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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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
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Tribeca Film Heads West
“sex & drugs & rock & roll” among 10 Tribeca films set to screen at L.A. engagement
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Cannes Directors Offer Support to Polanski
Group of filmmakers sign letter urging Swiss authorities to deny extradition request
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Singapore Launches International Film Event
ScreenSingapore aims to serve as platform for Asian cinema, and Asian market for international films
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The Festival Gets Posterized; Roger Ebert Rhapsodizes
TheWrap’s roundup of Cannes news ‘n’ notes from around the web
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Cannes to ‘Robin Hood’: No Bullseye
“Excitement in the room is … not detectable” for out-of-competition opening nighter
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‘Hangover,’ ‘Avatar,’ ‘Twilight’ Lead MTV Movie Nominations
Betty White, Christoph Waltz also show up in categories like Best Villain and Best WTF Moment
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ATO Pictures Expands into Distribution
Dave Matthews-backed company heads to Cannes looking to add to slate
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Ed Norton Launches Fund-Raising Platform
Crowdwise harnesses social media to spotlight lighter side of fundraising, volunteerism
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Good Morning Cannes, May 12: Bienvenue
Pundits and players arrive on the Croisette and wonder what it all means