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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‘Nomadland,’ ‘The Crown’ Dominate Critics Choice Awards: Complete Winners List
Chadwick Boseman, Carey Mulligan, Daniel Kaluuya and Maria Bakalova win acting awards in the film categories, whose winners go on to win Oscars about 70% of the time
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How ‘Earwig and the Witch’ Dragged Studio Ghibli Into the World of CG Animation
TheWrap awards magazine: “We had to create a team and a whole infrastructure from scratch,” says director Goro Miyazaki, son of the company’s legendary founder Hayao Miyazaki
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‘The Croods: A New Age’s’ Big Challenge: Creating a New World During a Global Pandemic
TheWrap awards magazine: “We had great momentum and chemistry, and then it was like, Wait — we’re going to have to do all of this separately in our homes?” says first-time director Joel Crawford
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‘Nomadland’ Is an Uneasy Front Runner as Oscar Voting Begins
We’re at that crucial point in the awards calendar when critics stop voting and the industry starts
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How ‘The Midnight Sky’ Visual Effects Team Pulled Together That Bloody Space Scene
TheWrap awards magazine: “I wouldn’t have trusted me to deliver the sequence we did,” visual effects supervisor Matt Kasmir says of the complicated scene
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How ‘My Favorite War’ Put a Country’s Collective Trauma Into Animated Documentary
TheWrap magazine: “Only in the last 10 years did I start to realize how wrong my beliefs were as a child, and I wanted to put my life into perspective,” says Latvian-born director Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen
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Why Glen Keane Brought a Touch of Pink Floyd to Chinese Folk Tale ‘Over the Moon’
TheWrap magazine: The veteran Disney animator who won an Oscar with Kobe Bryant for “Dear Basketball” makes his feature directing debut with the Netflix animated film
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How Many Votes Does It Take to Get an Oscar Nomination in 2021?
Here’s the category-by-category breakdown, from a high of 457 to a low of 27
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How Pixar Navigated Religion and Race in ‘Soul’
TheWrap awards magazine: “We said, ‘Let’s try to steer clear of anything that would upset people — either that, or we should try to offend everybody,’” says director Pete Docter
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‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ Wins Top Prize at AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards
Sophia Loren and Anthony Hopkins win acting awards, while “This Is Us” and “The Queen’s Gambit” take first AARP TV awards
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Costume Designers Guild Puts ‘Emma,’ ‘Mank’ on the Best-Dressed List
Television nominees include “The Mandalorian,” “Snowpiercer,” “Emily in Paris,” “Bridgerton” and “The Queen’s Gambit”
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If You’re Confused or Unsettled by ‘The Father,’ You Can Thank the Production Designer
TheWrap awards magazine: The look of Anthony Hopkins’ apartment is a big reason why Florian Zeller’s film about dementia keeps its audience off-balance
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How Chadwick Boseman Brought ‘Grace and Grit’ to His Final Film Roles
TheWrap awards magazine: Spike Lee, Colman Domingo, Delroy Lindo and others pay tribute to the charismatic actor who is picking up posthumous nominations and awards
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‘Soul,’ ‘Wolfwalkers’ Top Annie Award Nominations for Animated Films
Netflix led all companies with 40 overall nominations to 29 for Disney/Pixar
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‘The Mandalorian’ Dominates Visual Effects Society Nominations
In the film categories, the VES choices are dramatically different than the Oscars’ VFX shortlist
