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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Richard Linklater Black Comedy ‘Bernie’ to Open L.A. Film Fest
Festival also adds Sidney Lumet tribute, appearances by Quincy Jones, Dustin Lance Black, Phillip Noyce
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Oscilloscope Picks Up Tilda Swinton Showcase ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’
Company plans year-end release, awards campaign
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Lars von Trier is an Idiot, and Other Lessons We Learned at Cannes
A final roundup of the art, the money and the outrage of Cannes 2011
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Cannes: ‘Tree of Life’ Wins Palme d’Or
Director Terrence Malick is a no-show; Kirsten Dunst wins Best Actress award for “Melancholia”
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Cannes, Day 12: Terrence Malick, Lars von Trier and Other MIA VIPs
A shy director, an actor who won’t talk, two jailed filmmakers and a loudmouth who got banned — Cannes is all about empty spaces
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Cannes: Korean, German Films Win Top Un Certain Regard Honors
“Arirang,” “Stopped on Track” share top prize in Cannes section; FIPRESCI Awards go to “Le Havre,” “The Minister” and “Take Shelter”
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Cannes, Day 11: Eyes on the Prize
Students, filmmakers and a chef win Cannes awards — but the big prizes are still to come
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Cannes: After all the Controversy, Who’ll Win the Palme d’Or?
With no real frontrunner, the field is wide open for Cannes’ top prize
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Cannes: ‘Atmen’ and ‘The Giants’ Win Directors Fortnight Prizes
Austrian film will receive special promotion from Europa Cinemas chain
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Cannes, Day 10: Can We Move Past That Von Trier Mess?
That loudmouth Danish director has hijacked the festival, but some people are still paying attention to movies
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Cannes: ‘Take Shelter’ Wins Critics Week Prize
Jeff Nichols’ psychological thriller was only American film in competition
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Lars Von Trier Responds: ‘I’m Not Mel Gibson’
During Cannes interview, banned director says furor was fanned by French history of “being cruel to the Jews”
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Cannes: Sundance Selects Keeps Buying, Adds ‘Kid With a Bike’
Dardenne brothers’ film is third Cannes competition title to be picked up by distributor
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Cannes, Day 9: Kiss That Palme d’Or Goodbye, Lars
As the festival winds down, Cannes-watchers begin summing up — when they’re not appalled by Lars von Trier’s antics
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Cannes Blasts Lars von Trier For Joking About Nazis; Filmmaker Apologizes
Festival condemns “Melancholia” director’s flippant comments about Hitler, Nazis; von Trier says he’s not anti-Semitic