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Sony Pictures Classics Nabs Peter Jackson's Sundance Doc 'West of Memphis'

Festivals

It may be the fourth documentary about the famed "West Memphis Three," but "West of Memphis," which debuted well at Sundance this January, was the one that got three innocent men out of jail after 18 years on Death Row.

By Anne Thompson
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February 29, 2012 7:29 PM
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Speakers at IFP's Script to Screen Include Bennett Miller, Leslye Hedland, Ry Russo-Young

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IFP announced today that this year's installment of their popular writer/directors conference, Script to Screen, will be anchored by Oscar-nominated director Bennett Miller ("Moneyball"), and features up-and-coming directors Leslye Headland ("Bachelorette") and Ry Russo-Young ("Nobody Walks") as part of a Screenwriter's Roundtable discussion. The conference takes place March 17, and is presented in partnership with Writers Guild of America East, the New York Television Festival, and BookExpo America.

By Beth Hanna
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February 29, 2012 6:21 PM
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Amazon Adds 'Melancholia,' '13 Assassins' and More Magnolia Goodies to Prime Instant Video Library

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Amazon is adding a slew of Magnolia Pictures titles to its Prime Instant Video library. "Melancholia," "13 Assassins" and "Page One: Inside the NY Times" are a few of the Magnolia standouts available for streaming to Prime members on the site.

By Beth Hanna
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February 29, 2012 4:20 PM
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SXSW: Mysterious Mondo Gallery Event During SXSW 2012

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Mondo, the Alamo Drafthouse's collectible art boutique and purveyor of cool limited edition movie posters, has provided a few more details about a mysterious upcoming event in Austin. The company will soon be "getting some new digs," and to celebrate, is hosting its first ever Mondo Gallery Event.

By Beth Hanna
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February 29, 2012 2:54 PM
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WATCH: New Trailer for "The Avengers" Reveals Epic Destruction

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The new trailer for Joss Whedon's "The Avengers" showcases the film's seven stars doing battle in the alien-besieged streets and skies of New York City.

By Beth Hanna
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February 29, 2012 1:34 PM
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Tribeca Film Festival 2012 Will Open with 'The Five-Year Engagement' Starring Segel and Blunt

Festivals

The Tribeca Film Festival will open its 2012 edition on April 18 with Universal romantic comedy "The Five-Year Engagement" (April 27). The comedy stars Jason Segel and Emily Blunt as an engaged couple who keep postponing their wedding day. The Judd Apatow-produced slapstick comedy reunites director/writer/producer Nicholas Stoller and writer/star Segel ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall"). The Festival will run through April 29. See trailer below.

By Anne Thompson
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February 29, 2012 12:34 PM
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Introducing ECLA: Emerson College Comes to Hollywood, $110 million Project Breaks Ground March 8

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Boston's Emerson College, which has long focused on Communications and the Arts, is breaking ground on a new campus in Los Angeles at 5960 W. Sunset Blvd.

By Sophia Savage
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February 29, 2012 12:08 PM
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Weekend Oscar Party Trawl UPDATED SPIRITS PICS

Awards

Sunday night after the Oscars I went to the Governor's Ball, where Tony Bennett sang four songs, raw seafood was piled high on ice, and towers of chocolate flowed along with the champagne. Academy execs Dawn Hudson and Ric Robertson were relieved to have endured a long and turbulent Oscar reason...

By Anne Thompson
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February 28, 2012 7:15 PM
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Red Flag Picks Up Doc 'High Ground'; War Vets Summit the Himalayas with Blind Guide Weihenmayer

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Michael Brown's "High Ground" has been picked up by Red Flag Releasing for North American distribution. The documentary follows eleven Irag and Afghanistan war vets and one Gold Star Mother during their summit to the 20,000 foot Mount Lobuche peak in the Himalayas, along with their guide -- blind Erik Weihenmayer (who was the subject of Brown's doc "Farther Than the Eye Can See" as he climbed Everest in 2001) and his team.

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February 28, 2012 5:27 PM
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HBO Backs Mann & Frankham's 'Witness': Doc Series Follows War Combat Photographers

Television

HBO has lined up a new doc series "Witness" from "Luck" filmmaker Michael Mann; he and David Frankham will produce. The series will follow young war combat photographers as they go into conflict zones throughout Mexico, Brazil, Uganda and Libya.