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 Wild Robot’ Dominates Annie Awards for Animation
The DreamWorks Animation epic won in all nine categories in which it was nominated; “Flow” won two awards
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Producers Guild Victory Completes Remarkable Awards-Race Surge for ‘Anora’
With wins at the Critics Choice Awards, Directors Guild and Producers Guild in only two days, Sean Baker’s freewheeling film has to be considered an Oscar frontrunner
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‘A Complete Unknown’ Wins Top Prize at AARP Movies for Grownup Awards
Acting awards, which are restricted to performers over 50, went to Demi Moore, Adrien Brody, Joan Chen and Peter Sarsgaard
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‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘Conclave’ Win Costume Designers Guild Awards
TV honors go to “Shōgun,” “Hacks,” “Dune: Prophecy” and “The Masked Singer”
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AFI Awards Lunch: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Gets a Warm Reception but ‘Wicked’ Brings the House Down
The lunch had been rescheduled because of the L.A. wildfires, and moved to a date where it seemed that the only thing in flames was “Emilia Perez”
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This Weekend’s Big Awards Shows Won’t Mean as Much, Thanks to the ‘Emilia Pérez’ Mess
Critics Choice, Directors Guild and Producers Guild awards can be good Oscar predictors, but their voting mostly took place before the damaging revelations about Karla Sofía Gascón’s social media history
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Oscars Won’t Make Any Past Best Actress Winners Praise Karla Sofía Gascón on Stage
The “Fab 5” format in which each individual nominee is lauded by a former winner will be used in below-the-line categories this year
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With ‘Emilia Pérez’s Oscar Campaign in Crisis, the Hollywood Finger-Pointing Has Begun
Oscar campaigns are “warfare,” says one insider
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Karla Sofía Gascón’s Oscar Campaign Is Dead. Can ‘Emilia Pérez’ Survive?
The path forward for Netflix’s one-time Oscar frontrunner will have to involve both isolation and repudiation
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Karla Sofía Gascón Did Not Violate Oscar Rules While Calling Out Social Media Posts of Fernanda Torres Fans, Academy Says
The “Emilia Pérez” Oscar nominee is under fire for comments she made in a Brazilian interview about the film “I’m Still Here” and its lead actress
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Oscar Nominations: Love for ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘The Apprentice’ Could Make Oscar Night Donald Trump’s Nightmare
Hey Mr. President, a Spanish-language musical about a transgender Mexican drug lord just broke Academy Award records
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2025 Oscars Will Skip Performances of Nominated Songs
The show will celebrate Los Angeles and “move away from live performances” of the songs, Academy leadership says
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‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Conclave’ Named Scripter Awards Finalists
“Nickel Boys,” “Sing Sing” and “The Wild Robot” were also nominated for the award for film and TV adaptations
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‘Wicked,’ ‘Mean Girls’ Land Film Nominations for GLAAD Media Awards
Other films chosen by the organization include “Queer,” “My Old Ass,” “Love Lives Bleeding” and “Drive-Away Dolls”
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2025 Oscar Nomination Predictions: What Will the Distracted Voters Do?
Nominees will include “Emilia Perez,” “Conclave,” “The Brutalist” … and “Waltzing With Brando?”
