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 Nomination Predictions 2021: Top Contenders in Film (Photos)
“One Night in Miami,” “Nomadland,” “Da 5 Bloods” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” are among the films likely to get the most love from isolated Globes voters
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Golden Globes Nominations Predictions: In a Weird, Frustrating Year, No Film Will Dominate
“One Night in Miami,” “Nomadland,” “Da 5 Bloods” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” are among the films liable to get the most love from isolated Globes voters
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What Will Make the Oscar Shortlists in Documentary and International Categories?
Here’s what might happen as doc and international contenders are narrowed to 15 semifinalists
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Leslie Odom Jr to Receive Spotlight Award From Palm Springs Film Awards
Odom is being honored for his performance as Sam Cooke in “One Night in Miami”
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COVID Impacts Sundance 2021: Screenings Go Virtual, Films Are Haunted by the Pandemic
Sundance 2021: From a documentary about the virus to movies that grapple with isolation and dread, this has been a festival like no other
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‘In the Earth’ Film Review: Don’t Mess With Mother Nature, Says Ben Wheatley
Sundance 2021: The British director returns to his horror roots with a messy, creepy, annoying and at times deliciously nasty concoction fueled by COVID-era currents of dread
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‘Rebel Hearts’ Film Review: Nuns Make a Ruckus in ’60s-Set Documentary
Sundance 2021: Director Pedro Kos has created an affectionate salute to women who were dubbed “The Pope’s Unruly Flock”
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Oscars Voters Top 9,000, and You Can Thank Agents for That
An unusually large influx of new voters this year came from agents finally getting the right to vote
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Why John Lee Hancock Headed to the Dark Side for ‘The Little Things’
“I was living in a crappy apartment in Hollywood, looking at the streets and observing things around me, and there it was,” says the writer-director
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Oscars Reveal Record-Breaking Lists of Contenders in Documentary, International Categories
AMPAS also unveiled the 27 contenders in the Best Animated Feature category, which fell short of a new record
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Oscars Best Picture Screening Room for Voters Hits 200 Movies – But Not ‘Tenet’
Christopher Nolan’s mindbending drama is the most notable absence from a viewing platform that has now earned the Academy $2.5 million
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‘Nomadland,’ ‘One Night in Miami,’ ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Named Finalists for 2021 Scripter Awards
“First Cow” and “Bad Education” were also nominated for the award, which goes to the screenwriter and the author of the material on which the film or television program is based
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Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Wins Best Film and Director From National Board of Review
Acting awards go to Riz Ahmed and Carey Mulligan, while Chadwick Boseman receives NBR Icon Award
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Sundance Preview: Documentaries Are Festival’s Best Bets for Awards
As usual, Sundance’s nonfiction films are the ones that are likeliest to be in the awards race a year from now
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In a Wild Year, Spirit Awards Nominations Play It Safe
For the most part, the nominations lacked the left-field choices that often make the Spirit Awards so unpredictable and offbeat in the nomination round
