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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Cannes: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara Drama ‘Carol’ Wins Queer Palm Award
Award goes to a festival film that deals with LGBT issues; “The Lobster” receives special mention
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Cannes: Icelandic Drama ‘Rams’ Wins Top Prize in Un Certain Regard
Isabella Rossellini’s jury also singled out “Zvizdan,” “Journey to the Shore” and “The Treasure”
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Cannes: ‘Son of Saul,’ ‘Mia Madre’ Win FIPRESCI, Ecumenical Prizes
Festival awards also go to “The Measure of a Man,” “Masaan,” “Taklub” and the dog in “Arabian Nights”
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Marty Pasetta, Longtime Academy Awards Director, Killed in Bizarre Car Accident
Pioneering director and producer struck by unmanned vehicle near Palm Springs
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Cannes: ‘Embrace of the Serpent,’ ‘My Golden Years,’ ‘Mustang’ Win Directors’ Fortnight Prizes
The independent section at Cannes is officially non-competitive, but sponsors offer awards
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Cannes: Student Film from AFI Directing Workshop for Women Wins Top Cinefondation Award
By winning for her short film “Share,” director Pippa Bianco guarantees her first feature a Cannes booking
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How NY Times New Review Policy Could Hurt Docs’ Oscar Chances
Expect more appeals and possible rule changes in the doc feature category, insiders tell TheWrap
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Cannes: ‘Paulina’ Wins Top Award in Critics’ Week Section
“Land and Shade” also honored in independent section of festival
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Emmy Contenders to Watch: ‘Mad Men,’ ‘Transparent,’ ‘Empire,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ and Netflix Breakouts
Jeffrey Tambor’s retired academic is a potent symbol for a television landscape in middle of dramatic change
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‘Sicario’ Cannes Review: Brutal Benicio del Toro Thriller Takes No Prisoners
Josh Brolin also stars in Denis Villeneuve’s violent exploration of the drug trade’s moral quagmire
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‘Carol’s’ Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and Todd Haynes Talk Women’s Rights and Secret Love
“Even today, if you’re playing gay or lesbian, that’s [supposed] to be the thing you put front and center,” Blanchett tells TheWrap
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Cannes So Far: Stars Bomb But Movies Deliver at 2015 Festival
Cannes 2015: With a strong, varied slate of movies, does it even matter that people booed Matthew McConaughey?
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Cannes: Sony Classics Buys ‘Truth,’ Robert Redford/Cate Blanchett Film About Dan Rather
Directed by James Vanderbilt, the drama deals with the scandal that drove Rather out of CBS News
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‘Inside Out’ Review: Pixar Invades Cannes With One of Its Richest, Best Films
Pete Docter’s grand adventure will likely be Cannes’ top-grossing movie, and one of its best
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Cannes: Magnolia Pictures Picks Up ‘My Golden Days’
Arnaud Desplechin film screened in the Directors Fortnight section at the festival
