Sundance closes with twin prize wins for dramatic and documentary
Kenneth Turan notes the 2008 Sundance Film Festival crowned shared grand jury and audience awards in both dramatic and documentary categories. Quinceanera won drama prizes, God Grew Tired of Us won documentary prizes, with Iraq In Fragments garnering multiple honors and other titles earning directing, editing, and special jury awards.
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Los Angeles
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Sundance
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Canada
World Dramatic Jury
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Pyongyang
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French Alps
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Alfred & Sloan
Lynn Shelton
Africa
Philippe Dina
Sierra Leon
Odd OCR Listing of Showtimes and Titles
Fragmentary OCR shows times and titles for a cinema or theater listing. Notable items include a planned program labeled Chronicles of Narnia and various showtimes around the day, with scattered place and language hints. The text remains garbled but indicates multiple screenings and possibly ticket prices.
Martina McBride Named Kansan of the Year
Martina McBride, born in Medicine Lodge Kansas, raised on a dairy farm, received the Kansan of the Year award for her country music success. After moving to Nashville she released 40 albums selling over 15 million copies with numerous hit singles. She credits Kansas with shaping her and praises the state as a great place to be from.
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Medicine Lodge
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Tenn
Kansea
Watanabe defends Chinese leads in Memoirs of a Geisha
Ken Watanabe argues talent trumps nationality in Memoirs of a Geisha casting. The Japanese star compares casting to choosing non-Italian singers for an Italian opera, noting the film is set in Japan and adapted from a US novel. Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh headline the cast amid Sino Japanese tensions.
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Ken Watanabe
Japan
China
Watanabe
Prestige
Hong Kong
Ziyi Zhang
Gong Li
Michele Yeoh
Jnin
Torn Cruise
Dolce restaurant tied to Reno hotel condo casino plans
Investors led by Ashton Kutcher plan a Dolce themed Italian restaurant at a Reno hotel condominium casino project. The site will reuse the former Hilton property, renamed Grand Sierra Resort, with a $150 million purchase and a large indoor water park. Other celebrity investors include Danny Masterson Wilmer Valderrama Chris Masterson and Jamie Kennedy.
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Reno
Melrose Avenue
Hollywood
Cali
Kutcher
Demi Moore
Grand Sierra Resort Corp
Th. Gahrarta
Humperdinck Receives Honorary Degree in Leicester
Arnold George Dorsey known as Engelbert Humperdinck, 69, was awarded an honorary doctorate by a university in Leicester England during a Friday ceremony. He expressed pride in remaining a son of Leicester and noted his stage name derives from a German composer.
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Thusse
Arnold George Dorsey
Fia University of Leicester
England
Humperdinck
Leicester
Stewart Petersen
Orgebert
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