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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Barbara Kopple Honored, Morgan Spurlock to Host Doc Awards
IDA also honors “An American Family” creators Alan and Susan Raymond, and USC professor Mark Jonathan Harris
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AFI Fest Adds Cannes Winner, Oscar Contenders
Hollywood-based fest adds 34 features and 31 shorts, including Jean-Luc Godard film and foreign-language Oscar submissions
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‘Winter’s Bone’ Leads Gotham Award Nominations
“The Kids Are All Right,” “Blue Valentine,” “Black Swan” and “Let Me In” also competing for Best Feature
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‘The Fighter’ Wins Raves, Oscar Talk at ShowEast
Exhibitors’ convention in Florida gives first look at David O. Russell’s boxing film, other upcoming contenders
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Chinese Film ‘Aftershock’ Tops Asia Pacific Nominations
Australian ceremony honors five foreign-language Oscar submissions
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Elvis Mitchell to Host Gotham Nomination Webcast
Critic and TV/radio host will unveil nominees for 20th anniversary of New York indie-film honors
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Talking ‘Conviction’ — and Wrongful Conviction — With Sam Rockwell
“I was a little naive – I had thought that if you’re in prison, you belong there, but it’s not the case … the system is flawed”
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Good Morning Oscar, October 14: Never Mind the Frontrunners
There’s (potential) gold out there where nobody’s looking
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No, 2012 Oscars Not Moving to January
Despite speculation to the contrary, the Academy’s Board of Governors votes not to accelerate next year’s Oscar schedule
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Tom Sherak on Replacing Bruce Davis: We Started Looking 2 Weeks Ago
Academy president: “It’s going to be a bump, but somebody else will come in and fill those shoes”
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Oscar’s Foreign-Language Field Sports 65 Entries
Mexico’s “Biutiful” is highest-profile entrant in field that includes first-time competitors Ethiopia and Greenland