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 2012: Kim Kardashian and Other Signs of Life in the Zombie Ghost Town
Day 9: The festival winds down with baffling movies, a Roman Polanski short and a giddy Kim Kardashian
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Cannes 2012: Critics Don’t Like ‘On the Road,’ but They Blame Jack Kerouac
Even the most positive reviews of Walter Salles' adaptation of "On the Road" say Jack Kerouac's book is nearly impossible to adapt
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Cannes 2012: ‘Holy Motors,’ Holy S#*!
Day 8: The wild and weird "Holy Motors" provides a shot of adrenaline, and Ken Loach doesn't want to watch his language
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Cannes: IFC Acquires Ben Wheatley Road Comedy ‘Sightseers’
IFC grabs North American rights before dark comedy from Ben Wheatley debuts in Cannes' Directors Fortnight
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Cannes: Brad Pitt Says ‘Killing Them Softly’ Isn’t Anti-Obama, But It Is Political
"Killing Them Softly" juxtaposes Obama's rhetoric with grim violence, but Brad Pitt tells Cannes press conference it's not a slap at the president
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Cannes 2012: Where’s the Excitement?
Day 7: Three movies that weren't ready in time for Cannes steal the spotlight from the movies that did make it to the festival
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Cannes: Alister Grierson to Direct Biblical ‘Prequel’ ‘Mary Mother of Christ’
Australian director Alister Grierson will direct film for Lionsgate, with faith-based marketing campaign planned
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Roman Polanski Returns to Cannes – With a Prada Ad
Cannes had promised a new film from controversial director Roman Polanski, but they didn't say it would be a fashion ad
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Cannes: Kino Lorber Acquires Prostitution Doc ‘Meet the Fokkens’
Kino Lorber plans summer release for "Meet the Fokkens," documentary about twin 69-year-old hookers-turned-brothel owners
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Cannes 2012: A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall
Day 6: On a wet and soggy day along the Croisette, umbrella sellers are happy, and "Amour" continues to win raves
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Cannes: Content Acquires Terrorism Drama ‘Complicit’
British drama about the torture of a terrorist will premiere on Channel 4 in the UK before worldwide theatrical release
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‘Oscars Outdoors’ Launches in Hollywood With ‘Field of Dreams’
Academy debuts its new outdoor Hollywood theater with an open-air screening of "Field of Dreams," and some presidential popcorn scoopers
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Cannes 2012: Do We Have a New Leader in the Palme d’Or Race?
Michael Haneke's old-age drama 'Amour' draws rapturous reviews, jumps to the top of bookmakers' lists
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Cannes 2012: Samuel Goldwyn Lands Gilles Bourdos’ ‘Renoir’
Gilles Bourdos film is love story about painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, his director son Jean Renoir and the young woman who inspired them both