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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Oscar Hosts Franco & Hathaway: New Blood, or Favoritism?
The choice of two potential nominees doesn’t concern the Academy, but others worry that AMPAS has broken “a casting taboo”
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James Franco, Anne Hathaway to Host Oscars
Choice could open the door to the nearly unprecedented possibility of nominees hosting the show
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‘True Grit’ First Impressions Leak as Late Showdown Nears
A sprinkling of clues pop up on Twitter as the Coen Brothers’ “True Grit” — maybe the year’s final big awards contender — quietly starts to screen
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‘Black Swan’ & ‘The Fighter’: Too Weird for Oscar?
They’re two of the hot movies of the moment, but are Oscar voters ready for Darren Aronofsky and David O. Russell?
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Good Morning Oscar, November 26: Dancing Queen
The Best Actress race apparently nears its conclusion, and Stephen King picks favorites
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Kevin Spacey: Where Charm Meets Corruption
As disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Kevin Spacey gets a flashy, showy role — but with the death of George Hickenlooper, the experience is bittersweet
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Michelle Williams Sends a Raw, Risky ‘Valentine’
It wasn’t the NC-17 sex scenes that were tough for Michelle Williams — it was improvising all night, and fighting with Ryan Gosling for days
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Julianne Moore on Married, Middle-Aged Anxiety
Four-time Oscar nominee talks about sharing the screen with Annette Bening, and the precarious art of keeping an independent film alive
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Good Morning Oscar, November 24: Doc Talk
Documentaries get a boost from Sundance, and aim for a bigger boost from the Academy
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Wrap Video: ‘King’s Speech’ Director Tom Hooper
Oscar-contending director talks about subversion, history and the selfishness of a king
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Good Morning Hollywood, November 23: Weinstein Lives!
Spirit Awards jurors get some help, and you can’t keep the Weinsteins down