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. 17: Honky-Tonk Oscars
Jeff Bridges headlines a high-class “Crazy Heart” juke joint, and the British are coming
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The Oscars: Is It Really a Two-Horse Race?
It’s “Hurt Locker” vs. “Avatar,” but who’s going to win — and has “Inglourious Basterds” muscled into the race, too?
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Oscar-Nominated Song Performers Told to Take a Seat
The move to eliminate performances should save time … but the last time the songs weren’t performed was a disaster
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Nick Hornby’s Hollywood Seduction
The British novelist and Oscar nominee on the attraction of “funny, painful, awkward” material
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Good Morning Oscar, Feb. 16: Quentin’s Influences, Kathryn’s Successors
Tarantino names his inspirations and Queen Bigelow gets her court
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Inside the Nominees Luncheon
The Academy’s “ultimate nominees’ mixer” draws a full house of Oscar contenders
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Good Morning Oscar, Feb. 15: Short Cuts & Predictions
Pundits predict, and the Oscar producers pull out their stopwatches
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Cinema Editors Tap ‘Hurt Locker’
ACE Eddie Awards salutes Oscar frontrunner, plus “The Hangover,” “Up” and “The Cove”
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Bigelow to Direct HBO Pilot for John Logan
“Hurt Locker” director signs to Logan’s Broadway-set “The Miraculous Year”
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‘Avatar,’ ‘Hurt Locker,’ ‘Sherlock’ Tops with Art Directors
Guild gives honors to three films, plus TV shows “Mad Men” and “Weeds”
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Kathryn Bigelow Talks Art & Explosives
Out on the campaign trail, the “Hurt Locker” director does a wide-ranging Q&A for BAFTA
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Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Speeches and Sweatshirts
The collegial, low-key annual event is low on stress, unless your last name starts with Z
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‘A Single Man’ Caught Up in Oscar-Campaign Frenzy
Colin Firth Grilled: “I’ve never had a single call from Harvey Weinstein saying, ‘You must do this.’”