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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Emmys Analysis: ‘Succession’, ‘The Bear’, ‘Beef’ Win Some More in Nostalgia-Filled Telecast
The 75th anniversary show paid tribute to “Cheers,” “I Love Lucy,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Ally McBeal”
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‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 8 Critics Choice Awards Including Best Picture and Best Director
“Barbie” scored 6 awards including Best Song, while acting prizes went to Emma Stone (“Poor Things”) and Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”)
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’32 Sounds’ Wins Cinema Eye Honors Award as Top Documentary
“20 Days in Mariupol,” “Kokomo City,” “The Eternal Memory,” “Four Daughters” and “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” also win awards
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How Vanessa Kirby Learned to Play the ‘Many Different Versions’ of Empress Josephine in ‘Napoleon’
TheWrap magazine: The Oscar nominee and “The Crown” star says the character was “one of the most deeply surprising and interesting people I’ve ever learned about”
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We Interrupt This Awards Season to Bring You Last Year’s Emmys (Notes & Predictions)
TheWrap offers our predictions for the winners at an upcoming ceremony devoted to shows that aired seven to 19 months ago
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How ‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Made the Journey From ‘Stupid Idea’ to Oscar Contender
TheWrap magazine: “This was very complicated — making it real in three languages, working with documentary material but keeping the strategies of fiction storytelling,” says director Fernando Trueba
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How ‘The Peasants’ Used 40,000 Oil Paintings to Make an Animated Movie
TheWrap magazine: “We are doing this because we want to push the boundaries of film,” says director Hugh Welchman
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Martin Scorsese on Why He Never Fit in Hollywood: ‘I Was Always an Outsider’
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to belong, but I never belonged,” the “Killers of the Flower Moon” director says of the studio system
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Annie Award Nominations: Disney, Pixar Shut Out of Best Feature Category for First Time as ‘Nimona’ Leads
The Netflix feature picked up nine nominations in total, followed by the likes of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and “The Boy and the Heron”
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Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan Nominated for Directors Guild Awards
Other nominees are Yorgos Lanthimos and Alexander Payne; first-time director nominees include Cord Jefferson and Celine Song
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One Big Thing Is Missing From Awards Season So Far: Voters Who Make Movies for a Living
“Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things” and “Past Lives” have been winning awards, but we have yet to hear much from industry voters
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Cillian Murphy on the Brain-Drain of Playing Oppenheimer: ‘Being That Brilliant Is a Burden’
TheWrap magazine: “Hyper-intelligent people see the world in different dimensions than we do,” says the Golden Globe-winning actor
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‘Succession’ Dominates Directors Guild TV Nominations, Again
Two years after landing all five nominations in its category, the drama series takes four out of five for its final season
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Academy Promotes Teni Melidonian and MaryJane Partlow to Exec Oscar Roles
Melidonian will become chief Oscars officer while Partlow is instated as executive VP of awards production and special events
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Ferrari’ Land Nominations From Cinema Audio Society
“Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro” and “Oppenheimer” are also singled out in a category that usually predicts Oscar nominees
