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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‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Review: Anya Taylor-Joy Takes Over in a Brutal Return to Fury Road
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‘Wild Diamond’ Review: Cannes Character Study Is Empathetic and Unforgiving
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A Serious Cannes Film Festival Opens With a Goofy Comedy, ‘The Second Act’
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36 of the Biggest Directors at Cannes 2024: Oliver Stone, Yorgos Lanthimos and More | Exclusive Photos
Here are the filmmakers lighting up this year’s festival, photographed around the world from L.A. to Buenos Aires to Tokyo
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‘Top Boy,’ ‘Such Brave Girls’ Win at BAFTA Television Awards
Acting winners include “Succession” star Matthew Macfadyen and “Happy Valley” lead Sarah Lancashire
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Academy Launches $500 Million Campaign to Celebrate 100th Oscars
The Academy100 campaign is aimed at deepening the organization’s international impact
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Lily Gladstone, Eva Green to Join Greta Gerwig’s Cannes Film Festival Jury
Others getting jury duty at the fest include directors Kore-eda Hirokazu, Nadine Labaki and Juan Antonio Bayona
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Oscars Will Require Expanded Theatrical Runs for Best Picture Eligibility for 2025 Awards
The rules are particularly restrictive for films that wish to compete in the Best Picture category
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‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ ‘The Young and the Restless,’ ‘African Queens: Njinga’ Lead Daytime Emmy Nominations
Netflix, CBS and ABC are the top networks or platforms, but syndicated shows land the most noms
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Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Selection to Include 8 Films From North and South America
The festival also announced three documentaries and six narrative films in its ACID program
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Cannes Critics’ Week Picks 11 Films From 16 Countries for 2024 Lineup
Constance Tsang’s “Blue Sun Palace” is the only American film in the sidebar devoted to first and second features
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Writers Guild Awards 2024: ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘American Fiction’ Win Top Film Awards
TV awards go to “The Bear,” “Succession,” “The Last of Us” and “Beef”
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New Films from David Cronenberg, Yorgos Lanthimos Headed to Cannes Film Festival
The festival’s main competition also includes work from Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Schrader, plus a film about the young Donald Trump
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Bruce Springsteen Hits Hollywood, Proves There’s a Lot of Life in Aging Rock Stars
The same week he appeared on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and a biopic landed at Disney, the Boss delivered a roof-shaking celebration that was also a meditation on loss
