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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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Leads Pre-Oscar Guild Awards – but ‘Soul’ Dominates
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” does best among Best Picture nominees, but Pixar’s latest animated hit sweeps the table at the guilds and professional organizations
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‘Mank’ Wins Top Film Prize at American Society of Cinematographers Awards
Television winners include “The Queen’s Gambit,” “The Mandalorian,” “The Crown” and “Motherland: Fort Salem”
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‘Sound of Metal’ Wins Top Award From Cinema Audio Society
Television winners include “The Queen’s Gambit,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Mandalorian” and “Hamilton”
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‘Trial of the Chicago 7′ Wins Top Prize at American Cinema Editors’ ACE Eddie Awards
“Palm Springs” wins for comedy editing, while TV winners include “Schitt’s Creek,” “Ted Lasso,” “Better Call Saul” and “The Queen’s Gambit”
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‘Greyhound,’ ‘Tenet’ Win at Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Golden Reel Awards
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Soul” also win film awards, while “The Queen’s Gambit” and “The Mandalorian” top TV categories
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‘Soul,’ ‘Wolfwalkers’ Dominate Annie Awards for Animation
“Soul” wins seven awards, including Best Feature; “Wolfwalkers” takes five, including Best Indie Feature
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Oscars: Andra Day, Maria Bakalova and More at TheWrap’s Virtual Nominees Luncheon (Exclusive Photos)
Since the official gathering got canceled, we asked the nominees to send selfies having a meal or raising a glass.
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Netflix’s Scott Stuber on Streamer’s Huge Haul of Oscar Nominations in a Very Strange Year
TheWrap awards magazine: “I think people are recognizing that we’re here and we’re going to be part of this conversation about the best of the year,” says the company’s head of original films
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5 Oscar Burning Questions With Voting Underway, Including That Crazy Best Actress Race
And can anything stop the Best Picture momentum for “Nomadland”?
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‘Da 5 Bloods’ Composer Calls Scoring War Movies a ‘Sonic Battle’ Between Guns and Music
TheWrap awards magazine: Terence Blanchard breaks down the crucial scene between Chadwick Boseman and Delroy Lindo
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‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ and ‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ Win Artios Awards for Casting
Television winners include “The Great,” “Euphoria,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” “Succession” and “Normal People”
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‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ Director on Why Art Is Necessary to Confront Tragedy
TheWrap awards magazine: “Without art and culture, our lives wouldn’t make any sense,” says director Jasmila Žbanić, whose film chronicles the 1995 Srebrenica massacre
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How ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ Mixed the Art World and a Refugee Crisis
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to see this luxurious world through his gaze,” director Kaouther Ben Hania says of the desperate refugee who becomes a contemporary-art commodity
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Maria Bakalova on Why That Rudy Giuliani Scene Still Makes Her Nervous
TheWrap awards magazine: “He called the police and we were running away from the police, and we left the state, and the next day we even left the country,” the Bulgarian actress says
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Diane Warren on Which of Her 12 Oscar-Nominated Songs She Absolutely Thought Would Win
TheWrap awards magazine: The prolific songwriter, who has yet to win, also revealed whom she was “happy to lose to”
