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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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Sundance fest embraces hip-hop on stage and screen
Jan. 26, 2012 3:32 PM ET (AP)
Hip-hop is making itself heard _ and seen _ at the Sundance Film Festival.
Along with a slew of performances by rappers and DJs around town, this year's festival includes documentary and narrative...
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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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Analysis: Fresh faces help enliven nominations
Jan. 24, 2012 4:22 PM ET (AP)
Waking up at 4 a.m. on a Tuesday is never fun, but the promise of Oscar nominations makes that dark hour vaguely more tolerable. Upon arriving at the Academy for this year's batch of hotly awaited...