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.
Experience:
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Los Angeles
Education:
Steve received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach.
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Eastwood, Godard Coming to New York Fest
NYFF announces 25 more films, including Clint Eastwood’s “Hereafter”
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Good Morning Hollywood, August 16: No Sense at All
James Cameron mouths off, and George Lucas brings revisionist history to Blu-Ray
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Violence, Blues, Reconciliation in Final DocuWeeks Program
Harrowing civil rights doc “Freedom Riders” begins Oscar-qualifying run
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‘127 Hours’ to Close London Film Fest
Film is Danny Boyle’s first since “Slumdog Millionaire”
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Good Morning Hollywood, August 13: The Producer Strikes Back
Han Solo escapes death, and evil ex-boyfriends line up
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Born in the DVD, Bruce Springsteen Doc Now Heads for Toronto, HBO
It started life as a deluxe-edition bonus disc; instead, “The Promise” is getting a full-fledged gala release
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Jane Lynch, Christina Hendricks to Creative Arts Emmys
Show will pair actors with showrunners Ryan Murphy, Matthew Weiner, Clyde Phillips
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Good Morning Hollywood, August 12: When 3D Was Fun
3D goes old school, and Scarlett O’Hara needs 30 grand worth of tailoring
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Activist Foundation Auctioning Oliver Stone, Vanessa Williams
In current bidding, Vanessa Williams beats Oliver Stone as in-demand lunch companion
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Oops! Neil Patrick Harris a Last-Minute Emmy Nominee
TV Academy corrects an oversight, adding Tonys host in category where he should have been nominated
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Good Morning Hollywood, August 11: The Balcony Is Closed
Julia sells books, and “At the Movies” comes to an end after 35 years