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Saturday, March 29, 2025

By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, March 29, 2025

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Entertainment Snips and Bites — March 29, 2025

Script and film deals Apparently, it didn’t take long for Hollywood to get inspired by “Signalgate.” The Trump Administration continues to struggle with the scandal over a journalist accidentally added to a chat with White House officials discussing military actions in Yemen. Meanwhile, a deal was announced a few days ago for actor, comedian, and successful pitchman Kevin Hart to […]

Thursday, March 27, 2025

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, March 27, 2025

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Sundance Film Festival ditching Utah, moving to Colorado

The Rocky Mountain high city of Boulder, Colorado, is rolling out the welcome mat for the Sundance Film Festival. There has been a lot of buzz about the festival possibly moving from its longtime Park City, Utah, location. Well, today it became official with announcements from the festival and on the Boulder Twitter/X page. After a year-long search, Boulder won […]

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

By Public News Service Tuesday, March 25, 2025

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Is the prestigious Sundance Film Festival leaving Utah?

Alex Gonzalez, producer/reporter, Utah News Connection, a bureau of Public News Service. The future of the Sundance Film Festival in Utah could depend on whether an anti-Pride bill is signed into law by Gov. Spencer Cox. The governor has until this Thursday , March 27, to decide the fate of House Bill 77. The Republican-backed bill would ban […]

Saturday, May 4, 2024

By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, May 4, 2024

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President Joe Biden and Actor Mark Hamill celebrate Star Wars Day

President Joe Biden and actor Mark Hamill joined forces to honor the Star Wars Holiday. For more than 20 years, Star Wars fans and others have adopted May 4th as “May The Fourth Be With You” day. It is a pun on one of the most famous lines from the “Star Wars” movie franchise, which says, “May the Force be […]

Thursday, February 25, 2016

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, February 25, 2016

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“Copycat Killers” TV series premieres this Saturday

A new TV series debuting this Saturday takes a look at the dark side of Hollywood films. Frequently motion pictures are inspired by reality, however, in some strange and terrifying cases killers imitate or copy what they’ve seen on the big screen. “Copycat Killers” is a behind the scenes look at headline grabbing murder cases and the dramatic hunt for […]

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, October 20, 2015

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New “Star Wars” trailer and advance ticket sales are huge

As expected the new Star Wars trailer dropped on the scene last night and it rocked our world. The new trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” debuted during Monday Night Football last night and exploded. The trailer has had over 15 million views on YouTube so far. Also last night, advance ticket sales kicked off for the December 18 release. […]

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Poster for the documentary "Alive Inside" a story of music and memory

By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, August 12, 2015

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Award-winning film “Alive Inside” screening in Burbank

A documentary about the power of music and its ability to touch the lives of people suffering from memory loss is set to be screened here in Burbank tomorrow. “Alive Inside: A story of Music and Memory” is by Michael Rossato-Bennett and it won the 2014 Audience Award at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. The film”chronicles the astonishing experiences of individuals around […]

Monday, June 15, 2015

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, June 15, 2015

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“Jurassic World” stomps competition and breaks records

As predicted, Universal’s “Jurassic World” was a monster at the box office over the weekend. The dino-pix stomped the competition and now owns the record for the biggest weekend debut in the U.S. with a haul of $208.8 million. The previous record holder “Marvel’s The Avengers” (2012) slipped down into second place with $207.4 million. Also, “Jurassic World” grabbed the […]

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Photo courtesy Anne O'Neal producer/director of "Sing Your Own Song: an Opera Love Story"

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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Burbank filmmaker’s documentary set for premiere in North Hollywood

Long time Burbank resident and filmmaker, Anne O’Neal, has a lot to smile about and be proud of these days. O’Neal’s first documentary is making the rounds at the film festivals. “Sing Your Own Song: an Opera Love Story” was nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the Long Beach Indie International Film Festival 2014 last summer and has been selected to […]