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#filmschooled
Precious Trailer: A Thing Of Terrible Beauty
The trailer for Precious, the film based on the novel Push by Sapphire, has hit the web, and it will probably give you goosebumps: [Jezebel] -
#traderoundup
Soon, Sarah Palin Will Launch a Celebrity Clothing Line
A comedy gets a major cast, an HBO movie gets majorly political. A skater gets a reality show, as do many, many fashion people. Because they're so interesting! Everyone watches TV on the internet now, especially Lost. More »
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#push
'Get Your Hands Off My 'Push' Baby!': A Defamer Timeline
Sundance darling Push is at the center of a bitter tug-of-war, with The Weinstein Company filing multiple suits against Lionsgate and Cinetic, the company that brokered the deal, alleging fraud and breach of contract. More » -
#mariahcarey
Your First Look at Mariah Carey's Actually Respectable Performance In 'Push'!
There's been a lot of ink spilled (and swords crossed) over the Sundance hit Push: Based on a Novel By Sapphire. Here, though, is some actual footage—and it's of Mariah Carey's surprisingly capable performance. More » -
#feuds
How Many Wrong Buttons Can The NY Times 'Push'?
Remember Push: Based on a Novel By Sapphire, the wild Mariah Carey/Mo'Nique starrer that lit up Sundance (and took home three awards)? Lionsgate took our advice and bought it, and now things have gone haywire. More » -
#sundance
Defamer Futurologists Correctly Predict Sundance Sale of 'Push'
We don't want to toot our horns or anything, but...hey, what's that loud, sustained honking? Shortly after SPC picked up An Education just as we'd prognosticated, Lionsgate has followed our other Sundance advice. More » -
#sundance
'Push' Sweep Pushes Mo'Nique Closer To Oscar Short List
OK, so for real this time: Much as we loved our festival jaunt (and are keeping its sinus-besieging germs close to us even today), Sundance's awards announcements are our official signal to finally move on. More » -
#sundance
Meet Sundance's Swag Ladies!
People come to Sundance to tell their stories, and in that spirit, we eschewed talking to directors and actors (you know, art people) to listen to tales told by Sundance's swag baronesses. Viva independent film! More » -
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#defamerinterviews
Defamer Corners Sundance Sophomore Bobcat Goldthwait
His manic persona may have ebbed, and his profile may have lowered since the 1980s. All the better for Bobcat Goldthwait, one of the unlikelier Sundance darlings we've run into this year in Park City. More » -
#sundance
Today In Sundance Hell: 'Mo'Nique' And 'Oscar' In The Same Sentence
Our final round-up of news from the Sundance Film Festival brings together at last the Mo'Nique/James Gandolfini combo the whole world has been waiting for. More » -
#blackdynamite
Why 'Black Dynamite' Was The Most NSFW Fun We Had Working At Sundance
We saw lots of great stuff in Sundance, but nothing quite so audaciously audience-pleasing as Black Dynamite—Scott Sanders's pants-pissingly hilarious blaxsploitation homage. More » -
#sundance
Sundance By The Numbers
Well Sundance '09 is finally winding down. As we stagger out of Park City and back to our respective ghettos—Seth and Kyle to LA, STV to NYC—we thought we'd run down the numbers for you. More » -
#sundance
Billy Bob Thornton Has Strange New Plan To Combat His Death Curse
Though we've pointed out how many of Billy Bob Thornton's costars suffer untimely fates, we had no idea the star was taking extreme, air-shunning steps to curtail the curse. More » -
#sundance
The Dude Takes On Black Dynamite In Fest-Brawl Reenactment
The Slapfight Heard 'Round The World remains the preeminent myth of this year's festival, thanks in part to a dramatization featuring Jeff "The Dude" Dowd and Black Dynamite star Michael Jai White. More » -
#sundance
Today In Sundance Hell: Good News, Bad News
As our visit to the Sundance Film Festival winds down, the news somehow gets progressively better and worse at the same time. For example: More » -
#sundance
Benjamin Bratt Needs Hug After Devastating 'Push'
We caught Lee Daniels's buzzy Push last night in a sold-out midnight screening. Push is an impressive accomplishment—a female-driven, inner-city drama featuring several astonishing performances, first and foremost being unknown Gabourey Sabide's Precious. More » -
#oscars
Is Sundance Oscar's New Favorite One-Stop Shop?
It used to be that Sundance acclaim meant the kiss of death for its recipients. The 2008 Oscar nominations may signal the end of that curse. More » -
#sundance
Overheard At Sundance: Wednesday, January 21
Though Sundance may have turned into a ghost town in the festival's waning days, at least those ghosts are still haunting us with good old pearls of overheard Hollywood wisdom. More » -
#sundance
John Krasinski May Need A New Publicist
For most swag PR teams at Sundance, snagging John Krasinski for an interview or picture with their product would be a high-profile get. This is not the case for Timberland, however. More » -
#feuds
Sundance Fistfight Update: Ambassador Jackie Martling Fails To Broker Peace
It didn't take long for the definitive verison of the restaurant tête-à-tête between critic John Anderson and "Dude" Jeff Dowd to reach the Sundance wires. Not that it makes any less mind-crampingly absurd. More »
