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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‘The Neon Demon’ Cannes Review: Elle Fanning Potboiler Is Gloriously Lurid and Stupidly Entertaining
If the supermodel knife fight in Nicolas Winding Refn’s movie doesn’t do it for you, maybe the necrophilia masturbation scene will
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‘Gimme Danger’ Cannes Review: Jim Jarmusch Delivers a Playful Tribute to Iggy Pop
This rock doc couldn’t be further from Jarmusch’s other Cannes movie, “Paterson,” though it’s the more conventional of the two films
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‘Risk’ Cannes Review: Laura Poitras Takes Intimate Look at WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
Oscar-winning director tackles a controversial figure who wants to talk about politics, not feelings
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Cannes: ‘Toni Erdmann’ Director Maren Ade Reveals How She Made the Festival’s Hottest Movie and Craziest Nude Scene
The German director’s blend of drama and comedy brought the house down, winning rave reviews and a deal with Sony Classics
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Cannes: Israeli Drama ‘Beyond the Mountains and Hills’ Acquired by Adopt Films
Company will release the film from director Eran Kolirin in the first quarter of 2017
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Bullets, Vampires and Hippies: Cannes Gets Invaded by English-Language Indies
Un Certain Regard sidebar is playing host to the terrific indies “The Transfiguration,” “Captain Fantastic” and “Hell or High Water”
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‘Hands of Stone’ Cannes Review: Nice Robert De Niro Celebration, Routine Boxing Movie
The movie about Roberto Durán got a big boost from his presence — and from an emotional salute to De Niro
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Cannes: Sundance Selects Acquires Ken Loach Drama ‘I, Daniel Blake’
Politically charged film from veteran British director won strong reviews after Thursday’s Cannes premiere
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Sex, Skin & Nerve in Cannes: 5 Top Lessons From the French Film Festival So Far
Steve Pond: Good or bad, film after film at this year’s festival has been bold, audacious and even a little nuts
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Cannes: Sony Classics Buys Festival Sensation ‘Toni Erdmann’
Director Maren Ade’s father-daughter story won sustained applause and rapturous reviews when it debuted on Friday
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Cannes Report, Day 5: ‘American Honey’s Portrait of Midwest Divides Critics; Carrie Fisher’s Furry Plus One
Andrea Arnold’s Midwestern odyssey gets both raves and eye rolls for depiction of lower class
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‘Bright Lights’ Cannes Review: Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Documentary Is Very Funny, Brutally Honest
“We didn’t know it was going to get that dark,” co-director Fisher Stevens tells TheWrap
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Cannes: Martin Scorsese-Robert De Niro Mob Drama ‘The Irishman’ Goes to STX for $50 Million
Film is based on the deathbed confessions of a mob hitman who claimed to have killed Jimmy Hoffa
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‘From the Land of the Moon’ Cannes Review: Marion Cotillard Shines in Conventional Period Piece
Restrained drama is quietly subversive in its look at female sexuality
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‘The BFG’ Cannes Review: Steven Spielberg, Roald Dahl Have a Great Character, Not a Great Movie
Mark Rylance’s performance as the Big Friendly Giant is the melancholy heart of an adventure story that misses the magic
