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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Golden Globes 2021: Predictions in All 25 Film and TV Categories (Photos)
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host this year’s awards show this Sunday
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Golden Globe Predictions: How Much Are Sacha Baron Cohen and ‘The Crown’ Going to Win, Anyway?
Embattled Globe voters usually like to spread the wealth, but they have a chance to pile it on in this strangest of years
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A Guide to Oscars’ Shortlisted Animated Shorts, From Diana Rigg to Pixar’s First Gay Hero
The 10 semi-finalists in the Best Documentary Short category range from commercial comedies to art movies
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‘Mank,’ Tenet,’ ‘Promising Young Woman’ Land Nominations From Art Directors Guild
Television nominees include “The Crown,” “The Queen’s Gambit” and Beyonce’s “Black Is King”
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Maria Bakalova on Her ‘Completely Insane’ Journey From Bulgaria to ‘Borat’
TheWrap magazine: “I thought, ‘Nobody is going to be giving a platform to an Eastern European person with an accent — forget about this, it’s just a dream,’” says the Golden Globe and SAG-nominated actress
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Sophia Loren Breaks Down 8 Famous Looks: From ‘Cleopatra’ to Her Blonde Phase
TheWrap magazine: As her new film “The Life Ahead” plays on Netflix, the iconic actress reflects on her decades-long career
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Which of the Oscars’ Special 2020 Rules Are Here to Stay?
TheWrap magazine: Online viewing? Streaming movies qualifying for film awards? Extended eligibility dates?
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Why Making ‘Nomadland’ Left Chloe Zhao ‘Emotionally Drained’
TheWrap magazine: “I wasn’t used to going into a place, getting attached to it and to people and then leaving it behind,” says the writer-director whose next film will be Marvel’s “The Eternals”
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‘Nomadland’ Film Review: Frances McDormand Hits the Road in Quiet, Lyrical Drama
Chloé Zhao’s film is a gentle, uncommonly rich drama in which the main character hits the road not to get away from home, but to find it
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A Guide to Oscar’s Shortlisted Documentary Shorts, From the Holocaust to Sophia Loren
The doc-shorts semifinalists offer a guided tour to many of the pressing issues of our time, but they throw in a few surprises, too
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George Clooney to Receive Cinema Audio Society’s Filmmaker Award
The CAS Awards will take place in a virtual ceremony on April 17
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‘I Care a Lot’ Film Review: Rosamund Pike Is Very Bad, and That’s Pretty Good
J Blakeson’s black comedy is a nasty little piece of provocation based around scenery-chewing badness from Pike and Peter Dinklage
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Sofia Coppola to Receive Honorary Award From American Society of Cinematographers
Coppola’s father, Francis Ford Coppola, received the Board of Governors Award in 1998
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Writers Guild Nominates ‘Trial of the Chicago 7,’ ‘One Night in Miami’ – and ‘Borat’ Too
More than half a dozen major Oscar screenwriting contenders, including “Mank,” “Nomadland” and “Soul,” were not eligible under WGA rules
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Oscar Race Finally Delivers Some Surprises, From ‘Jingle Jangle’ to Sia’s ‘Music’
Between the Oscar shortlists and some recent nominations, voters have managed to inject a bit of the unexpected (and sometimes the jaw-dropping) into this year’s competition
