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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Justin Bieber Cleans Up at AMAs
Bieber and other big sellers are the big winners, but the American Music Awards are all about flashy and sometimes baffling performances
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Good Morning Oscar, November 19: Selling Herzog Short
The doc shortlist is scrutinized, and so are Disney’s awards ambitions for “Toy Story 3”
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‘Gift Shop,’ ‘Inside Job’ Make Oscar Doc Shortlist
List of 15 films omits high-profile docs “Catfish,” “Babies” and “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work”
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Sally Hawkins Shoulders Responsibility, Embraces Insanity
Awards season isn’t easy when you’re also appearing on Broadway six days a week – but the star of “Made in Dagenham” tries to enjoy the madness
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Good Morning Oscar, November 18: Mr. Congeniality
Geoffrey Rush charms, and Christian Bale doesn’t
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Joel McHale Brings His Smirk to Spirit Awards
Star of “Community” and host of “The Soup” to emcee Spirit Awards’ return to Santa Monica beach
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Good Morning Oscar, November 17: Remembering Ronni
Friends and colleagues react to a strange, tragic death
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Lisa Cholodenko: ‘The Kids Are All Right,’ But the Road Was Rough
Lisa Cholodenko set out to make a commercial movie — but Hollywood, she says, was skeptical
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WrapVideo: ‘Inside Job’ Director Charles Ferguson
Director of the sobering, infuriating financial-crisis documentary talks about making numbers entertaining, and how Obama blew it
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Good Morning Oscar, November 16: Hosts & Honorees
Palm Springs lands Colin and Natalie, but the Gothams can’t get Meryl and Philip
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Only 3 Animated Movies to Get Oscar Nominations
The field falls one film short of triggering a move to five nominees; 15 will qualify for Best Animated Feature
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Scott Rudin Wins PGA’s Selznick Award
Producer of “True Grit” and “The Social Network” to receive Producers Guild’s Selznick Award in January