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Sundance Bids Farewell to Park City, Preps for Boulder
In Utah, a Bittersweet
'Culmination' for Sundance
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In Utah, a Bittersweet 'Culmination' for Sundance

Robert Redford's famous film fest celebrates its last year in Park City, before moving to Boulder

(Newser) - Sundance is getting ready for one last curtain call in the Utah ski town it outgrew years ago. The independent film festival that Robert Redford launched in the 1980s opens Thursday in Park City for the final time before moving to Boulder, Colorado, next year, reports NBC News . The shift...

The Words and Names You've Been Saying Wrong All Year

It's mam-DAH-nee, not man-DAM-ee, and Loov-ruh, not 'Loov'

(Newser) - From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year's news left some Americans struggling with pronunciations, per the AP . The language-learning company Babbel and the Captioning Group closed-captioning company on Thursday released a list of the words...

Skarsgard Is Hot, Tarzan Is Not

 Skarsgard Is Hot, 
 Tarzan Is Not 
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Skarsgard Is Hot, Tarzan Is Not

Flick is dull and 'dispirited,' say critics

(Newser) - Tarzan is invited back to the Congo, where a Belgian captain hopes to serve him to his enemy on a silver platter. Critics, who've given The Legend of Tarzan a 32% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes , argue it's as tangled as jungle vines. Here's what they're...

Sorry Bookworms, The Giver Offers Little
 Sorry Bookworms, 
 The Giver Offers Little 

MOVIE REVIEW

Sorry Bookworms, The Giver Offers Little

Critics aren't impressed with this 'same old' story

(Newser) - Excited to head back to your school reading days with the new flick The Giver? You may not be after reading what the critics have to say. Despite big names like Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges, the film adaptation of Lois Lowry's classic 1993 novel has just a 29%...

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