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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Cannes 2012: BBC Films To Release Simon Curtis’ Art Drama ‘The Golden Lady,’ Other Films
Simon Curtis film tells true story of Gustav Klimt painting stolen by the Nazis; BBC Films slate will also include Saoirse Ronan in World War I memoir "Testament of Youth"
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Cannes 2012: Millennium, West Coast Film Partners Sign $100 Million Deal
Millennium/West Coast agreement calls for co-production and co-financing of two or three films a year, beginning with Antoine Fuqua's "White House Taken" with Gerard Butler
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Cannes 2012: ‘Last Days on Mars’ Begins Shooting with Liev Shreiber, Olivia Williams
Elias Koteas and Tom Cullen also join cast of sci-fi drama currently selling at Cannes Marketplace
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Cannes 2012: Shame, Money and Long Movies
Day 4 roundup: Sean Penn raises big money for Haiti, and Megan Ellison doesn't want to talk about being a Cannes power player
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Cannes 2012: Film Movement Acquires Israeli Thriller ‘Room 514’
Sharon Bar-Ziv's interrogation drama "Room 514" won a special jury mention at Tribeca; Film Movement plans late 2012 release
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Cannes Star Aniello Arena Misses ‘Reality’ Premiere Because He’s in Prison
Actor Aniello Arena wins praise for his role in "Reality," but can't come to Cannes because he's serving a prison term, reportedly for murder
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Cannes 2012: Posing and Dancing With Marion Cotillard and Bill Murray
Day 3: Marion Cotillard gets awards heat, Guillermo del Toro talks "Pinocchio" and Bill Murray cuts a rug
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Cannes 2012’s Female Troubles: Directors, Jurors Weigh In
"Men are fond of depth in women," an open letter to Cannes charges, "but only in their cleavage"
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Sacha Baron Cohen Brings His ‘Dictator’ Schtick to Cannes
The promotional stunts just keep on coming — ho hum — as Sacha Baron Cohen's character cavorts on a yacht and snarls traffic on the Croisette
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Cannes 2012: Is It Harvey Weinstein’s Kingdom This Year?
Day 1: The Cannes Film Festival kicks off with Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" and with the dominant presence of Harvey Weinstein
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Cannes 2012: It’s a Man’s World (But at Least That Man Isn’t Lars von Trier)
2012's Cannes Film Festival doesn't have a single female director in competition, but at least it'll be free of Lars von Trier's antics
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William Friedkin, Danny Elfman Join LA Film Fest Lineup
William Friedkin is named LAFF guest artistic director, Danny Elfman, Michael Voltaggio and Raphael Saadiq artists-in-residence; "Breaking Bad" to be saluted as well
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AFI Tops List of Student Oscar Winners
American Film Institute is the only school with two Student Academy Award winners; USC, UCLA and NYU also have winning films