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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Top Student Oscars Go to NYU, UT, Parsons, Ringling
UK film school produces Honorary Foreign Film winner
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Lakers, LAFF on a Collision Course?
The deciding NBA game could take place a block away from the film fest’s opening night
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‘Wheeler Boys’ LAFF Debut Comes With Free Netflix Stream
Concurrent with the film’s festival debut, Netflix will offer free 48-hour stream
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LAFF Offers Free Tickets to Academy Members
First-time program lets AMPAS voters choose from dramatic, documentary and international films
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Good Morning Hollywood, June 11: Black Marketing
Movie marketing goes under the microscope, while “Red Dawn” isn’t ready to come up quite yet
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Good Morning Hollywood, June 10: Leading Ladies
Say hello to this summer’s It Girls: Jennifer Lawrence … and Joan Rivers
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Academy Goes 3D for Panels, Screening
Series of three events will explore technology, show U2 concert film
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Kathryn Bigelow, Christopher Nolan Added to LAFF
Film fest also books “Scott Pilgrim” director Edgar Wright
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Good Morning Hollywood, June 9: Little Miss Unshine
Kristen Stewart takes her sad face to MTV, while summer films hope Facebook gives them happy faces
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Movies and Money Dominate Produced By Conference
Producers hear advice and jokes, get free legal advice, ogle guns and cars … and Mark Cuban loves being rich
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Good Morning Hollywood, June 8: In the Fridge
While waiting for the first iPhone movie, we may need refrigerator magnets to decorate the summer boxoffice
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Producers Bemoan New Hollywood Realities
At the PGA’s Produced By Conference, money woes and creative conflicts take center stage
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Selick, Spheeris to Present Student Oscars
Academy adds directors to slate that already includes Jeremy Renner
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‘Toy Story 3’ vs. Target: Anatomy of an Ad
Pleasing promotional partners can be a minefield for Pixar
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Cambodian Government Bans Documentary
“Who Killed Chea Vichea?” examines 2004 killing of union organizer