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 Race Gets Blurrier as ‘The Power of the Dog’ Faces Surging Rivals
“CODA” wins big at SAG Awards, Sam Elliott complains and the heat is on for Jane Campion’s drama
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Student Academy Awards Eliminate Split Between US and International Categories (Exclusive)
New rules will have domestic and international student filmmakers compete head-to-head in all four categories
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‘Flee’ Wins Top Prize at Cinema Eye Honors for Documentaries
The audience award goes to “The Rescue,” while broadcast winners include “In the Same Breath,” “City So Real” and “Pretend It’s a City”
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SAG Awards: Big Night for ‘CODA’ Makes the Oscar Race More Confusing
Jessica Chastain, Troy Kotsur and Ariana DeBose get boosts from SAG voters, while “The Power of the Dog” takes a hit
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‘The Lost Daughter,’ ‘Dopesick’ Win Scripter Awards for Adapted Screenplays
The winner of the USC Libraries award has gone on to win a screenplay Oscar 10 times in the last 14 years, but not since 2018
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‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Shang-Chi’ Top Critics Choice Super Award Nominations
“Evil” and “Midnight Mass” are the leading TV nominees in an awards show designed to celebrate action, sci-fi and superhero entertainment
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‘Coming 2 America’ Wins Big at Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards
The Eddie Murphy comedy takes three awards in the five MUAHS film categories
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Oscars: Academy Resumes In-Person Screenings for Members After Nominations
The screenings at Academy headquarters had been suspended during COVID
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Javier Bardem Calls His & Her Oscar Noms With Penélope Cruz ‘Extraordinary’
“It’s been a beautiful day at home,” Bardem tells TheWrap. “We were holding on to each other, trying to fit on the same sofa, and there were so many things to pay attention to.”
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Kenneth Branagh Reacts to Breaking Walt Disney and George Clooney’s Oscar Nomination Record With ‘Belfast’
“It’s all about the act of storytelling, whichever angle you come at it from,” says Branagh, who has now been nominated in seven different categories
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Oscar Nominations Analysis: Voters Give Power to ‘The Dog’ in a Year Marked by Change
“It’s such a weird year – nobody knows what’s going to happen,” one studio executive says after some idiosyncratic nominations
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13 Oscar Nomination Records That Could Be Broken on Tuesday
Kenneth Branaugh, Jane Campion and Denzel Washington could all make history when nominations are announced
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Oscars 2022: We Predict the Nominations in All 23 Categories (Photos)
TheWrap’s awards editor Steve Pond predicts all of this Tuesday’s nominees, from “Dune” to “Belfast” to “The Power of the Dog”
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Oscar Nomination Predictions: Expect ‘Dune’ to Dominate in Another Weird Year
By our reckoning, “The Power of the Dog,” “Belfast” and “West Side Story” will also come on strong
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BAFTA Nominations: ‘Dune’ Leads All Films With 11
“The Power of the Dog” and “Belfast” also scored multiple noms in voting designed to “level the playing field”
