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Steve Pond

Steve Pond

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Experience:

Steve Pond has been writing about film, music, pop culture and the entertainment industry for more than 40 years. He has served as TheWrap’s awards editor and executive editor, awards since joining the company in 2009.

Steve began his career writing about music for the Los Angeles Times, where he remained a contributor for more than 15 years, and Rolling Stone, where he was West Coast Music Editor and wrote 16 cover stories. He moved into film coverage with a weekly column in the Washington Post and became a contributing writer at Premiere magazine, where he became the first journalist to have all access to the Academy Awards show and rehearsals.

He has also written for the New York Times, Movieline, the DGA Quarterly, GQ, Playboy, the Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, New York, the Christian Science Monitor, Live! magazine and many others.

He is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller “The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards” (Faber and Faber, 2005). He has also written “Elvis in Hollywood” (New American Library, 1990) and contributed to books that include “Cash,” “The Rolling Stone Reader,” U2: The Rolling Stone Files,” “Bruce Springsteen: The Rolling Stone Files” and “The Rolling Stone Interviews: The 1980s.” He was the co-managing editor of the syndicated TV news program “The Industry News” and the creative consultant for the A&E series “The Inside Track With Graham Nash.”

He has won L.A. Press Club awards for stories in TheWrap, the Los Angeles Times and Playboy, and was nominated for a National Magazine Award for a story in Premiere.

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Education:

Steve received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach.

  • Creating Emilia Pérez: How the Makeup and Costume Teams Transformed Karla Sofía Gascón

    TheWrap magazine: “They allowed me to go deeper into the character and make it feel real,” the actress says, speaking alongside Julia Floch-Carbonel and Virginie Montel. “It did not feel like a disguise”

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 9, 2024 @ 12:48 PM
    Awards
    12:48 PM
    Creating Emilia Pérez: How the Makeup and Costume Teams Transformed Karla Sofía Gascón
  • Will Sensible Golden Globes Nominations Be Enough to Let Hollywood Shrug Off the Scandals?

    If the industry really wants to look the other way re: the Globes’ past, this year’s nominations gave them a reason to play along

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 9, 2024 @ 6:57 AM
    Awards
    6:57 AM
    Will Sensible Golden Globes Nominations Be Enough to Let Hollywood Shrug Off the Scandals?
  • ‘Anora’ Named Best Film of 2024 by Los Angeles Film Critics

    Acting awards go to Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov and Kieran Culkin

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 8, 2024 @ 3:43 PM
    Awards
    3:43 PM
    ‘Anora’ Named Best Film of 2024 by Los Angeles Film Critics
  • Israeli-Palestinian Film ‘No Other Land’ Wins at IDA Documentary Awards

    Other winners include “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” “Queendom” and “Black Box Diaries”

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 5, 2024 @ 9:16 PM
    Awards
    9:16 PM
    Israeli-Palestinian Film ‘No Other Land’ Wins at IDA Documentary Awards
  • AFI Names ‘Anora,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ on Annual Top 10 List

    The list of 2024’s best films also includes “Conclave,” “Nickel Boys,” “The Brutalist,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Sing Sing,” “A Complete Unknown” and “A Real Pain”

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 5, 2024 @ 11:30 AM
    Awards
    11:30 AM
    AFI Names ‘Anora,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ on Annual Top 10 List
  • ‘Shogun’ Leads Critics Choice TV Nominations

    Other nominees include “Abbott Elementary,” “Disclaimer,” “Hacks,” “The Diplomat,” “The Penguin” and “What We Do in the Shadows”

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 5, 2024 @ 9:03 AM
    Awards
    9:03 AM
    ‘Shogun’ Leads Critics Choice TV Nominations
  • Inside the Filming of Norway’s Oscar Entry ‘Armand’: ‘Going More and More Crazy Together’

    TheWrap magazine: “It made sense to turn it into a nightmare,” director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel says

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 4, 2024 @ 2:00 PM
    Awards
    2:00 PM
    Inside the Filming of Norway’s Oscar Entry ‘Armand’: ‘Going More and More Crazy Together’
  • ‘Universal Language’ Is the Only Oscar Entry Where a Turkey Was Arrested on the Set

    TheWrap magazine: “(The turkey) gives a very good, soulful performance, even if he doesn’t always take direction,” director Matthew Rankin says

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 4, 2024 @ 12:00 PM
    Awards
    12:00 PM
    ‘Universal Language’ Is the Only Oscar Entry Where a Turkey Was Arrested on the Set
  • The Journey of ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’: Recreate ‘World of Warcraft’ First, Get Permission Second

    TheWrap magazine: Director Benjamin Ree used the popular game to tell the story of Mats Steen — and only got the rights to do so after finishing the film

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 4, 2024 @ 8:15 AM
    Awards
    8:15 AM
    The Journey of ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’: Recreate ‘World of Warcraft’ First, Get Permission Second
  • ‘Anora,’ ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Lead 2025 Indie Spirit Awards Nominations

    In the TV categories, “Baby Reindeer” and “Shōgun” scored the most nods

    By

    Missy Schwartz and Steve Pond
    December 4, 2024 @ 7:13 AM
    Awards
    7:13 AM
    ‘Anora,’ ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Lead 2025 Indie Spirit Awards Nominations
  • June Squibb Gets Her First Lead Role at 95 — and She’s Ready for More

    TheWrap magazine: After starring in “Thelma” and shooting “Eleanor the Great,” she has a new rule for her agent: “Only leads, and only if the film has my name in it”

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 3, 2024 @ 1:00 PM
    Awards
    1:00 PM
    June Squibb Gets Her First Lead Role at 95 — and She’s Ready for More
  • ‘The Brutalist’ Wins Top Award From New York Film Critics – Complete List of Winners

    Acting awards go to Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Adrien Brody, Carol Kane and Kieran Culkin

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 3, 2024 @ 11:30 AM
    Awards
    11:30 AM
    ‘The Brutalist’ Wins Top Award From New York Film Critics – Complete List of Winners
  • R.J. Cutler’s Wild 2024: From Elton John to Martha Stewart to Dodgers v. Yankees

    TheWrap magazine: “These are real movies — these are narratives with characters and themes and cinema,” the director says

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 3, 2024 @ 10:03 AM
    Awards
    10:03 AM
    R.J. Cutler’s Wild 2024: From Elton John to Martha Stewart to Dodgers v. Yankees
  • Talking With Oscars Song Contenders: Pharrell Williams, Kristen Wiig, Robbie Williams … and Yep, Diane Warren Too

    TheWrap magazine: We also get the scoop from the songwriters for “Emilia Pérez,” “The Wild Robot” and “Blitz”

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 3, 2024 @ 8:54 AM
    Awards
    8:54 AM
    Talking With Oscars Song Contenders: Pharrell Williams, Kristen Wiig, Robbie Williams … and Yep, Diane Warren Too
  • ‘A Different Man’ Named Best Film at 2024 Gotham Awards – Complete List of Winners

    Acting awards go to Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin for “Sing Sing” and Brandon Wilson for “Nickel Boys”

    By

    Steve Pond
    December 2, 2024 @ 4:39 PM
    Awards
    4:39 PM
    ‘A Different Man’ Named Best Film at 2024 Gotham Awards – Complete List of Winners
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