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 Film Festival Finds Reason to Celebrate, Even With That Netflix Problem
French exhibitors aren’t happy the streaming service got an invite to the Croisette, but the stacked lineup of international auteurs should be a cinema lover’s dream
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Cannes Film Festival 2017: 20 Most Intriguing Movies, From ‘The Beguiled’ to ‘Okja’ (Photos)
More than 100 new feature films will be screening at the 70th Cannes Film Festival — here’s a small sampling of Cannes premieres that merit attention.
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Casey Affleck to Receive President’s Award From Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Actor’s award will be part of a presentation of the David Lowery film “A Ghost Story” at the Czech festival
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The Statistics Tell a Sad Story: Gender-Neutral Awards Categories Are Dominated by Men
The TCA, BAFTA and MTV have tried out unisex categories in the past, and found that men take two-thirds of the nominations and wins
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‘General Hospital,’ Steve Harvey Top Daytime Emmy Awards
“The Bold and the Beautiful” actor Scott Clifton becomes first to win Emmys in younger actor, supporting actor and lead actor categories
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‘Trollhunters’ Leads Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Winners
“Days of Our Lives,” “Odd Squad,” “Sesame Street” and “The Bay the Series” also receive multiple Emmys
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‘Keep the Change,’ ‘Bobbi Jene’ Win Top Awards at Tribeca Film Festival
Acting awards go to Alessandro Nivola for “One Percent More Humid” and Nadia Alexander for “Blame”
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Cannes Film Festival Adds Roman Polanski Film to Lineup
The seven new selections also include films by Barbet Schroeder and Ruben Ostlund
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Salute Ken Loach, James Newton Howard
Czech Republic festival will also present a restored version of the Oscar-winning film “The Shop on Main Street”
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Tribeca: Kobe Bryant on His New Career as Storyteller, Moviemaker
The animated short “Dear Basketball,” athlete tells TheWrap, is the beginning of a post-NBA career in the entertainment business
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Hillary Clinton Drops in on Tribeca Panel for Kathryn Bigelow’s VR Poaching Short
“The Protectors” follows park rangers who are fighting what Clinton calls “some of the most ruthless killers on the planet”
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‘True Conviction’ Tribeca Review: True-Crime Doc Takes Dark Twists
The story of three exonerated prisoners who work to free other unjustly imprisoned men doesn’t always take viewers where we want to go
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Tribeca’s Johnny Rotten Documentary Delivers a Shock: He’s Really a Nice Guy
“The Public Image Is Rotten” chronicles the singer’s post-Sex Pistols career, but the movie is something his music never was: conventional
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John Ridley: Why My LA Riots Movie Doesn’t Talk About Black Lives Matter
The “American Crime” creator made the documentary “Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992” to explore a seminal moment, not draw parallels to the present
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Cannes’ Critics’ Week Section Books ‘Brigsby Bear,’ Animated and Documentary Movies
Independent Cannes section is devoted to directors first and second films
