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: September 27
China gets political with its Oscar submission, and Robert Duvall’s Oscar chances are put on hold.
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More Countries Enter Oscar’s Foreign-Language Race
The latest batch of foreign contenders runs from gangster films to lowbrow comedies to, yes, the Holocaust.
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Good Morning, Oscar: September 25
Charles Darwin survives, Mr. Fox gets a fantastic slot and the foreign-film race gets crowded.
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Oscar Show Looks for a Producer
Producing the Academy Awards show is a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it – soon.
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Good Morning, Oscar: September 24
Oliver Stone gets reasonable, new festivals give awards contenders a boost, and similar titles cause a serious confusion.
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Good Morning, Oscar: September 23
Polls, schedules, lists, blogger feuds … and film school (or is it life school?) from Professor Herzog.
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Oscar Lessons Learned at the Filmfests
Telluride, Venice and Toronto cleared up the awards picture in some ways – and muddied it in others.
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Good Morning, Oscar: September 22
A woman’s place is in the director’s chair, Oprah steps up, Sony Classics backs two more Oscar horses.
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Raise Your Hopeful Voice – the Enduring Delights of ‘Once’
The Oscar-winning writers and singer of “Falling Slowly” are still making wonderful music.
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Producers Guild Follows the Academy, Expands Best-Picture Slate to 10
The Producers Guild of America, a usually reliable Oscar predictor, has doubled the number of nominees for its top prize.
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Good Morning, Oscar: September 21
Toronto picks a “Precious” winner, and more countries enter Oscar’s foreign-language race.
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Winning an Emmy at the Oscars
Chris Rock joked about it, but Hugh Jackman did it … or at least the writers of his song did.
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Good Morning, Oscar: September 19
Totonto post-mortems: Serious Men, Single Men, Men Who Stare at Goats…
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Oscars Accountant Discusses the Voting Changes
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Rick Rosas on the logistics, dynamics and intricacies of the new best-picture rules.
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Good Morning, Oscar: September 18
The Coen Brothers win plaudits without hurting Jews, and the trades face tough times, even in awards season.