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 Oscar, Feb. 11: Preferential Treatment
Pundits discover the preferential system, and try to figure out what it’ll mean to the Best Picture race
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Tom Sherak: 10 Best-Pic Nominees Will Likely Continue
Academy president says experiment is working “so far,” but wants to bring foreign films and docs into the mix
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Good Morning Oscar, Feb. 10: Guessing Games
Everybody’s trying to make sense of all those frontrunners
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Is Time on Sandy’s Side, or Meryl’s?
With nearly a month to think about it, will voters continue to embrace the idea of choosing Bullock over Streep?
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Instant Personalizing Comes to Governors Ball
For the first time, Oscar winners can have their statuettes personalized on Oscar night
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Good Morning Oscar, Feb. 9: Campaign Strategy
“The Cove” goes to Japan and “The Hurt Locker,” to nobody’s surprise, tops another critics’ roundup
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Oscar Poster Opts for Playful, Silly
Official Academy Awards posters usually aim for an air of pomp and circumstance; this year’s tries to sell the show’s hosts
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Oscar Hopefuls Flock to Santa Barbara
The first weekend of the film festival hosted James Cameron, Sandra Bullock, Quentin Tarantino and many others
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Good Morning Oscar, Feb. 8: Considering Actresses
Carey Mulligan isn’t the new anybody, and Meryl Streep needs exploding helicopters
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‘Up’ Named Best Picture, Director at Annies
Pete Docter’s Pixar film wins the top two awards, but “Coraline” and “The Princess and the Frog” win three each
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‘Up in the Air’ Wins Scripter Award
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner take home top USC honor with novelist Walter Kirn
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Academy Screenings Make for Odd Couples
AMPAS members screenings mix big and small, docs and foreign films, creating strange double and triple features
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Good Morning Oscar, Feb. 5: One Long Month
Oscar contenders head north, and the Academy says “The Hurt Locker” is extraordinary
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Academy Flexible for Big Sponsor Hyundai
The automaker can run its ads during the Oscar show, though they may technically violate AMPAS guidelines