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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What Does an Oscar Ballot Look Like?
After seeing a scan of the Best Picture section, a reader wonders about the rest of the ballot
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‘Hurt Locker’ Producer Barred From Oscarcast
Nicolas Chartier escapes harsher penalties for email campaign
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What Happens to the Oscar Ballots Now?
With all ballots in at PricewaterhouseCoopers, we follow the paper trail
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Good Morning Oscar, March 2: Have Faith
The Academy staffs its preshow, and a pair of groups salute the best spiritual movies
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Keanu Reeves, Gerard Butler, Bradley Cooper to Present Oscars
Tom Ford, Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Worthington also named
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Roger Ebert, Wife Fund Spirit Awards Grant
Chaz & Roger Ebert Truer Than Fiction Award will go to promising documentary filmmaker
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Streisand, Travolta, Downey, Theron in New Batch of Oscar Presenters
Academy also announces Kathy Bates, Samuel L. Jackson, Queen Latifah in group of former winners and nominees
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Good Morning Oscar, March 1: Hey Dude, Let’s Party
Jeff Bridges gets kudos for his “bottomless soul” and gives up his voiceover gig for the night
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‘Avatar’ Rules at Visual Effects Awards
James Cameron blockbuster wins six awards; “Up” takes three
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Our Oscar Predictions: Suddenly, It Seems Shaky
A nervous look at what’ll be inside those envelopes at the Kodak Theater on March 7
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Cinema Audio Society Honors ‘Hurt Locker’
Film scores yet another guild victory, this one for sound mixing
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‘White Ribbon’ Tops Cinematographers Awards
Upset victor becomes first foreign film to win ASC film honor
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‘A Prophet’ Dominates French Cesar Awards
Oscar Foreign-Language nominee wins nine awards, including film, director and actor
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Oscar Race Gets Dumb and Ugly
The latest campaign fuss reveals continuing confusion over how the preferential ballot works