern Californians, one Texan
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Good Morning Oscar, October 20: Madness & Illness
The supporting actor race may expand to let in a mad hatter and a corporate raider
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AFM Panels: From Money to Chick Flicks
Harvey Weinstein, Cathy Schulman, Sacha Gervasi among participants at American Film Market’s panels and seminars
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DOC NYC Showcases Another Bruce Springsteen Film
New York fest adds “Darkness on the Edge of Town” performance film, other new documentaries
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Carey Mulligan to be Honored by Palm Springs Fest
“Never Let Me Go” and “Wall Street” actress to receive January festival’s Breakthrough Award
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Job-Hopping, Relaunching Shake Up Oscar Coverage
Assessing the impact of changes in Oscar coverage at the L.A. Times, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and indieWIRE