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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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
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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”