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
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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, April 6: The Copyright Mess
Copyright law needs an overhaul, and life is tough for the poor movie star
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Good Morning Hollywood, April 5: Tell-Tale Tweets
Twitter predicts boxoffice returns, while product placement and 3D controversy live on.
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Oscar Shorts Top $1 Million for First Time
Program of short-film nominees surpasses last year’s $645,000 gross
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Good Morning Hollywood, April 2: Blue ‘Moon’
The director of “Moon” gets a lesson in DVD revenues, and the makers of “The Hurt Locker” still haven’t seen that lawsuit
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Good Morning Hollywood, April 1: Getting 3D Wrong
After-the-fact 3D conversions take some hits, while festivals gear up and hand out awards
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2011 Oscar Contenders: Scorsese, Polanski … or Ben Stiller?
The first quarter saw big stars and respected filmmakers, but not many nominees
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Tom Hanks, Johnny Knoxville, Salsa Dance Included in Free Tribeca Events
Film festival announces lineup of free screenings, community events and panel discussions
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 31: Spy Kids
The movie business takes on piracy with one collegiate spy and a bunch of lawyers
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 30: Taking Stock of ‘Dragon’
Wall Street shrugs off “How to Train Your Dragon” as it succumbs to one of the old movie-biz verities
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Good Morning Hollywood, 3/29: French Connections
Cannes looks to some big directors, and exhibitors embrace some big prices
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 26: Trade Winds
The trades fight to survive, and “Avatar” sets more records
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 25: No Futures
“Mission: Impossible” considers a Birdbrain, and the MPAA hopes there’s no future in trading movie futures
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 24: Bay Watch
SXSW prompts post-mortems, Lionsgate is under siege, and Michael Bay decries “fake 3D”
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 23: ‘Alice’ in Fantasyland
“Alice” prompts a film-business fantasy, and another writer learns the reality of studio accounting
