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, June 29: The Blame Game
Woody Allen says he’s mediocre, Ray Harryhausen’s creatures find a home, and an exec says don’t blame Tom Cruise
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LAFF: So, Did Downtown Work?
Caught between the Lakers and the Twi-hards, the festival staked out a new home in downtown Los Angeles
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‘Gold Mine’ Tops Palm Springs ShortFest
Largest North American short-film fest qualifies winners for Oscar consideration
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Good Morning Hollywood, June 28: Change of Hobbit
Peter Jackson (anonymously?) talks “Hobbit,” and a filmmaker (fairly?) makes use of Phil Spector’s music
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Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj Win BET Awards
10th annual awards include performances by Chris Brown, Kanye West
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LAFF Audience Awards to ‘Four Lions,’ ‘Thunder Soul’
Mexican film “Presumed Guilty” wins international award
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Los Angeles Film Festival: What’s Up? Docs
“I think we put together an amazing group of documentaries this year”
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Date With Oscar: Ch-ch-anges vs. Rumors
The Academy makes news less for what it does than what it talks about
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Middle Ground Is Tricky Terrain for ‘Climate Refugees’
A non-partisan film about a highly politicized subject has to tread carefully with its distribution
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Good Morning Hollywood, June 25: ‘Twilight’ Zone
“Twilight” bows and Twitter booms and vuvuzelas go to Middle Earth
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Festival Notes: Waiting for ‘Twilight’
As LAFF heads into the homestretch, things are going on besides that big vampire movie
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KNBC, KTLA Lead L.A. Area Emmy Nominations
Longtime TV host Steve Edwards to receive Governors Award
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Good Morning Hollywood, June 24: Cruise Control
It’s time for riffs on “Inception,” action, journalism … and the Tom Cruise problem
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Oscar Move Could Make for Crowded Holidays
Moving the Oscars to January, which the Academy admits its considering, would have dramatic repercussions on voters, studios and other awards shows