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: Weekend
Spike Jonze unveils a Wild poster, and great expectations rise at the fall film festivals.
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Good Morning, Oscar: Friday
Oscar Gurus weigh in, and viewers line up on both sides of “The Road.”
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The Academy’s Davis on Oscar’s ‘Crisis Point’
AMPAS’ exec director on Oscar show changes, money woes and the problem with “small, angry movies.”
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Worst Version Ever of an Oscar-Nominated Song?
Laker Ron Artest makes a titanically bad YouTube video
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Filmmakers Jump Through Hoops to Qualify Docs for Oscars
There’s one pretty tricky rule that can make it difficult to get into the Oscar race.
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Let’s Get to Know Each Other Better
Some random observations about past Academy Award telecasts.
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Oscar’s Latest Change — Hollywood Reacts
Around town and around the web, there’s been plenty of fuss about the effect of the new best-picture voting rules.
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Meet Your Oscar Blogger
Welcome to The Odds, a six-month excursion into the heart of the awards season.
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Academy Makes Big Changes in Best Picture Voting
When the best picture is named at next year’s Academy Awards, the honor might not go to the film that receives the most votes.
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Is 2009’s Best Picture Winner Already Under Our Noses?
First off, I need to say that making Oscar forecasts in early September is an insane thing to do, and anybody who tries to tell you what’s going to be nominated or what’s going to win at this point is a complete fool. Got that? Good. Now I will don my fool’s cap and make…
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In Some Categories, Three Times More Oscars?
Attention, all you old legends, Hollywood do-gooders and veteran producers who’ve been sitting around wondering when the Academy might take notice of your awards-worthiness: your time has come. Maybe. Let’s just say that your time is a lot more liable to come than it was two months ago. That’s when the Academy’s Board…