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Sundance question: How to spend a billion dollars
Jan. 27, 2012 12:22 PM ET (AP)
The million-dollar question at the Sundance Film Festival, home of low-budget stories shot on begged and borrowed cash, is this: What would you do if you had $1 billion to make your movie?
The...
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Turkish film highlights gay honor killing
Jan. 24, 2012 7:19 AM ET (AP)
Shortly after telling his parents he was gay, Ahmet Yildiz was gunned down inside his car by his father in Istanbul. It was Turkey's first officially recognized gay "honor killing."
An award-winning...
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Vets' advocate has key role in whale rescue film
Jan. 24, 2012 6:24 PM ET (AP)
Bonnie Carroll is well-known in veterans' circles as the founder of a vast organization that provides grief counseling and help for thousands of families of fallen military members.
But it was her...
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Jackson's 'Hobbit' doubles film speed to 48 frames
Jan. 23, 2012 11:41 AM ET (AP)
Peter Jackson is making his hobbits and dwarves march double-time in his "The Lord of the Rings" prequel, which he's shooting in a faster film speed than the Hollywood standard.
Jackson hopes the...
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Wealthy hit the skids in Sundance doc 'Versailles'
Jan. 20, 2012 6:31 PM ET (AP)
Lauren Greenfield's Sundance Film Festival entry "The Queen of Versailles" tells the story of every American in danger of losing a home amid the economic crisis.
The difference is that the home in...