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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‘Final Cut’ Cannes Review: Come to the World’s Classiest Film Festival to See Barfing, Pooping Zombies!
Cannes 2022: Director Michel Hazanavicius’ over-the-top riff on horror movies also happens to be the most entertaining Cannes opener in years
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How a Casual Hangout Led to Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s Native American Tale ‘War Pony’
TheWrap Cannes magazine: “We are true allies to the indigenous community, and this film was made by many indigenous people,” Keough says of the intimate film
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‘Lux Aeterna’ Film Review: Gaspar Noe Wants to Mess You Up, Again
The Argentinian maestro of transgression has unleashed another assault on his audience, but it’s almost mesmerizing in its perverse single-mindedness
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‘Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story’ Film Review: Music Doc Combines Funky Delights With Lots of Heart
Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern’s film chronicles the city’s annual festival with the help of Bruce Springsteen, Katy Perry and an array of Crescent City legends
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Frank Marshall on How His Music Background Led Him to New Orleans and ‘Jazz Fest’
“It’s different from my day job, where I know what I’m doing every moment,” Marshall says of directing music docs
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Cannes Film Festival Bars Russian Journalists Over War in Ukraine (Exclusive)
The festival previously banned “anyone linked to the Russian government,” and that ban applies to much of the Russian media as well
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Academy Museum’s ‘Regeneration’ Exhibit to Cover 73 Years of Black Cinema
The exhibition, which opens on Aug. 21, will begin with silent film and run through Gordon Parks and Melvin Van Peebles
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Support Ukraine by Screening Films From Canceled Odessa Fest
The Czech festival will host the Works-in-Progress section from the Odessa Film Festival, which can’t take place because of Russia’s invasion
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A Tale of Two Aliens: TCM Festival Makes for Some Otherworldly Connections
“E.T.” may be a blockbuster classic, but “Invaders From Mars” is the alien movie that’s been stuck in my brain for decades
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Cannes Adds 17 Films, Sets Record for Female Directors in Competition
But that “record” is a paltry five films directed by women out of the 21 competing for the Palme d’Or
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Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘When You Finish Saving the World’ Chosen for Cannes’ International Critics Week Section
Guillermo del Toro, Bernardo Bertolucci, Julia Ducournau and Alejandro G. Inarritu are among the directors who first screened at Cannes in Critics Week
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New Alex Garland, Mia Hansen-Love Films Set for Directors Fortnight Section at Cannes
The independent section announced 23 films, of which 11 are directed by women
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George Miller, David Cronenberg, Ethan Coen Featured in Cannes Film Festival Lineup
The festival previously announced that Baz Lurhmann’s “Elvis” and the sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” would also screen in Cannes
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Will Smith Isn’t the Only Oscars Mess the Academy Needs to Clean Up
This year’s Oscar show left the Academy with a lot of other troubling issues that were put on hold by The Slap
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HFPA Seeks to Add 200 New Golden Globe Voters – Without Expanding Membership (Exclusive)
The additional journalists would not be full HFPA members but would triple the number of Golden Globes voters to more than 300
