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Felines take stage at Catdance, DeVito talks blizzard plan
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Associated Press is all over the Sundance Film Festival, which runs through Jan. 31, from its premieres to the Hollywood glitz. Here's what they've seen and heard:
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Spike Lee lauds academy changes, still plans to skip Oscars
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Spike Lee applauds the Academy for making changes to increase diversity in its ranks, but he is still skipping the Oscars.
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Macklemore explores his 'White Privilege' in new rap song
NEW YORK (AP) — Macklemore explores racism and hip-hop in a new song called "White Privilege II," rapping about a white person's position in society with black people fighting injustice and even namechecking Iggy Azalea for appropriating black culture, along with himself.
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Police: Driver hits gazebo featured in Chevy Chase movie
TOWNSHEND, Vt. (AP) — Vermont state police say a drunken driver drove across a town common and struck a gazebo that was featured in the 1988 Chevy Chase movie "Funny Farm."
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Wider change in Hollywood sought after Academy reforms
NEW YORK (AP) — The widespread outrage over two straight years of largely white Oscar nominees coalesced behind three damning, viral words: "OscarsSoWhite." The hashtag, which activist April Reign is credited with creating, lent social-media unity to a tide of frustration that on Friday led to diversity reforms announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
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Charlotte Rampling clarifies controversial diversity remarks
LONDON (AP) — Academy Award-nominated actress Charlotte Rampling said her comments that an Oscars' boycott is "racist to white people" were misinterpreted. In a statement to CBS News' "Sunday Morning" on Friday, Rampling said she wished every performance was given equal opportunity for consideration.
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Film academy leader announces plans to increase diversity
When the Oscar nominations revealed a second consecutive year of all-white acting nominees, it lit a fire under film academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African-American to lead the organization.
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Uber to resume chopper flights despite sheriff's order
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Uber plans to resume helicopter flights at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday in spite of a cease-and-desist order from a Utah sheriff who says he could arrest pilots who land near Park City.
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Uber to resume chopper flights despite sheriff's order
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Uber plans to resume helicopter flights at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday in spite of a cease-and-desist order from a Utah sheriff who says he could arrest pilots who land near Park City.
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Cate Blanchett promotes Oscar-nominated 'Carol' in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett brought her latest film, the 1950s lesbian romance "Carol," to Tokyo.
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