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: Weinstein Closing in on ‘Wettest County’
Report: distributor edges out several other bidders for John Hillcoat’s Depression-era bootlegging drama
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Cannes, Day 6: Big Bucks and Trash-Talking
The race for the Palme d’Or nears its midpoint, while attention turns to lots of deals and some bad-mouthing at the Cannes marketplace
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Cannes: Sundance Selects Picks Up ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Provocative and unsettling erotic drama drew both raves and pans after screening in competition
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Cannes: Dimension, Miramax Team for New ‘Amityville Horror’
Project is first collaboration in a Weinstein Company/Miramax agreement for sequels to Miramax properties
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Cannes: FilmDistrict to Release Angelina Jolie’s Bosnian Drama
Jolie wrote and directed film set during Bosnian War; December 23 set for U.S. release
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Cannes, Day 5: Yo-Ho Yo-Ho, A Pirate’s Life for Cannes
The heart of Cannes may lie in challenging arthouse cinema, but Saturday was a day to bask in the glow of mega-stardom
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Cannes, Day 4: Thieves, Hijackers and ‘Pirates’
Duran Duran rocks and Lynne Ramsay talks, while a Princess Diana doc and a big pirate movie threaten to hijack the festival
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Cannes: Lee Daniels to Direct Steamy Thriller ‘The Paperboy’
Southern-set erotic drama will feature Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, Sofia Vergara and Zac Efron
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Cannes: Sony Classics Buys Israeli Drama ‘Footnote’
SPC's first purchase at Cannes is Joseph Cedar drama about father-son rivalry
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Cannes: Lars Von Trier to Throw ‘Obstructions’ at Martin Scorsese
Danish provocateur and American icon plan to collaborate of new version of von Trier’s 2003 doc “The Five Obstructions”
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Cannes: Wachowskis, Tom Tykwer Talk ‘Cloud Atlas’ to Buyers
Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon to join Tom Hanks in epic sci-fi collaboration between trio of directors
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Cannes, Day 2: ‘Paris’ Is Pleasing, Egypt Is Troubling
“Midnight in Paris” gets a warm reaction, Egyptian filmmakers cause a fuss and “Puss in Boots” crashes the party
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Cannes Deal Central: Marketplace Announcements
A list of project announcements in Cannes’ Marche du Film marketplace, continuously updated
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Cannes Deal Central: Sundance Selects Keeps Buying, IFC Midnight Joins In
Company makes fifth Cannes purchase with “Poliss,” while sister company IFC Midnight grabs controversial “Snowtown”