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Affleck, Holmes, Stewart, Fanning join Sundance

Ben Affleck, Katie Holmes, rapper 50 Cent and "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" co-stars Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning are taking their acts to the Sundance Film Festival.

`Twilight,' `Sopranos' stars bound for Sundance

Dramas featuring "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart, Natalie Portman and "The Sopranos" co-stars James Gandolfini and Edie Falco are in the hunt for awards at the Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance takes a hike with screenings around US

Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival is going on the road for one night next winter.

Sundance Institute picks new film fest director

The Sundance Institute has named John Cooper as the new director for its annual film festival, held each January in Utah.

List of 2009 Sundance Film Festival awards winners

The Sundance Film Festival's 2009 audience and jury awards, presented Saturday in Park City, Utah:

Sundance honors `Push,' `We Live in Public'

The Sundance Film Festival's prizes for best U.S. drama on Saturday went to "Push," the dark yet hopeful story of a young woman finding her way out of nightmarish circumstances in 1980s Harlem.

Scoop: No sign of marital woes for J.Lo

Don't believe those rumors of trouble in Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s marriage.

Rock's `Good Hair' documentary is film fest entry

Chris Rock was having a good hair day at the Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance: Film fest welcomes futuristic flicks

The Sundance Film Festival is boldly going where independent directors rarely travel: into the realm of science fiction.

Carrey, McGregor lock lips with `Phillip Morris'

Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor were an item at the Sundance Film Festival, where their gay romance "I Love You Phillip Morris" premiered.

Sting brings music, eco-message to Sundance fest

Sting drew cheers with an impromptu jam session at the Sundance Film Festival, but his real purpose was to bring attention to a film dealing with the singer's other passion: rainforest preservation.

Stars shine — briefly — at Sundance party

Ah, the glamour of the Sundance Film Festival party circuit: Long lines in the cold, throngs of people trying to sneak in and the ever-so brief appearances of celebrities who show up to get their pictures taken and then exit out a back door.

Sundance doc wants people to know 'it's Cazale'

The most star-studded entry at the Sundance Film Festival is a short documentary about an actor whose intense face is known to just about any serious cinema fan but whose name often escapes them.

Spike Lee's a Sundance kid with `Passing Strange'

The timing always was off for Spike Lee and the Sundance Film Festival, which had never managed to land a movie from the maverick who has been at the vanguard of independent cinema for nearly 25 years.

Actor Freeman foots prom bill in Sundance doc

Morgan Freeman was disappointed to learn that his local high school in Charleston, Miss., still held separate proms, one for black students, one for white. So he offered to pay for a single prom that both could attend.

Sundance premieres find buyers as festival opens

Even before the official start of the Sundance Film Festival, there has been action on the acquisitions front for films playing at the independent-cinema showcase.

Redford's excited over fade out on Bush years

Robert Redford is happy to see the end-credits rolling on the George W. Bush administration.

Sundance zooms on as recession hits host city

The good news for the Sundance Film Festival is people still are snapping up movie tickets despite the sour economy. The bad news for the festival's ski-resort setting — and possibly for filmmakers selling movies — is that the independent-cinema gathering gets under way with the prospect of thinner crowds on the street and a penny-wise mind-set.

Indie time: Sundance mixes stars, newcomers, fans

The Sundance Film Festival resumes its duties as a great equalizer of the cinema world.

Carrey, Thurman, Ryder, Kutcher join Sundance

Top Hollywood stars are going the indie route at next month's Sundance Film Festival, whose lineup features Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Winona Ryder, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman and Ashton Kutcher.

'Frozen River' Best Drama at Sundance

For the third year in a row, a movie revolving around immigrants won the grand-jury prize for best U.S. drama at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. Only this time, they come from the north.

Redford to Take on 'A Walk in the Woods'

With the Sundance Film Festival nearly over, Robert Redford is going for "A Walk in the Woods."

Parties and Paparazzi Flood Sundance

Film takes place, Sundance told us in its motto this year.

'Hamlet 2' Is Big Buy at Sundance Fest

Steve Coogan is the toast of Sundance. The British actor stars in the biggest acquisition of the film festival, "Hamlet 2," a bawdy comedy directed by Andy Fleming that takes politically incorrect jabs at inspirational teacher flicks like "Mr. Holland's Opus."

Elle Fanning Stars in 'Wonderland'

Elle Fanning follows in her older sister Dakota's precocious footsteps with a star turn in the film "Phoebe in Wonderland."

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'Precious' divides among black viewers
Source: Chicago Tribune

Verdicts about high-pitched movies from black viewers and public figures are usually swift and decisive -- "Do the Right Thing," "The Color Purple" and the recent Robert Downey Jr. vehicle "Tropic Thunder" come to mind. But that hasn't happened this time.

Click here to find out more! Class of 2009: Carey Mulligan in 'An Education'
Source: The L.A. Times

When British actress Carey Mulligan made her first trip to the Sundance Film Festival in January, she kept her hopes for her film A Education in check and looked at the journey as an adventure.

Vindictive movie studio threatens to remake "Coyote Ugly"
Source: The Onion

Rumor has it that sequel is being threatened and in the works, a major source states that boring the public with remakes of foreign films last year which were intentionally not promoted in the U.S.

John Krasinski and His "Hideous Men"
Source: The Kansas City Star

John Krasinski, star of NBC's The Office made his directorial debut last month at the Sundance Film Festival and tells the Los Angeles time reporter, Chris Lee that he was never interested in writing screenplays.

'Tyson' New Documentary: Says He Now Understands Why People Saw Him As A Monster
Source: eurweb.com

"I never used to understand why people perceived me as such a monster, and then I saw the movie and it all made sense," the former heavyweight said at Bon Appetit's Supper Club bash post-screening.

Uma Thurman Takes Light Look At Mommy Wars
Source: The New York Times

After seeing too many edgy, impenetrable, ambitious Sundance movies aiming -- and failing -- to set the world on fire, it can be something of a relief to find a frothy mainstream comedy that actually delivers some entertainment value.

Sundance Gets Rare Look At Fashion Bible Vogue
Source: The New York Times

Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour throws opens the doors to the magazine widely viewed as the American fashion bible in a new documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Jim Carrey "Comes Out" At Sundance
Source: The New York Times

Jim Carrey outed his new movie "I Love You Phillip Morris" at the Sundance Film Festival this week, taking a risk in the gay romantic comedy by sharing passionate moments with co-star Ewan McGregor.

Rapper 50 Cent Expands Empire to Filmmaking
Source: The New York Times

Bullet-scarred rapper 50 Cent owns a record label and clothing line, acts and writes books, and now he is adding film production to his multimedia empire -- promoting his new venture this week at the Sundance Film Festival.

Amy Poehler's "Spring Breakdown" Lightens Sundance
Source: The New York Times

U.S. comedian Amy Poehler's film "Spring Breakdown" lightens the economic gloom shadowing the Sundance Film Festival, premiering despite itself having been rocked by the financial crisis.

Linguistics Work Recognized at Sundance
Source: Reuters

PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) - Indiana Jones' spirit certainly infects the intrepid heroes of "The Linguists." These are bold academics who plunge into the jungles and backwater villages of the world to rescue living tongues about to go extinct.

Protesters label Robert Redford enemy of inner city poor (and racist too)
Source: Salt Lake Tribune

35 years is a long time ago to have been cool, what with anonymous sources being new and plum left wing reporter roles being just around the corner. Now, Redford's elitist brand of environmentalism is hurting poor people, and minorities even more.

Sundance Filmmakers Laugh Through Gloomy Times
Source: The New York Times

The tables have turned at 2009's Sundance Film Festival.

Redford Says There Are Too Many Film Festivals
Source: The New York Times

The Sundance Film Festival, which kicks off in Park City, Utah, on Thursday, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

What if Sundance Isn't About The Sales Anymore?
Source: The New York Times

One of the most promising indie films this winter features several stars and already has buyers circling. It sounds like a top Sundance Film Festival hopeful, except for one thing -- it isn't going to Sundance.

Sundance Film Festival Unveils Competition Films
Source: The New York Times

The Sundance Film Festival, the premiere event for U.S. independent movies, on Wednesday unveiled a wide-ranging list of more than 60 movies that will compete for awards at its 25th anniversary event in January.

Elvis Costello brings his take on music, chat to the Sundance Channel
Source: The Seattle Times

During an interview with Elton John for the debut of his new Sundance Channel show "Spectacle," Elvis Costello didn't ask about stage costumes, boyfriends or "Island Girl." Instead, the conversation turned to Laura Nyro, Leon Russell and David Ackles.

DiversityTV Interview: Dennis Dortch, Filmmaker
Source: DiversityTV.tv

TV Host, Herndon Davis, www.diversityTV.tv interviews filmmaker, Dennis Dortch. Dennis' film, "A Great Day to be Black and Sexy" was screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

San Diego News Examiner: Prop 8 fallout should not include boycotts
Source: Examiner

Turnabout is, in fact, fair play. If the right-wing nutjobs lose their businesses because they are nutjobs, GREAT!!!

Deep Thinker, Matthew Modine's latest film, I Think, I Thought
Source: BackStage

Matthew Modine talks about his film making experiences.

'Donkey Punch is the vilest film I've ever seen,' says Amanda Platell
Source: mailonsunday.co.uk

Already the buzz around Donkey Punch is building.

My Top Ten Western Films

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FILMS WERE SELECTED BASED ON THE 50 ELIGIBLE FILMS FOR THIS YEARS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE LIST FOR THE TOP TEN WESTERN FILMS. THEY ARE ALSO ONLY BASED ON FILMS I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN.

Can the Internet Save Indie Film?
Source: Wired News

There was a time in the indie film business when specialty houses from the major studios stalked the earth, reaching into deep pockets to acquire the rights to distribute the buzziest films at the coolest festivals -- notably Sundance.

Sundance Channel reality show to dispel American Arab Myths
Source: TV Squad

Leave it to the Sundance Channel to broadcast a reality television program that may actually benefit world society. The show is called On The Road In America and is about four Arabs in their 20's on a road trip across America, seeing different aspects of American culture.

A Sneak Preview of the "Next Sideways"
Source: Food & Wine

My writer friend Darrell Hartman invited me to a screening of "Bottle Shock" last night.

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