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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Oscar’s Contenders: Who’s Got the Real Heat?
Taking a closer look at “Single Man,” “Princess and the Frog,” “Brothers” and others with heat.
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Good Morning, Oscar: November 24
More “Avatar” footage surfaces, and is the Academy really going to take “New Moon” seriously?
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Marc Shaiman’s Checkered History With the Oscars
From arguing with Burt Bacharach to wearing a powder-blue tux to the show, Oscar’s new musical director has a colorful awards history.
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Good Morning, Oscar: November 23
“60 Minutes” showcases “Avatar,” Santa Barbara honors a quartet of actors, and that “New Moon” money won’t impress Oscar.
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Good Morning, Oscar: November 22
The documentaries cause more controversy, and the white noise gets louder and louder.
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Previewing Oscar’s Animated Shorts
It’s no longer a mystery category: footage from all of the shortlisted films is available here.
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Pixar, Nick Park on Animated Shortlist
The shortlist in the animated shorts category contains a few big names, and lots of foreign shorts.
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Academy: ‘Tyson’ Extortion Charge Is False
AMPAS has investigated James Toback’s charge that “extortion” kept his Mike Tyson doc off the shortlist, and found it groundless.
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Academy Says New Director Won’t Take Jobs
British director Hamish Hamilton will use a largely American crew for the Oscar show, says an AMPAS spokesperson.
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The Lessons of Oscar’s Doc Shortlist
Sorry, Michael: A big name doesn’t work anymore. Plus other lessons learned by the Academy’s documentary shortlist.
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Good Morning, Oscar: November 19
The doc shortlist gets scrutinized, and the top categories get analyzed.
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Michael Moore, Rock Docs Left Off Oscar Shortlist
“Capitalism: A Love Story” is not one of the 15 films that moves into the next round of the Academy’s feature-documentary competition.
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‘Basterds’ a Best Pic Winner? Nope
Tom O’Neil sees Quentin Tarantino riding to glory behind a DGA win … but the DGA doesn’t even like the guy.
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‘British Invasion’ Worries Oscar Staffers
New director Hamish Hamilton generally uses his entire British team, even on U.S. productions.