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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Oscars Move 2022 Ceremony to March, Extend COVID-Era Eligibility Rules
With films that were released in January and February eligible for the 2020 Oscars, the 2021 ceremony will cover only 10 months’ worth of releases
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A bumper crop of first-year series could be nominated in top categories, but it’ll be hard to beat the new shows from the early ’70s
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Can (and Should) Anything Replace the Golden Globes?
The Critics Choice Awards have claimed the date of the 2022 ceremony, but that doesn’t make it the new Globes
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Emmy Season Begins With Clear Favorites – But Are They Safe?
“The Crown,” “Ted Lasso” and “The Queen’s Gambit” may be front runners, but the Oscars proved that doesn’t always mean much
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12 Lessons From a Long and Broken Awards Season
From virtual screenings to the HFPA’s implosion to messing with the order of the Oscars show, here’s what we learned in the longest season ever
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A Strange Year Gets the Strange Oscars It Deserves
But the oddness of the show and the season shouldn’t tarnish the victory for “Nomadland”
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The Last 14 Oscar Hosts Ranked From Worst to Best (Photos)
From James Franco and Anne Hathaway to Billy Crystal and Jimmy Kimmel, TheWrap looks back at the Hollywood stars who have hosted the Academy Awards over the last three decades
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Oscar Predictions 2021: We Predict the Winners in All 23 Categories (Photos)
TheWrap Award Editor Steve Pond breaks down all the key races in one of the weirdest movie years ever
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Can the Academy Reinvent the Oscars After This Bizarre Awards Season?
The singularity of the season makes this the most tantalizing Oscars in decades, and potentially one of the most important
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Oscar Predictions: In a Weird Year, Will We See Weird Winners?
“Nomadland,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Promising Young Woman” are among the prime contenders, but one of them could be completely shut out
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Goodbye to the Worst Oscar Season Ever, and Apologies to the Good Movies Stuck in It
Despite the fact that some very deserving films were honored, this pandemic-disrupted Oscar season was a mess
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Indie Spirit Awards Add a Surprise or 2 to Their Oscar Warmup
Riz Ahmed and Carey Mulligan’s wins bring a touch of energy to yet another awkward virtual awards show
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From Chadwick Boseman to Chloe Zhao – 19 People Who Could Make History on Oscar Night
Records for diversity, inclusivity and even futility could fall at Union Station
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See Vintage Postcards of the 11 Los Angeles Locations to Host the Academy Awards
TheWrap Oscar magazine: From the Roosevelt Hotel to Union Station, here are the sites of all 93 Oscar ceremonies
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Indie Spirit Awards Offer a Dress Rehearsal for This Year’s Indie-Heavy Oscars
With most Spirit Awards categories containing one or two Oscar nominees, it’ll be even harder than usual for the show to stake out its own identity
