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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‘Meek’s Cutoff,’ ‘Incendies’ Added to Sundance Lineup
Out-of-competition entries include more high-profile films and big stars than competition films
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Chinese Oscar Entry ‘Aftershock’ Tops Asia Pacific Awards
Prizes also go to Korean film “Poetry,” Turkish Oscar entry “Bal”
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DGA Awards Move to Hollywood & Highland
Ongoing labor dispute at a Century City hotel causes the Directors Guild to move to Hollywood
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Satellite Awards Nominate ‘Inception’ (and Everything Else)
International Press Academy leaves no stone unturned in looking for people to nominate
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Vera Farmiga, Drake Doremus in Sundance Competition Lineup
Festival selects 115 films to screen in competition for its 2011 edition
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Coen Brothers’ ‘True Grit’ Is True, Gritty … and Goofy
A fine film but not a game-changer, “True Grit” is dark, moody and dramatic — and then it veers into broad comedy
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Good Morning Oscar, December 1: Quest for Pizazz
It’s apparently Neil Patrick Harris’ fault that the Academy hired hosts who aren’t pizazzy enough
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Live-Action Shortlist Promotes Student Oscar Winners
Two Student Academy Award winners and a slate of international films make up the second AMPAS short-film shortlist
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Shortlist for Oscar Animated Shorts Includes Pixar, Bill Plympton
New Roadrunner/Coyote film also makes the shortlist
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‘Winter’s Bone,’ ‘Kids Are All Right’ Top Spirit Award Nominations
“127 Hours,” “Black Swan,” “Greenberg” also on mainstream list of indie nominees
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Good Morning Oscar, November 30: Young Americans
Youth is served on the Oscar telecast … which has seen weirder choices
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Gotham Awards Honor ‘Winter’s Bone’
“The Oath,” snubbed by the Oscars, named Best Documentary; “Black Swan” and “The Kids Are All Right” are shut out