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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Cannes at the Halfway Point: How Did Elton John Become King of the Fest?
Cannes 2019: While most of the attention has gone to a pair of major-studio flicks, “Rocketman” and the yet-unseen “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” the festival is also full of dark films for a dark age
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‘Family Romance, LLC’ Film Review: Love’s for Sale in Werner Herzog’s Odd New Film
A curious little meditation on the commodification of everything up to and including love, the film is slight but has moments of pure Herzogian rhapsody
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‘The Whistlers’ Film Review: Romanian Wild Ride Runs on Black Humor
Cannes 2019: Corneliu Porumboiu’s film is an oversized, deliciously twisted ride that slips in references to John Wayne and Alfred Hitchcock
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‘Port Authority’ Film Review: Searching for Family in New York’s LGBT Ball Scene
Cannes 2019: Danielle Lessovitz’s debut feature is a rough but vital film for the age of “Pose” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
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How Antonio Banderas Learned to Relax and Play His Old Friend (and Director) Pedro Almodóvar
TheWrap Cannes magazine: “I don’t know how many times people have worked performing a character that not only exists but is directing you,” says Banderas of his eighth movie with Almodóvar, “Pain and Glory”
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Cannes Market Preview 2019: What Are Buyers Looking for This Year?
TheWrap Cannes magazine: “In Cannes, there is a thriving but very selective market for movies that are, I would say, the indie version of events,” Neon’s Jeff Deutchman says
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Bruce Springsteen ‘Begs for Votes’ at Netflix Emmy Event
In a conversation with Martin Scorsese, Springsteen also reveals that he’s written material for a new E Street Band album
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‘The Young and the Restless’ Leads Daytime Creative Arts Emmys
CBS was the leading network, followed by Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and PBS
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Elle Fanning, Yorgos Lanthimos, Pawel Pawlikowski Get Jury Duty at Cannes
Alice Rohrwacher, Robin Campillo and Kelly Reichardt are among the other jurors who will join president Alejandro G. Inarritu
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‘Apocalypse Now Final Cut’ Film Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s New Version Might Be the Best One Yet
Tribeca Film Festival 2019: “You can’t make art without risk any more than you can make babies without sex,” Coppola tells Steven Soderbergh following the screening of his new cut of the 1979 classic
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‘The Apollo’ Launches Tribeca Film Festival With a Look at a Theater, a Community – and Politics
Festival co-founder Robert De Niro said the audience to see the documentary about Harlem’s famed theater was “making a statement that we reject” Donald Trump’s policies
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‘JT LeRoy’ Film Review: Literary Hoax Makes for a Frustrating Film
Fact-based film threatens to be overshadowed by the controversy surrounding Asia Argento, who’s depicted (under a different name) in Justin Kelly’s drama starring Laura Dern and Kristin Stewart
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Directors’ Fortnight Announces Lineup, 16 Directors to Make Cannes Debut
The sidebar’s lineup also includes new work from Rebecca Zlotowski, Lav Diaz and Bertrand Bonello
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Cannes Critics’ Week Section Includes Jesse Eisenberg Sci-Fi Drama ‘Vivarium’
The main competition lineup will consist of films from seven different countries, including Morocco, France, Iceland, Ireland, Algeria and Costa Rica
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‘Rafiki’ Film Review: African Gay Romance Breaks New Ground
The first Kenyan film to ever screen at the festival is perhaps more notable for what it represents than what it is
