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: ‘Despues de Lucia’ Wins Top Prize in Un Certain Regard
Michel Franco's Mexican drama "Despues de Lucia" takes top award from jury headed by Tim Roth; Emile Dequenne and Suzanne Clement win acting awards
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Cannes 2012: ‘In the Fog,’ ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Win Critics Awards
International critics' association FIPRESCI honors "In the Fog," "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Hold Back"; Eucumenical Jury goes for "The Hunt"
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Cannes 2012: Does the Palme d’Or Race Come Down to Naughty vs. Nice?
Day 11: It's (almost) all over but the voting, and the two frontrunners in the Palme d'Or race appear to be the quiet, emotional "Amour" and the loud, crazy "Holy Motors"
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Cannes 2012: ‘No’ Wins Top Prize at Directors Fortnight
Chilean film "No," starring Gael Garcia Bernal, is among prize-winners in Cannes' Directors Fortnight section
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Cannes 2012: ‘The Anti-Semite’ Is Banned From Cannes Marketplace
Anti-Defamation League applauds cancellation of Cannes market screenings for film featuring "grotesque anti-Semitism"
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Cannes 2012: Russian Student Film ‘Doroga Na’ Wins Cinefondation Award
Student films from Russia, the United States and Cuba are selected by Cannes' Cinefondation jury headed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne
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Cannes 2012: Alec Baldwin Apologizes for Trashing Harvey Weinstein
Alec Baldwin pulls out of his onstage appearance at the amfAR gala but makes up with Harvey Weinstein after publicly blasting the mogul earlier in the festival
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Cannes 2012: ‘Jaws,’ Boos & Drugs
Day 10: Steven Spielberg shows "Jaws" and says sharks have been very good for him, but audiences get unruly, and Pete Doherty talks frankly about making a movie on heroin
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Cannes 2012: ‘Aqui y Alla’ Wins Critics Week Prize
Antonio Mendez Esparza's "Aqui y alla" has won the Grand Prize in the festival's Critics Week section
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Cannes 2012: Is ‘The Paperboy’ a Camp Classic, or an Appalling Mess?
Some critics think Lee Daniels' steamy Southern potboiler is so bad it's good, but most say it's just plain awful
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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