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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Good Morning, Oscar: January 4
More critics awards lead to an uncomfortable history lesson for “The Hurt Locker”
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‘Hurt Locker’ Wins National Society of Film Critics Prize
Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq-themed film takes home best picture and director honors from the normally highbrow group
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Top 9 of 2009: The Year in Awards
“Precious” runs the table, “Amelia” bombs, celebs love “Anvil”
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Academy Picks a Different Top 10
While we’re waiting for those 10 nominees, here are the top 2009 videos from AMPAS
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Good Morning, Oscar: December 31
The Library of Congress doesn’t exactly see eye-to-eye with Oscar voters
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Answering More Oscar-Voting Questions
Readers see wrinkles, and we try to straighten them out
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Good Morning, Oscar: December 30
“Up In the Air” gets a big cover, and Judd Apatow has delusions of Oscar
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‘Avatar’s’ Effects Whiz Talks Shop
Oscar-winner Joe Letteri on creating new worlds from scratch, and dealing with James Cameron
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Good Morning, Oscar: December 29
Globe presenters, vulnerable best-picture candidates, and another “Avatar” controversy
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Revealed: How Oscar Nominee Ballots Are Counted
Inside secrets of the Academy’s little-understood tallying process
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Oscar Ballots in the Mail
More than 9,000 Oscar ballots, color-coded by category, are on their way to voters
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Good Morning, Oscar: December 28
Test your Oscar knowledge while both Timeses examine those “Avatar” 3-D glasses.