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, 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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5 Teen Idol Lessons for Justin Bieber
This year’s model could take a few tips from his predecessors
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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
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mSpot Allows Users to Transfer Streaming Movies From PC to Mobile Devices
Movie and music service becomes first to combine home-computer streaming with mobile component
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 22: ‘Dragon’ Breadth
Marvel goes to court and DreamWorks goes to Wal-Mart
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‘Up,’ ‘The Cove’ Win Genesis Awards
Oscar-winning animated feature and documentary win for depiction of animal issues
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Good Morning Hollywood, March 19: 3D or Not 2B
The topic du jour is bringing that extra dimension to movie screens

