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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‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ Director on Why Art Is Necessary to Confront Tragedy
TheWrap awards magazine: “Without art and culture, our lives wouldn’t make any sense,” says director Jasmila Žbanić, whose film chronicles the 1995 Srebrenica massacre
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How ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ Mixed the Art World and a Refugee Crisis
TheWrap magazine: “I wanted to see this luxurious world through his gaze,” director Kaouther Ben Hania says of the desperate refugee who becomes a contemporary-art commodity
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Maria Bakalova on Why That Rudy Giuliani Scene Still Makes Her Nervous
TheWrap awards magazine: “He called the police and we were running away from the police, and we left the state, and the next day we even left the country,” the Bulgarian actress says
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Diane Warren on Which of Her 12 Oscar-Nominated Songs She Absolutely Thought Would Win
TheWrap awards magazine: The prolific songwriter, who has yet to win, also revealed whom she was “happy to lose to”
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A Journal of the Weirdest Awards Season Ever, From Streams to Vaccines and Everything in Between
TheWrap magazine: The COVID-19 pandemic and the recognition of systemic racism transformed this awards season into a marathon like no other
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‘Ma Rainey,’ ‘Mulan,’ ‘Promising Young Woman’ Win Costume Designers Guild Awards
Television winners include “The Queen’s Gambit,” “Westworld,” Schitt’s Creek” and “Hamilton”
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Why ‘My Octopus Teacher’ Directors Brought in an ‘Octopus Psychologist’ for Their Documentary
“She helped us get inside the mind of an octopus as much as she could,” says co-director Pippa Reed of the cephalopod expert they consulted for their film
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‘Soul,’ ‘Watchmen’ Win at Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
Film awards also go to “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Promising Young Woman,” “The Cuban” and a song from “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
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‘Nomadland’ Wins Big at BAFTA Awards – Complete List of Winners
Acting prizes go to Frances McDormand, Daniel Kaluuya, Yuh-Jung Youn – and Anthony Hopkins, who scored an upset victory over the late Chadwick Boseman
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‘Mank,’ ‘Tenet’ Win Top Film Prizes at Art Directors Guild Awards
Television winners include “The Mandalorian,” “Ozark,” “The Queen’s Gambit” and “What We Do in the Shadows”
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Chloe Zhao Wins Directors Guild Award for ‘Nomadland’ – Complete List of Winners
Zhao is now the second woman to win the award, after Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker”
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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ ‘Mank’ Win Awards in BAFTA’s Below-the-Line Ceremony
“Ma Rainey” is the only two-time winner in a show that presented awards in six below-the-line categories and two short-film categories
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‘Alaskan Nets’ Documentary Wins Audience Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Jury award winners include “Mirage” and “When I’m Done Dying”
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What Can Directors Guild and BAFTA Awards Tell Us About the Oscars?
In an unprecedented season, it may not make much sense to turn to precedent about pre-Oscar contests
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Adam Sandler, Renée Zellweger Booked as Presenters for Virtual Spirit Awards
Film Independent will partner with Looped Live to recreate the usual tent on the beach in a virtual space
