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. 18: Ingloury Days
Harvey Weinstein and Quentin Tarantino have the Best Picture race in an uproar
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Short Spotlight: “Logorama”
The Oscar-nominated animated film is an unhinged, profane romp through corporate culture
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Oscars’ Mechanic Defends Axing Best-Song Performances
Dancers will be showcased in two big numbers, one of them said to be unlike any previous Oscars dance number ever
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Academy Unveils ‘Fabulous Bling’ of Oscar Set
Idea of modernist set is to immerse viewers in the movies, says designer
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Oscar’s Animated Shorts: A Cornucopia of Death
A guide to a category where four of the five nominees are pretty morbid, but awfully funny
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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”