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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From Battling Brain Cancer to Directing an Oscar Contender: Maria Sodahl’s Dramatic Journey to ‘Hope’
TheWrap magazine: “I hate sentimental cancer movies, and I didn’t want to do something like that,” Sodahl says of turning her own diagnosis into art
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How a Severed Hand Led to Taiwan’s Oscar Contender ‘A Sun’
TheWrap magazine: “I imagined that the incident happened on a rainy day, and the hand dropped into a hot pot,” says director Chung Mong-hong
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Elisabeth Moss on How Her ‘Thoughtful’ Career Choices Led Her to ‘Invisible Man,’ ‘Shirley’
TheWrap magazine: “I am interested in playing everything from superhero women to antiheroes,” the actress tells TheWrap
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Orion Lee’s Secret to Becoming a Leading Man in ‘First Cow’: Take It One Scene at a Time
TheWrap magazine: “I’d never played a lead before on screen, but I knew I could do scenes,” says the actor in Kelly Reichardt’s quiet drama
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How ‘The Truffle Hunters’ Turned Dogs Into Cameramen for Documentary
TheWrap magazine: “We lost a lot of cameras (that) flew off into the trees,” says co-director Gregory Kershaw
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How Guatemalan Horror Film ‘La Llorona’ Used Genre to Examine Genocide
TheWrap magazine: Director Jayro Bustamante says his Oscar entry was a way to use horror elements to examine issues that viewers don’t want to talk about
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‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Star Sidney Flanigan on Why She Set Aside Music for Her First Film Role
TheWrap magazine: “Reproductive rights have always been under threat, so artists (should) keep using their tools to make people aware,” says the first-time actress
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Oscars Animated Feature Race Gets a Big, Late Boost From International Contenders
Thanks to films from around the world, the category grew from 13 to 27 competitors overnight
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‘Ma Rainey’ Star Colman Domingo on Being Black in Hollywood: ‘You Always Have to Fight to Get Your Worth’
TheWrap magazine: “I think of that line that Viola (Davis) says in the movie: ‘They want your talent, but they don’t want all of you,’” says the veteran actor
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‘The Crown,’ ‘Ozark’ Lead Critics Choice Awards TV Nominations
The awards will be handed out on March 7 at a ceremony whose format has yet to be determined
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Oscars Obliterate Old Record With 238 Qualifying Documentaries
A final batch of 25 films pushed the total well past the old record of 170
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‘Crip Camp’ Wins Top Prize at IDA Documentary Awards
“Time” wins the award for best director, while “Dick Johnson Is Dead” takes two prizes
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Oscars Eliminate Executive Committee Picks for International Feature, Expand Shortlist
The change, made partly because of the uncertain security of virtual meetings, will boost the Phase 2 field from 10 to 15 films
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How Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Became 1930s-Style Tunesmiths for ‘Mank’
TheWrap magazine: The Nine Inch Nails composers were hired to write the score but ended up also creating music to play over radios in David Fincher’s film
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As Oscar Race Drags Into 2021, Who Are the Front Runners for Best Picture?
It’s hard to have any certainty in this strangest of years, when the race has brought us more hopefuls than sure bets
