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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Academy Screening Room Tops 100 Films, But It’s Missing Lots of Big Oscar Contenders
Members can watch “Top Gun,” “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Tár” at home, but not “The Fabelmans,” “Women Talking” or “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
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‘The Swimmers’ Review: Syrian Drama Mixes Sports, Politics, Wartime Horrors and Happiness
Director Sally El Hosaini follows Syrian refugees who fled that country’s civil war to pursue their athletic careers
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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on the ‘Endless Amount of Experimenting’ They Did to Write for Cannibal Lovers in ‘Bones and All’
TheWrap Magazine: The Oscar-winning composers explain how they penned the song “(You Made It Feel Like) Home”
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‘Tár,’ ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ ‘Women Talking’ Receive Indie Spirit Award Nominations
Acting nominees include Cate Blanchett, Brian Tyree Henry, Regina Hall and Michelle Yeoh
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Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker on Doing Things Their Own Way While Engineering a Comeback
TheWrap magazine: The famed singer-songwriters collaborated to write an original song for the documentary “The Return of Tanya Tucker”
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Joe Jonas on Writing the Song ‘Not Alone’ for ‘Devotion’: ‘It Was Exciting, but Also Overwhelming’
TheWrap Magazine: “I’d been trying to separate the two passions of mine, acting and music, but this project was so dear to my heart that I wanted to do it,” Jonas says
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Governors Awards Mix Campaigning, Calls for Action and a Long-Awaited Oscar for Diane Warren
Directors Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy and actor Michael J. Fox are also honored at the annual ceremony
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Sarah Polley Named Director of the Year by Palm Springs International Film Awards
The “Women Talking” director will receive the honor at a ceremony on Jan. 5
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How ‘RRR’ Composers Wrote the Euphoric, Show-Stopping Tune ‘Naatu Naatu’
TheWrap magazine: The insanely catchy song would be the first Indian-composed nominee in the Best Original Song category in 14 years
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How ‘RRR’ Director S.S. Rajamouli Pulled Off His Epic Song-and-Dance Tollywood Hit (That India Snubbed)
TheWrap magazine: The over-the-top adventure musical is a massive hit that took three years to finish. Yet somehow, it’s not India’s Oscar submission
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Diane Warren Is Finally Taking Home a Songwriting Oscar After 13 Nominations: ‘How Cool Is That?’
TheWrap magazine: “I still want to win one,” says the Honorary Award recipient. “My Oscar will be lonely. He wants an Oscar friend to hang out with”
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Colin Farrell to Receive Palm Springs Film Award for ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Farrell is the first honoree to be announced by the annual awards gala
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How ‘Elvis’ Director Baz Luhrmann Used His Lifelong Love of the King to Make His Big, Bold Semi-Biopic
TheWrap magazine: “It was only after I made the movie that I realized Elvis was with me all my life in so many moments,” says Luhrmann
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Oscars Documentary Race Hits 144 Entries, Up From 2021
The list includes “All that Breathes,” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “Fire of Love,” “Navalny” and “Good Night Oppy”
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‘Good Night Oppy’ Wins Top Prize at Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Other winners include “Navalny,” “Fire of Love,” “Bad Axe,” “Moonage Daydream,” “Descendant” and “The Beatles: Get Back”
