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  • Obit: Jazz Flutist Bud Shank

    Bud Shank, a flutist and alto saxophonist who worked with a variety of jazz greats as well as famous pop acts such as the Mamas and the Papas, has died. He was 82. Shank died Thursday of pulmonary failure at his home in Tucson, Arizona, according to his Web site and JazzTimes magazine. Shank first…

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  • Obit: Documentary Filmmaker Jorge Prelorán

    Jorge Prelorán, a pioneer in the field of ethnographic documentary film and a professor emeritus at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, died March 28 in Los Angeles following a 10-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 75. A cinematic icon in his native Argentina and a UCLA alumnus, Prelorán taught at UCLA…

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  • Sundance Names John Cooper Festival Director

    Sundance named John Cooper, a respected veteran of its organization, to run the Sundance Film Festival.

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  • Who Will Run Sundance Next?

    TheWrap looks at possible replacements for Geoff Gilmore. John Cooper is the favorite   John Cooper, currently Director of Programming for the Sundance Film Festival and Director of Creative Development for the Sundance Institute.     Trevor Groth, a Sundance programmer and artistic director of the CineVegas Film Festival.     Christian Gaines, the former director…

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  • Hollywood 2.0 with Barry Diller, Chairman and CEO of IAC/InteractiveCorp

    TheWrap talks to Barry Diller about the challenges posed to Hollywood by the Internet.

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