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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Ryan Reynolds’ Cannes Thriller ‘The Captive’ Draws (and Deserves) Boos
Cannes 2014: Atom Egoyan’s child-abduction drama may be provocative, but it’s also pretty ludicrous
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‘Girl Movie’ Day at Cannes: The Women Throw a Dark, Depressing Party
Cannes 2014: “Party Girl” and “That Lovely Girl” kick off Un Certain Regard with a day of downbeat dramas directed or co-directed by women
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CannesWrap: Meet the Directors
TheWrap sent photographers around the world to capture top directors headed to the Croisette this year
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Nicole Kidman’s ‘Grace of Monaco’ Launches Cannes in a Blaze of Foolishness
Cannes 2014: The Princess Grace biopic is melodramatic and silly, but “Timbuktu” starts the competition off right
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21 Must-See Cannes Movies: From ‘Foxcatcher’ to ‘Expendables 3’ (Photos)
Between festival competitions and the film market, there will be thousands of movies to peruse at Cannes. We’ve singled out 21 that will be drawing crowds on the Croisette.
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Cannes: Where Ryan Gosling, Jessica Chastain Collide With Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren
“There’s no easy find in Cannes,” Sony Classics co-president Tom Bernard tells TheWrap. “Cannes is like going to a junk auction and trying to find a gem.”
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Cannes Calls 12 More to Jury Duty
Un Certain Regard and Camera d’Or juries will consist of a dozen international directors, actors, technicians and journalists
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Academy Renews Dawn Hudson’s Contract as CEO
The AMPAS Board of Governors approves an extension for the exec whose first three years were occasionally rough
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Clint Eastwood’s ‘Jersey Boys’ to Close LA Film Festival
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Judy Greer: Forget About the Best-Friend Roles – Now She’s an Author and an Ape
With a funny memoir in the stores and two blockbusters on the horizon, the character actress explains why she just can’t brag about herself
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Cannes Adds 30 Films, Makes Sophia Loren Guest of Honor
Cannes Classics section will include revival screenings of Alfred Hitchcock and Sergio Leone movies, plus Roger Ebert documentary “Life Itself”
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Jon Favreau’s ‘Chef,’ Music Doc ‘Keep On Keepin’ On’ Win Tribeca Audience Awards
Favreau will donate his $25,000 prize to New York food organization
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Teen Movie ‘It Follows’ Is Only U.S. Film in Cannes’ Critics’ Week Lineup (Updated)
The second feature from “Myth of an American Sleepover” director David Robert Mitchell joins 10 other films in parallel section
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Tribeca Docs ‘Virunga’ and ‘Tomorrow We Disappear’ Inspire and Infuriate
From the jungle of the Congo to the slums of Delhi, two stunning documentaries explore vital worlds threatened by “progress”
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New Lego Movie Hits Tribeca – But This One’s a Documentary
“Beyond the Brick” finds two Oscar-nominated directors in a celebratory mood
