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. 22: Getting It Right
“Locker” rolls on, “Basterds” keeps campaigning, and the Academy gets kudos for making some good choices
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Bigelow: My Film Does Take a Stand — Against Futility of Iraq War
“Hurt Locker” director on war, taking a stance — and the “battle of the exes”
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Oscar Lock: Does ‘Hurt Locker’ Hold All the Keys?
With “The Hurt Locker” dominating all precursor awards, the Oscar may be a foregone conclusion
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‘Hurt Locker,’ Bigelow, Firth and Mulligan Top BAFTA Awards
British Academy hands out multiple honors to Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar favorite
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Tech Talk, Nerd Jokes at the Sci-Tech Awards
Elizabeth Banks hosts Academy show devoted to the scientific side of the movies
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Sound Editors Honor ‘Avatar,’ 4 Others
“District 9,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Up” and “This Is It” also win Golden Reel Awards
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‘Hurt Locker,’ ‘Up in the Air’ Take Top WGA Awards
Writers Guild also honors dolphin documentary “The Cove”
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Polanski Named Best Director at Berlinale
Turkish film “Bal” wins Golden Bear for best picture
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‘Hurt Locker’s’ Moments of Truth with Barry Ackroyd
The Oscar-nominated cinematographer says all you need is “the simplest equipment and a good eye”
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Documentary Shorts: Serious Issues, Plus Rabbits
The documentary branch opted for a slate of serious, issue-oriented shorts … plus one real change-of-pace
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James Cameron Chats for the Environment, Tarantino Sells Posters for Haiti
In the final days of awards season, two contenders add charity events into the mix
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Good Morning Oscar, Feb. 19: Newbie Tips
An Oscar vet gives advice to newcomers, and the Academy complicates the job of transporting those statuettes
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Snubbed ‘Up in the Air’ Novelist Needs to Relax
Walter Kirn is upset he hasn’t been invited to the Oscars, but the controversy is silly
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Short Spotlight: ‘The Door’
A Russian-language film shot by an Irish director with a Spanish name, the live-action nominee is graceful and heartbreaking
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Oscar’s Live-Action Shorts: From Black Comedy to Heartbreak
In a tough category to predict, the standouts are a dark, audacious comedy and a heartbreaker set in Russia