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 Hollywood, August 3: 3D Teen Dream
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Lost John Ford Movie Coming to Academy
Long-lost silent film found in New Zealand, restored for AMPAS screening
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Oscilloscope Appeals ‘R’ Rating for Holocaust Doc
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DocuWeeks Addresses Hot Topics: Religion, Abortion …
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Reality Hosts Bumped From Emmys Telecast
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The most perplexing Emmy category of all tests just how many ways you can define the word “reality”
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Venice Goes Grindhouse with ‘Machete’
Robert Rodriguez’s revenge drama gets midnight slot at festival
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