Waldo Salt News

Former San Francisco based (now in Montana) Emmy-nominated, (ISHI: THE LAST YAHI) Producer/Director Pamela Roberts' new film BUTTE, AMERICA tells the epic tale of Butte, Montana, once the world's largest producer of copper, and known as the town that "plumbed and electrified America," 'the Gibraltar of Unionism,' the "Pittsburgh of the West."

Former San Francisco based (now in Montana) Emmy-nominated, (ISHI: THE LAST YAHI) Producer/Director Pamela Roberts' new film BUTTE, AMERICA tells the epic tale of Butte, Montana, once the world's largest producer of copper, and known as the town that "plumbed and electrified America," 'the Gibraltar of Unionism,' the "Pittsburgh of the West."

The Museum of Modern Art will premiere a special preview screening of Debra Granik's Winter's Bone (2010), winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Drama and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1 on Wednesday, June 9, at 8:30 p.m. The screening will be introduced by writer-director Debra Granik.

The 2010 Sundance Film Festival announced today the members of five juries awarding prizes at the Festival, which runs January 21-31, 2010 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The juries collectively are comprised of individuals from the global arts community, each of whom brings unique perspective and range of experience.

Following its acclaimed world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Focus Features has acquired domestic and select international rights (the U.K., Germany, and South Africa) to Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right. Focus Features CEO James Schamus made the announcement today.

The 2010 Sundance Film Festival announced today the members of five juries awarding prizes at the Festival, which runs January 21-31, 2010 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The juries collectively are comprised of individuals from the global arts community, each of whom brings unique perspective and range of experience.

Various news services, including TV Guide have reported the sad news that Kate Tucci, the wife of Emmy-winning actor Stanley Tucci, has passed away after battling cancer.

New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Executive Directors) will honor Award-winning playwright John Guare and Golden Globe winner Stanley Tucci at their 8th Annual Winter Gala to be held at Twenty Four Fifth (24 Fifth Avenue) on Monday, March 9, 2009.

New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Executive Directors) will honor Award-winning playwright John Guare and Golden Globe winner Stanley Tucci at their 8th Annual Winter Gala to be held at Twenty Four Fifth (24 Fifth Avenue) on Monday, March 9, 2009.

The Sundance Film Festival's 2009 audience and jury awards, presented Saturday in Park City, Utah went to:

Tom Noonan and the Paradise Factory present the World Premiere of BROTHER, written and directed by Lisa Ebersole and produced by Luke Rosen.

Lisa Ebersole's new play Brothers will make its debut at the Paradise Factory, where it will run from July 21st to August 14th