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 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
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Oscar Doc Shortlist Serious & Issue-Oriented, as Always
List of 8 contenders includes docs on suicide bombings, campus shootings and Robert Kennedy
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Academy’s Bruce Davis Retires After 30 Years
Thirty-year AMPAS veteran will step down as executive director next June
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Good Morning Oscar, October 13: Foreign Affairs
It’s time for subtitles at the Academy … but do we really know all the competitors yet?
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Help! Oscar’s Animated Category Doesn’t Have Enough Movies
It takes 16 entries to bump the category from three to five nominees — and with time running out, the slate is falling short
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Film Independent Names Diversity Participants, Sets LA Fest Dates
FIND chooses 33 participants in diversity program, and returns downtown for Los Angeles Film Festival
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Good Morning Oscar, October 12: Early Kudos for Morgan Freeman, Roger Deakins
Veteran actor and noted cinematographer get a head start on awards season