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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A roundup of recent acquisitions at a slow festival for deals
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Cannes, Day 8: Tear-Jerkers and Head-Scratchers
Roger Ebert has his heart warmed and “Blue Valentine” stirs Oscar talk
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Roman-Supporting French Director Sports ‘Polanski’ T-Shirt
Xavier Beauvois shows his support in the face of charges he calls “ridiculous”
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Cannes, Day 7: Godard Leaves ‘Em Guessing
Critics grade the fest, and a legend leaves ‘em guessing
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Did ‘Survivor’ Cheat? and Other Questions
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