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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‘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
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Heavyweight Cannes Lineup Ties Record for Female Directors in Competition
Four female filmmakers are represented in the main competition, along with such past Cannes directors as Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Xavier Dolan, the Dardenne brothers and Terrence Malick
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‘Teen Spirit’ Film Review: Elle Fanning Sings – Boy, Does She Sing – in Indie Musical
Toronto Film Festival 2018: The goodhearted film about stardom in the “American Idol” era marks the directorial debut of Max Minghella
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Bruce Springsteen’s Unused ‘Harry Potter’ Song Finally Finds a Home in New Movie
“I’ll Stand by You Always,” which was originally recorded and offered to the “Potter” filmmakers in 2001, will get its first official release in the upcoming Gurinder Chadha movie “Blinded by the Light”
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‘Sunset’ Film Review: ‘Son of Saul’ Director Keeps His Characters, and Audience, Off Balance
Director Laszlo Nemes’ period drama is his first film since the Oscar-winning “Son of Saul”
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Golden Globes Set 2020 Date for Earliest Ceremony Ever
With the Oscars already set for its earliest-ever show on Feb. 9, the Globes are well positioned in an increasingly constricted awards season
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‘Gloria Bell’ Film Review: Julianne Moore Shines Quietly in Remake of Chilean Drama
Oscar-winning director Sebastian Lelio (“A Fantastic Woman”) makes an English-language version of his exceptional 2013 Chilean film
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‘Three Faces’ Film Review: Once Again, Jafar Panahi Is Modest But Profound
The Iranian director is officially forbidden from making films for 20 years, but “Three Faces” is the latest exceptional work he’s made in the face of that ban
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‘Sorry We Missed You’ Film Review: Once Again, Ken Loach Sings the Working Class Blues
Loach’s working-class drama is a timely look at the gig economy, but the veteran British director struggles to find anything fresh to say in his usual arena
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‘Leaving Neverland’ Brings Explosive Michael Jackson Accusations to Light
Dan Reed’s four-hour film focuses on two men and their families telling their stories in depth
