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 3: ‘Toy’ Shopping
May was bad, celebs take on BP, and there’s an app for “Toy Story 3″
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Tribeca, Gucci Honor 7 Documentaries
Fund provides finishing grants to slate of international docs on social issues
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Filmmakers Dig in Heels on Skipping Theaters
While streaming and VOD can get small films to lots of people, the money-losing theatrical release exerts a powerful lure
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Good Morning Hollywood, June 2: In Dreams
“Inception” gets coy, and Ashton Kutcher turns piracy into a marketing scam
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Good Morning Hollywood, June 1: Summertime Blues
Peter Jackson opens the door to “The Hobbit,” and Memorial Day means bad movies
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Good Morning Hollywood, May 31: Directionless ‘Hobbit’
“The Hobbit” needs a director, Woody gets a statue and Pixar nods to Chuck Jones
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Maui Film Fest Loves Zac Efron
“High School Musical” star gets Shining Star Award from Hawaiian festival
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Luc Besson Invites Public to Produce Movie
“La Femme Nikita” director says he’s combating piracy by giving web users input into his next film
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Good Morning Hollywood, May 28: Killers’ Kiss-Off
Lionsgate hides “Killers,” a hedge fund shops “Terminator,” and DreamWorks stock might be a good buy after all
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Producers Guild in New York State of Mind
PGA East hosts Jonathan Demme, Denis Leary in “Night of the Producer” event
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Oliver Stone, Davis Guggenheim Slated for Silverdocs Fest
Washington, DC documentary festival to screen “South of the Border,” “Freakonomics,” “Restrepo”
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TV’s Grand Finales: Who Delivered, Who Fizzled?
Assessing the Emmy chances of ‘Lost,’ ’24’ and ‘Law & Order’ in the wake of their series finales
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Good Morning Hollywood, May 27: Bad Sex
“Alice” reaches a milestone, while Carrie and Samantha and crew prompt a whole lot of critical scorn