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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How Andrew Garfield Wants to Celebrate His SAG Nomination: Go Bowling and Hug Will Smith
Nominated for “tick, tick…BOOM!,” Garfield says he’d also like to celebrate with an In-N-Out Burger
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Inside SAG Award Nominations’ Many Snubs and Surprises, From Kristen Stewart to Ben Affleck
Bypassing Stewart and Aunjanue Ellis and sending mixed messages on “West Side Story” and “The Power of the Dog,” SAG makes an odd season even odder
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BAFTA Longlists Include ‘Belfast,’ ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘West Side Story’
“Don’t Look Up,” “Dune” and “House of Gucci” also do well in lists that are typically a fairly reliable predictor of Oscar success
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How They Did It: Denis Villeneuve and the Making of ‘Dune’
It took an army to put Denis Villeneuve’s epic Dune on screen; here are stories from the director and some of his soldiers
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Making ‘Dune’ – Here’s How Denis Villeneuve and His Team Pulled Off Sci-Fi Epic (Video)
TheWrap magazine: It took an army to put Denis Villeneuve’s epic “Dune” on screen; here are stories from the director and some of his soldiers
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Why ‘Dune’ Editor Traveled to Budapest But Wouldn’t Go on the Set
TheWrap magazine: “It’s really hard to cut things out after you’ve seen how much work goes into it,” editor Joe Walker says
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The Sound of ‘Dune’: The Giant Worm Was Hard, But the Magical Voice Was Harder
TheWrap magazine: “We never fully nailed what we wanted to do until the last week of final mixes,” sound editor Mark Mangini says
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‘Dune’ Cinematographer Still Finds Sand in His Luggage 2 Years After the Shoot
TheWrap magazine: “When you go to the desert, sand gets into every single thing you own,” Greig Fraser says
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‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye,’ ‘House of Gucci’ Nominated by Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
“Coming 2 America” and “The Suicide Squad” also receive multiple noms from the Hollywood guild
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Golden Globes 2022: Complete List of Winners
“West Side Story,” “The Power of the Dog,” “Succession” and “Hacks” had a winning night, although they weren’t there to see it
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Andrew Garfield Says Lying About ‘Spider-Man’ Role Was ‘Weirdly Enjoyable’
“It was rather stressful but also weirdly enjoyable,” the actor tells TheWrap of his repeated lies about whether he was in the new blockbuster
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‘Drive My Car’ Wins Best Picture Award From National Society of Film Critics
The Japanese drama was also named the year’s best by New York and Los Angeles critics associations
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The Golden Globes Are Putting on a Show, and Hollywood Can’t Figure Out Why
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association seems determined to return to the Beverly Hilton in the worst way, so that’s exactly what it’s doing with its no-stars, nontelevised ceremony
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Nicholas Britell, Diane Warren Lead Noms for Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards
The SCL also gives multiple nominations to Jonny Greenwood, Kid Cudi and Germaine Franco
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The Oscar Season’s Planned Comeback Is Already in Danger Due to Omicron Surge
As one January awards event after another is postponed or canceled, almost everybody except the Golden Globes could end up suffering
