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`Beasts of the Southern Wild' wins at Sundance
Jan. 29, 2012 3:18 AM ET (AP)
A mythical film starring an 8-year-old girl and a documentary about the war on drugs took top honors at the Sundance Film Festival.
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" won the grand jury prize in the U.S....
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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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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...
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Jackson: Film saved life of West Memphis 3 suspect
Jan. 21, 2012 5:45 PM ET (AP)
Peter Jackson believes Damien Echols would be dead now if not for a 1996 documentary that cast doubt on the man's guilt in three child murders.
And Amy Berg, Jackson's colleague on the Sundance Film...
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'Red Tails' airmen have new target: box office
Jan. 19, 2012 4:27 PM ET (AP)
Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter flew 77 missions during World War II and crashed landed only once, impressive numbers that challenged those skeptical of the abilities of black aviators. Decades later,...