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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On the heels of the “Heroes vs. Villains” finale, five burning queries
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Roger Corman, Ben Affleck, Sylvester Stallone Join LA Film Fest
Special conversations and artists-in-residence to include Quincy Jones, Paul Reubens, John Lithgow
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Cannes, Day 6: In the Bubble
Festivalgoers develop skewed priorities, and Mike Leigh wins best of the fest so far
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ContentFilm Acquires Rights to Ethan Hawke Thriller
“The Numbers Station” to be directed by Danish filmmaker Kasper Barfoed
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Walter Hill to Direct ‘St. Vincent’ in July
Crime thriller will star Pierce Brosnan, Billy Bob Thornton, Maria Bello
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Cannes, Day 4: Restoration and Indignation
“The Leopard” returns looking good, and a terrorist complains that a movie’s making him look bad
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CANNES: Not a Bull Market for ‘Wall Street 2’
The verdict on Stone’s sequel — and on some smaller, international fest entries
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AMPAS Gives $500,000 to Schools, Nonprofits
Annual Academy Foundation grants fund internship, training and educational programs
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Gucci Helps Scorsese Restore ‘The Leopard’
$900,000 grant to Film Foundation helps with 4K digital restoration of Visconti’s 1963 Palme d’Or winner
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Cannes, Day 3: Place Your Bets
Stars are scarce and viewers are falling asleep … but it’s still Cannes
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‘Carlos’ Goes to Sundance Channel, IFC
Five-hour film about terrorist Carlos the Jackal gets multi-platform U.S. release