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: ‘The Tribe’ Wins Critics’ Week Awards
Ukranian film told in sign language takes top prize and two other honors in independent Cannes sidebar
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Student Film From U of Texas Wins Cannes’ Cinefondation Prize
Annie Silverstein’s “Skunk” lands a 15,000 Euro prize and guaranteed spot at Cannes for her first feature
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Good Morning Cannes, Day 8: A Cocky Kid, a Grizzled Vet and Lot of Dogs
Xavier Dolan shows he has a right to be cocky, and Jean-Luc Godard becomes the latest director to point his camera at canines
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Robert Pattinson’s Cannes Makeover Gets Darker and Bloodier With ‘The Rover’
Cannes 2014: David Michod’s grimy road movie joins “Maps to the Stars” as an opportunity for indie-driven reinvention
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Julianne Moore and David Cronenberg Swear It: ‘We Love Hollywood!’
Cannes 2014: “Maps to the Stars” is the most caustic assault on Tinseltown in years, but its creators insist it’s not really about the movie business
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How Steve Carell Created a Character Without Humor in ‘Foxcatcher’
Cannes 2014: “I don’t think characters know if they’re in a comedy or a drama,” says the actor of his transformation in Bennett Miller’s rich film
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Maria Callas Biopic To Be Directed by Niki Caro
Cannes 2014: “Whale Rider” director will also write the film about the relationship between the opera singer and tycoon Aristotle Onassis
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Cannes at the Halfway Point: Where’s the Excitement?
It’d be nice if the festival’s competition films could steal a little thunder back from animated movies and action stars in tanks
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Good Morning Cannes, Day 4: Jennifer Lawrence Meets Justin Bieber While Terrence Malick Sneaks Into Town
Cannes 2014: The elusive Malick surprises buyers by showing up to hawk a movie, while the not-so-elusive “Hunger Games” cast hits the town
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Tommy Lee Jones on ‘The Homesman’: Yes, It’s Political
Cannes 2014: But the director of the daring Western says he’d rather let his movie do the talking
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Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy’s ‘Eleanor Rigby’ Is a Beautiful Movie – But Does it Measure Up to the Original Version?
Cannes 2014: Director Ned Benson unveils a new, trimmed-down version of a bold two-part drama that screened in Toronto last year
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Sex, Violence, Pretty Clothes and a Long, Cold Winter Come to Cannes
Cannes 2014: The competition gets serious with “Winter Sleep,” stylish with “Saint Laurent” and pulpy with “Wild Tales”
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Dragons and Dramas: Jeffrey Katzenberg and Harvey Weinstein Put on Shows at Cannes
Cannes 2014: DreamWorks Animation premieres “How To Train Your Dragon 2,” while the Weinstein Company shows off its upcoming slate
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Inside Jessica Chastain and Ned Benson’s Battle to Make ‘Eleanor Rigby’
Everybody told the director and star they could never turn their dream project into two movies — but now it’s three
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How Mike Leigh Made Cannes’ Biggest Hit on an Impossible Budget
Cannes 2014: Leigh’s “Mr. Turner” is the hit of the festival so far, but the director says he was tempted to make a bad movie
