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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SAG Chooses Nominating Committees, Sets Dates
2,100 anonymous members will make decisions for the 125,000-member guild
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Good Morning Hollywood, April 20: Day of the Jackal
A terrorist heads to Cannes and the “Messenger” crew really does like each other
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Sony’s Quest: Teach the Industry Good 3D
Hoping to reap rewards down the line, the studio creates 3D Technology Center on its lot
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‘Tree of Life’ Unlikely for Cannes
Fest wants the Terrence Malick movie, but producers decline to push the painstaking director
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Mark Hamill Making Deal to Direct Feature
If he makes his pet project cheaply, actor will be behind the camera; if he takes bigger money, he won’t
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Good Morning Hollywood, April 19: Action, Heroes
Movies kick ass, and Warren Beatty’s ego shortchanges his editor
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Carrie Underwood Makes History with Top ACM Award
Lady Antebellum wins five awards, but Underwood becomes first woman to win Entertainer of the Year twice
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Bill Plympton, Missi Pyle Among Winners at L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival
“Blood from a Stone,” “Traffic Signals,” “A Short Film” also win awards at downtown Los Angeles showcase
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Off-Season Oscar Roundup
A TV vet joins the Oscar crew, and a foolhardy pundit makes predictions
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Sly Stone at Coachella? Be Very, Very Afraid
Remembering a wild night with the troubled legend who turns tardiness into an art form
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Online Advertisers Pick an Easy Target: Reality TV
“Branded canvas” ads pull reality shows’ vibrant online communities into commercial environments
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Cannes Wants Americans … But Not In Competition
Film festival assembles international slate of films, but enough stars to stock the red carpet
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Good Morning Hollywood, April 14: Fantastic, Fox
Fox has a birthday, and Cannes faces a boycott