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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Oscars May Look to 2020’s Indie Films – But How Indie Can They Really Get?
The Academy’s definition of an independent film is likely to be very different from the Gotham Awards’ definition
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‘Monsoon’ Film Review: Henry Golding’s Journey Through Vietnam Is Misty, Not Stormy
Writer-director Hong Khaou’s drama is a lyrical, ambiguous reverie, maddening at times and beautifully resonant at others
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Oscars in April? Here’s the COVID-Altered Awards Season Calendar
With the Oscars taking place later than ever, this season’s events are spread out over seven months
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Women Dominate Gotham Awards Nominations, ‘First Cow’ Leads All Films
Netflix’s controversial “Cuties” receives a nomination in the Best International Feature category
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‘Welcome to Chechnya’ Wins Courage Under Fire Award From International Documentary Association
Other winners at the IDA Documentary Awards will include directors Sam Pollard (“MLK/FBI”) and Garrett Bradley (“Time”)
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‘Gunda,’ ‘Crip Camp,’ ‘Time’ Land on DOC NYC List of Awards-Worthy Documentaries
Other films on the annual Oscar-predicting list include “Boys State,” “Collective,” “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” “The Fight,” “MLK/FBI,” “76 Days,” “The Truffle Hunters” and “Welcome to Chechnya”
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Oscars Supporting Actor and Actress Predictions: Will ‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ Hog the Nominations?
Contenders include a mixture of recent Oscar and Emmy winners (Olivia Colman, Mark Rylance) and names voters wouldn’t have known a few months ago (Maria Bakalova, Yuh-Jung Youn)
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Early Predictions in Oscars’ Lead Acting Races, From Chadwick Boseman to Sophia Loren
In this year of COVID, theater closings, new Oscars rules and an extended eligibility period, chaos still rules the day
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‘One Night in Miami’ Cast Pick Their Categories: 2 in Lead, 2 in Supporting
Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Leslie Odom Jr. and Aldis Hodge star in the ensemble drama directed by Regina King
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Oscars Documentary Race Gets Bigger, More Competitive With New Batch of 33 Films
Bryce Dallas Howard’s film “Dads” will now be competing with her father Ron’s “Rebuilding Paradise” in the category
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‘Us Kids’ Film Review: Parkland Documentary Revisits a Time of Gun Control Progress
The film by Kim A. Snyder is a needed reminder that issues don’t go away just because something else is getting today’s headlines
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Watch Out, Oscars: David Fincher’s ‘Mank’ Looks Like a Monster Contender
Could Fincher’s period drama be nominated in the same nine categories as “Citizen Kane,” the film that inspired it?
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‘The Life Ahead’ Film Review: Sophia Loren Gets a Grand Showcase in a Drama by Her Son
Director Edoardo Ponti has given his mother a meaty role as a former prostitute who watches over a young Senegalese orphan
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‘Boys State,’ ’76 Days,’ ‘Truffle Hunters’ Shortlisted for IDA Documentary Awards
The heavily international list also includes “Gunda,” “MLK/FBI” and “Welcome to Chechnya”
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Diane Weyermann Leaves Oscars International Committee, Susanne Bier Steps In
Weyermann recused herself because her company, Participant Media, has a contender in this year’s race
