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Sundance Film Festival Unveils Slate for 1st Virtual Edition
A Questlove-directed documentary about the other major music event of the summer of 1969 and documentaries about the creators of Sesame Street and the coronavirus pandemic in China are among the 72 feature films debuting at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
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The Sundance Film Festival Goes Largely Virtual for 2021
Leave the snow boots, parkas and glove warmers in the closet, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival is coming down from the mountain and straight to your living room.
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‘Palm Springs' Sets a Sundance Record in $17.5M Sale
The “Groundhog Day”-esque comedy “Palm Springs,” by Andy Samberg and the Lonely Island, has set an acquisition record at the Sundance Film Festival by 69 cents
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Simmons Doc, Sans Oprah, Receives Huge Ovation at Sundance
Without Oprah or Apple, the Russell Simmons documentary “On the Record” went ahead with its premiere Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, where the women who came forward with sexual assault allegations against the hip-hop mogul received one of the festival’s most roaring receptions
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Taylor Swift Talks Eating Disorder, Politics in Revealing New Documentary
The normally private Taylor Swift has premiered a revealingly intimate documentary at the Sundance Film Festival
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Sundance Festival Kicks Off With Taylor Swift, ‘Crip Camp'
Plenty of change is in the air at the Sundance Film Festival, where some 128 feature films are set to premiere over the next 10 days beginning Thursday
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Sundance Sets Lineup With Taylor Swift, ‘Tesla,' ‘Downhill'
A documentary on Taylor Swift will kickoff the next Sundance Film Festival, where new films including the Will Ferrell-Julia Louis Dreyfus remake of the Swedish film “Force Majeure” and Benh Zeitlin’s long-awaited follow-up to “Beasts of the Southern Wild” are set to premiere. Programmers for the preeminent showcase for independent cinema, founded by Robert Redford and set annually in...
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Sundance Film Festival Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to Sex Abuse
A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexual abuse of a child. Sterling Van Wagenen, 71, entered the plea as part of an agreement that includes a sentence of six years to life. He plans to plead guilty to a second charge involving the same victim later...
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Happening Today: William Barr, Campus Shooting, Venezuela, HIV, Suicides, Jussie Smollett, Netflix
Here’s what to know for Wednesday, May 1.
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Obamas Unveil Slate of Series, Documentaries for Netflix
Barack and Michelle Obama have unveiled a slate of projects in development for Netflix, a year after the former president and first lady signed a deal with the streaming platform.
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Dr. Ruth Promises to Educate Millennials With New ‘Sex for Dummies'
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, an iconic sex therapist of the ‘80s and ‘90s, wants to make sure Millennials’ sexual relationships are just as successful as their parents’. Westheimer’s 1980 radio show “Sexually Speaking” and 1995 “Sex for Dummies” advised American teenagers in the ‘80s and ‘90s on everything from losing their virginity to practicing safe sex. The 90-year-old Westheimer hopes to...