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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‘Paper Tiger’ Review: James Gray Delivers a Thriller Bursting with Danger … and Heart
Cannes 2026: Miles Teller, Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star as family members who get tangled up with Russian gangsters
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‘John Lennon: The Last Interview’ Review: Steven Soderbergh Says All You Need Is Love… and AI
Cannes 2026: Soderbergh illustrates an intimate radio interview with the dizzying use of still photos, archival footage and a little help from his Meta friends
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‘All of a Sudden’ Review: Forget the Title, This Ryusuke Hamaguchi Movie Takes Its Time
Cannes 2026: The director of “Drive My Car” defaults to moody resonance over explanation at every turn in his talky drama
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‘Fatherland’ Director Pawel Pawlikowski Says He Made a Period Movie Because ‘I Am Lost Today’
Cannes 2026: The film’s star, Sandra Hüller, says she feels guilt “every day” when playing a Nazi-era German
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‘Fatherland’ Review: Sandra Hüller Is Quietly Dazzling in Pawel Pawlikowski’s Latest Trip Through Postwar Europe
Cannes 2026: The Polish director follows “Ida” and “Cold War” with an elegant chamber piece about writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika
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‘A Woman’s Life’ Review: Character Study of Middle-Aged Doctor Embraces Complication
Cannes 2026: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s film doesn’t let the driven 55-year-old surgeon off the hook for her faults
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Enough With Those Absurd Standing Ovations at Cannes
Marathon clapping has become de rigueur at the festival, but it’s largely meaningless — and leaves filmmakers feeling awkward
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‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna Returns to Directing With an Unsettling Character Study
Cannes 2026: Anna Diaz and Adriana Paz star in a quiet film about grief and compassion
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From the Oscars to the Croisette: Renate Reinsve Heads to Her 4th Cannes With ‘Fjord’
The Academy Award-nominated actress returns to the festival that launched her career five years ago — and this time, she says, “I have less imposter syndrome”
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‘In Waves’ Review: Animated Surfing + Teen Tragedy Makes for a Stylish Tearjerker
Cannes 2026: Phuong Mai Nguyen adapts graphic novelist AJ Dungo’s tribute to a girlfriend who was diagnosed with cancer
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‘The Electric Kiss’ Review: Cannes Film Festival Opens With an Uneasy Rom-Com About Grief
Cannes 2026: A carnival sideshow performer runs a scam that leads to love in Pierre Salvadori’s meandering film
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Cannes Directors Portfolio 2026: Ron Howard, Diego Luna and More | Exclusive Photos
From James Gray to Pedro Almodóvar via Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Marie Kreutzer, here is our celebration of the auteurs at the heart of this year’s festival
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Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao and Stellan Skarsgård Join Cannes Film Festival Jury
Other members of Park Chan-wook’s jury will include Ruth Negga, Laura Wandel and Paul Laverty
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Oscars Rule Changes Ban AI Actors and Overhaul International Submission Process
Sorry, Tilly Norwood: You’re not receiving an Academy Award nomination anytime soon
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Jane Fonda Salutes Robert Redford, Slams Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: ‘We’re Going to Lose What Bob Was Trying to Do’
At the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, the actress says her longtime co-star’s quest for diversity, complexity and nuance is at risk in today’s Hollywood
