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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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
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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”
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Cannes Deal Central: Marketplace Acquisitions
A continually-updated roundup of deals made at Cannes’ Marche du Film marketplace
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Cannes Deal Central: Official Film Festival Selections
A continually updated list of deals involving the films screening in the Cannes official selection lineup
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Festival also adds “Green Hornet” screening, conversations with James Franco and Julie Taymor
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Weinstein Company acquires martial arts film from Peter Ho-Sun Chan, pursues silent comedy from Michel Hazanavicius
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YouTube Finally Admits It: They’re Renting Movies
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