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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Tony Hale and Sophie Turner on the End of ‘Veep’ and ‘Game of Thrones’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Stars discuss the “liberating and sad” feeling as their HBO juggernauts wrap up
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Cannes Film Festival 2019 Awards: ‘Parasite’ Wins Palme d’Or
Antonio Banderas wins Best Actor award for “Pain and Glory,” while Best Actress prize goes to Emily Beecham for “Little Joe”
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‘The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao’ Wins Top Award in Cannes Un Certain Regard Section
Cannes 2019: Other winners included “The Fire Will Come,” “Beanpole,” “On a Magical Night” and “The Climb”
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‘I Lost My Body,’ ‘Vivarium’ Win Prizes in Cannes Critics’ Week Section
Cannes 2019: Other Critics’ Week winners include “A White, White Day,” “She Runs” and “Our Mothers”
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‘Matthias & Maxime’ Film Review: Xavier Dolan Finds Maturity at the Ripe Old Age of 30
Cannes 2019: The Canadian director has always been a maestro of oversized emotions, but the warmth and restraint of “Matthias & Maxime” is what gives it life
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Quentin Tarantino Says He Thinks He Might Have Gone Horseback Riding With the Manson Family
Cannes 2019: The director of “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” discusses why people are fascinated by the 1969 murders, and whether he had qualms about portraying the perpetrator and victims on screen
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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
