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Tribeca Enterprises, the organization behind New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, and YouTube announced on April 27 that it will host the We Are One: A Global Film Festival, a 10-day event that will feature films, shorts, and more from 20 film festivals around the world. According to Variety, We Are One will be held from […]

Taylor Swift attended the Sundance film festival on Thursday night where she watched the premiere of her new documentary, Taylor Swift: Miss Americana. According to The Guardian, the singer opens up about her struggles with an eating disorder as she talks to the film’s director, Lana Wilson. The 30-year-old spoke candidly about her obsession with […]

On Sunday night, HBO premiered its broadcast of the first half of Leaving Neverland, the documentary in which two men claim that they were serially sexually abused by the late music superstar Michael Jackson. Jackson’s relatives, as well as many fans of his, have struck back strongly against the documentary, arguing that the accusers are […]

Zac Efron is recovering from surgery he underwent for his torn ACL, and he says he’s “feeling fresh,” according to the Daily Mail. The news that Efron tore his ACL came on February 8 when Efron himself broke the news on Instagram. “I tore my ACL shredding the gnar but all is good. I opted […]

With the Sundance Film Festival taking place in Park City, Utah, through Sunday, February 3, many major movies are being premiered for attendees before they even have distributors or release dates attached to them. One film that is being buzzed about for one very special cameo is Corporate Animals. The Patrick Brice-directed horror comedy, which […]

A documentary focusing on the sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson is set to premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Rolling Stone is reporting. The film will be shown in two parts and will run for 233 minutes in total. Titled Finding Neverland, the documentary will focus on claims that Jackson sexually abused a […]

Pete Davidson’s whirlwind relationship with pop star Ariana Grande ended as quickly as it began, with the couple getting engaged just one month after they got together in May and shocking fans around the world after announcing their separation just five months later. The SNL cast member completely wiped his Instagram profile for the second […]

Morgan Spurlock bucked the trend in Hollywood and didn’t wait for his sexual misconduct accusers to make their move first. Instead, the popular documentarian decided to confess his misdeeds via Twitter amid a sea of accusations against many celebrities including Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, and most recently, Mario Batali. Despite coming forward on his own, […]

Malia Obama’s DAPL protest is getting praise from Shailene Woodley. The actress, who is known for her denunciation of the Dakota Access Pipeline, is happy former first daughter Malia Obama opposed Donald Trump’s undoing of her father’s executive order. Malia, 18, was spotted at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, last week […]

Malia Obama left the White House days ago and was reportedly spotted at the Sundance Film Festival — possibly not on business. Malia, a former first daughter for eight years, sparked rumors that she had returned to a partying lifestyle. Malia Obama, 18, appeared at Park City’s Yarrow Theater on Tuesday for a screening of […]

American actor Peter Dinklage received the IMDB STARmeter Award January 23 at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The award is given to actors whose names are a constant fixture on IMDB’s STARmeter chart. The STARmeter chart is in turn determined by the search behavior of IMDB’s more than 160 million users. The Sundance Film Festival […]

On Friday, the same day that Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th POTUS, Kristen Stewart talked about her experience of being social media shamed by the former reality TV star. The 26-year-old actress was targeted by 70-year-old Trump on Twitter nearly four years ago; at the time, Kristen Stewart and her relationship with […]

Chelsea Handler has made a sensational allegation that the Kardashians are to blame for the election of Donald Trump. This was in an interview she did for Variety magazine where she also reflected candidly on her Netflix show, Chelsea, which just wrapped up its first season. In the interview, the comedian did not hide her […]

Hollywood actor James Franco has opened up on the reason why he has open views on sexuality. He even admitted he is gay in his most recent interview with Rolling Stone. According to the 127 Hours actor, rumors about him being gay started to fire up when he did a film with Star Trek actor […]

The 2016 Sundance Film Festival Awards were handed out on Saturday, January 30, after 10 days of premieres and deals. Taika Waititi, the director of festival film Hunt for the Wilderpeople, hosted the awards ceremony, which took place in Park City, Utah. Nate Parker’s Birth of a Nation swept the top prizes and marked only […]

The Birth of a Nation, a namesake of the 1915 D.W. Griffith film — but one that completely subverts what the original stood for — has created history at the Sundance Film Festival. The Nate Parker movie, which tells the story of African-American preacher Nat Turner and the bloody insurrection of fellow slaves and freed […]

Filmmaker Nate Parker‬ debuted ‪The Birth of a Nation, the story of a slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in 1831, at the Sundance Film Festival this month to rave reviews. As soon as the credits began, the audience erupted into a standing ovation that became one of the longest in the film festival’s history, […]

The Sundance Film Festival is officially on and many members of the audience at the premiere of Daniel Radcliffe’s Swiss Army Man couldn’t take the strain and left the theater, rather than watch his farting corpse on the screen. Farting seems to be in the media a lot lately. The Inquisitr reported earlier on Saturday […]

Anthony Weiner, the married, former congressman who served from 1999 to 2011, whose career was derailed by a scandal involving explicit photographs he took of himself and then made available to a woman he had met on Twitter, according to the New York Times, and then derailed again after being caught communicating with a woman […]

Emile Hirsch says he’s taken responsibility for a brutal assault on a female studio executive, sobered up, and apologized profusely for an act he’s called “completely wrong and reckless.”A Utah court believed him and slapped him with a fairly lenient sentence that has his victim up in arms. “If a violent attack in front of […]

Emile Hirsch just checked himself into rehab after he was questioned last month by police for allegedly attacking Hollywood executive Daniele Bernfeld at a Sundance Film Festival party in Park City, Utah, TMZ reported. The actor was charged with a third degree felony assault charge after he allegedly placed Bernfeld, a Paramount movie exec, in […]

James Franco is staying busy. Franco was at the Sundance Film Festival this week in support of two films, I Am Michael, in which Franco plays former gay rights activist Michael Glatze, founder of the Young Gay America organization, who, following a health scare, renounced his homosexuality and joined The Church of Jesus Christ of […]

Tangerine, a film that was shot in its entirety on an iPhone, has wowed audiences at this year’s Sundance Film Festival to such an extent that it has now been purchased by Magnolia Pictures. According to Variety, the studio bought the world distribution rights to Tangerine on Tuesday morning. They beat out the likes of […]

From 1995 to 2001, Molly Shannon made audiences laugh during her stint on Saturday Night Live, but she revealed how she almost quit acting due to a bad audition before she even nabbed the SNL slot. At The Hollywood Reporter‘s Sundance lounge in Utah, Shannon spoke about that one audition that nearly tore her to […]

Oculus VR, the company behind the Oculus Rift, announced on Monday that it will be releasing four films for the virtual reality headset. The first of the four films will be debuting at the Sundance Film Festival, which will be held in Park City, Utah, Forbes reports. The short film, entitled Lost, is directed by […]

Emile Hirsch is currently under investigation after the actor allegedly assaulted a Paramount Pictures executive. According to Variety, the actor, who was at Sundance to promote his new film Ten Thousand Saints, was partying at a Sundance party at Tao in Park City, Utah, when the assault allegedly happened. According to a source who spoke […]

Calvin Klein model and Twilight film series star Kellan Lutz is making some waves this week while in Park City, Utah, for the annual Sundance Film Fest, where Lutz attended the Stella Artois and Water.org “Buy A Lady A Drink” launch event. The campaign is designed to raise funds to provide clean drinking water to […]

Lena Dunham and Mindy Kaling spoke to a packed room in Park City about humor as a conversation piece, sexual assault, and, of course, Woody Allen. Dunham has talked about Woody Allen in the past. The Girls creator has said the allegations that Allen sexually molested his estranged daughter, Dylan Farrow, made her “nauseated.” This […]

One of the most anticipated film festivals of the year, the Sundance Film Festival, has revealed its list of competitors and it seems comedies will dominate the scene this year. Film Festival director John Cooper and director of programming Trevor Groth both informed Variety that the addition of so many comedians exploring the possibilities of […]

Michael Cera likes to play pranks, especially when he has a captive audience. While promoting his movie Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus at the Sundance Film Festival, Cera decided to use the opportunity to prank those in attendance. With the help of a friend during a Q&A session, the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World […]

Lindsay Lohan movies were announced at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival now that she’s out of rehab. In a related story from The Inquisitr, the Lindsay Lohan GTA 5 lawsuit over the bikini girl photo had everyone shaking their heads and the first thing the crazy ex-Disney star did after exiting rehab was to post […]

When Ain’t Them Bodies Saints debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, it worked its way up as an audience favorite throughout its run. Now that IFC has it under its belt and ready for an August 16th release, the first clip starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara has hit the web. The official synopsis reads […]

Giving the whole “milf” title a new angle, Naomi Watts and Robin Wright star in Two Mothers. The trailer, which dropped today shows a twisted story, that starts off on a picturesque beach with two friends admiring young men swimming in the ocean. It’s painted as a new romance, but then takes an odd turn […]

There you have it, folks. One of the first films to bag a distribution deal at Sundance is the much buzzed aboutFruitvale. A report coming out of Park City, where the Sundance Film Festival is currently taking place, has said that Fruitvale is amongst one of the first films to receive a distribution deal. Not […]

Mariel Hemingway, the granddaughter of famous American writer Ernest Hemingway, says that her famous family has long been stricken with a terrible curse. In a new documentary that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival called Running From Crazy, Mariel says that her family history is built on misfortune, depression, and mental illness, reports MSN. Though […]

Ace Hardware royally messed up. The company could have easily embraced the Sundance short film When The Zombies Come, but instead the company spoke out against the film. In the meantime, When The Zombies Come (not pictured) has launched on YouTube and has received 6,000 views in just a few hours. Here is a synopsis […]

Whether or not film violence has any correlation with violence in real life, film legend Robert Redford thinks that it’s time the movie industry has a conversation about it. While opening this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Utah, Redford addressed the topic of gun control and urged other filmmakers to reconsider the way they depict […]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s first film that he ever directed, the 24-minute-long Sparks, was selected for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Now, after only four years, the actor/filmmaker has been asked to host the 2013 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony. According to MovieLine.com, Gordon-Levitt is no stranger to Sundance. In his career, he has had already appeared […]

Sundance Film Festival favorite Middle of Nowhere released a trailer online, giving a spotlight to the critically-lauded film that would have otherwise been drowned out in the deluge of films premiering at the famous film festival. As film review website FirstShowing puts it, “There are so many movies at the Sundance Film Festival that it’s […]

Oh Robert Redford you confused soul. It is time for the Occupy Wall Street crwod to pack it in and go home now that they have officially been completely exploited by corporate America. Today Robert Redford, while opening the Sundance Film Festival, declared the event was for the 99% and the 1% is not welcome. […]

30 Rock star and SNL alum Tracy Morgan was rushed to a Utah hospital on Sunday after he fell down unconscious while attending the Sundance Film Festival. The television star was attending an awards ceremony when he passed out and was taken to the Park City Medical Center. Morgan was being honored by the Creative […]

The Sundance Film Festival has stated and everyone seems to be talking about Melanie Lynskey’s unforgettable performance in “Hello I Must Be Going.” I mean, how could you forget a naked rendition of the Canadian National Anthem? Lynskey, who has typically played soft spoken supporting roles, breaks out of her shy persona with her new […]

The Sundance Film Festival opened last night, with fascinating documentaries exploring the American economic crisis. One example is the documentary “The Queen of Versailles,” which shows how self-made former billionaire and timeshare mogul David Siegel and his wife Jackie cope with the financial downturn. Director Laura Greenfield spoke to Reuters about the movie, explaining that: […]

Robert Redford, the legendary actor and producer with a “natural” gift to light up movie screens and captivate an audience, celebrated his 75th birthday today. Born Charles Robert Redford Jr., Redford got his start in television and on stage in 1959, making guest appearances in programs such as “The Untouchables”, “Whispering Smith”, “Perry Mason” and […]