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(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) Construction continues near the Station Park Cinemark theater on Tuesday in Farmington.

Utahns behind new Farmington theater complex

Last updated Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 10:54pm

FARMINGTON -- A company with deep roots in Utah, including a plethora of Beehive State-grown executives, hopes to make a big splash in the Top of Utah with the introduction of a 14-screen digital theater at Station Park on the same evening the last installment of "Harry Potter" is set to open.

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Utah tourism officials tout direct flights, film industry

Press release

Last updated Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 5:48pm

LOS ANGELES - Utah tourism officials and Delta Air Lines executives met with select tour operators Wednesday at the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles to tout the re-launch of non-stop Delta flights between Salt Lake City, Utah and Tokyo, Japan. Spencer Eccles, executive director of the Governor's Office of Economic Development, also spoke to the group on how a re-launch of direct service between Japan and Utah supports Governor Gary R.

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Jury member Uma Thurman poses during a photo call at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 11, 2011. (Lionel Cironneau/Associated Press)

The 64th Cannes International Film Festival - 5/11/11

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Last updated Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 11:07am

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(Associated Press file photo) Jackie Cooper, seen in October 1978, won a best actor Oscar nomination at 8 for “Skippy” and grew up to play The Daily Planet editor in Christopher Reeves’ four “Superman” movies. He died Tuesday at age 88.

Jackie Cooper, a top child star of the 1930s, dies at 88

Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 10:32pm

LOS ANGELES — Jackie Cooper, whose tousled blond hair, pouty lower lip and ability to cry on camera helped make him one of the top child stars of the 1930s in films such as “Skippy” and “The Champ,” has died. He was 88.

Cooper, who grew up to become a successful TV star in the 1950s, a top television studio executive in the ’60s and an Emmy Award-winning director in the ’70s, died Tuesday at a skilled nursing facility in Santa Monica after a brief illness, said his son John.

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(LUISA YANEZ/Miami Herald) Elizabeth Taylor’s love letters to William Pawley, 90, now of Pembroke Pines, Fla., sit on display Tuesday at Joe’s Stone Crab on Miami Beach. The letters are being auctioned May 12-19 by RR Auction. Taylor’s photo is at left, and a photo of her with Pawley is at right.

Elizabeth Taylor's love letters from 62 years ago on auction block

Luisa Yanez, McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 10:35pm

MIAMI -- In 1949, a radiant 17-year-old Elizabeth Taylor and her mother vacationed in Miami Beach as guests of millionaire William Pawley Sr., an aviation entrepreneur who was also an influential U.S. ambassador to Brazil.

During her stay at Pawley's waterfront mansion on Sunset Island II, the starlet spent time around the pool with Pawley's 28-year-old son, also named William, and fell head over heels.

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(NANCY VAN VALKENBURG/Standard-Examiner) Spencer Scarlet,16, works on an animation assignment in his video-editing class.

Movie madness: Layton students host fourth annual film festival

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 11:00pm

LAYTON -- Think of it as the Oscars, just minus a red carpet and the aged veteran filmmakers.

The teen directors set to debut their latest tonight at Layton High School's True Blue Film Festival are nothing if not fresh-faced and new.

The fourth annual festival, free and open to the public, will feature 54 short works by dozens of Layton High students whose creations include public service announcements, music videos, film trailers, documentaries and five-second comedies.

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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' kicks off film series

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 4:47pm

OGDEN -- Starlets of the silver screen, including the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Katherine Hepburn, are the main dish this year at Peery's Egyptian Theater.

The Egyptian Theatre Foundation has announced the return of the Silents and Cinema Classics Series for 2011, which begins with "Breakfast At Tiffany's" later this month. Currently, there is no silent movie planned, but one could be added later.

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor poses as Queen Cleopatra in this photo from Joseph L. Mankiewiez' 1963 film, "Cleopatra". (File/Associated Press)

Elizabeth Taylor dies at age 79 - March 23, 2011

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Last updated Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 12:31pm

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Natalie Portman poses backstage with the Oscar for best performance by an actress in a leading role for "Black Swan" at the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (Matt Sayles/Associated Press)

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards - February 27, 2011

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Last updated Monday, February 28, 2011 - 11:37am

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(Sesame Workshop photo) Kevin Clash (left) is the person behind Elmo.

Final taste of Sundance tonight

Nancy Van Valkenburg, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 11:09pm

The directors have packed their black turtlenecks, sunglasses and berets, and headed home.

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“I Melt With You” screens today at Peery’s Egyptian Theater during the Sundance Film Festival.

It's not too late to do Sundance

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 6:35pm

If you meant to attend this year's Sundance films in Ogden, but you put it off, there's good news.

More than a third of the 14 offerings remain, and will screen tonight and Saturday at Peery's Egyptian Theater.

Here are the regular screenings that remain:

"Like Crazy" -- 6:30 p.m. today. An American and a Brit, in college in California, fall in love and struggle with the realities of a long-distance relationship. Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Alex Kingston.
"I Melt With You" -- 9:30 p.m. today. Four former college friends gather for a weekend that drives them to confront the personal choices they've made. Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe. A dark thriller.
"Bobby Fischer Against the World" -- 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Chess player Bobby Fischer, a child prodigy who became delusional and paranoid as an adult, is shown in his final chapter as a fugitive. A documentary.
"Margin Call" -- 6:30 p.m. Saturday. This thriller follows key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore. Sold out.
"Life in a Day" -- 9:30 p.m. Saturday. This documentary, supported by YouTube, is the result of a global project to capture oncamera moments of people's lives, on July 24 of this year. Sold out.

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Director Kevin Smith, bottom right, faces off with protestors from the Westboro Baptist Church, rear left, as he arrives at the premiere of his movie "Red State" during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. (Danny Moloshok/Associated Press)

Sundance Film Festival - January 24, 2011

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Last updated Monday, January 24, 2011 - 3:54pm

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Liv Tyler, a cast member in the film "The Ledge," poses at the premiere of the film at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)

Sundance Film Festival Day 1 and 2 - January 21, 2011

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Last updated Friday, January 21, 2011 - 6:20pm

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Ewan McGregor stars in “Perfect Sense,” playing in Ogden during the Sundance Film Festival.

Director keeps tight lip on plot

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, January 21, 2011 - 1:04pm

British director David Mackenzie doesn't want you to know the plot of "Perfect Sense."

"I would like people to know it's going to be an emotional film and a romantic film," he said, in an overseas phone call as he rushed to an airport. "People ask me what it's about, and I tell them it's about the senses and about loss. It's about the human capacity to adapt, and what it is like being alive."

Mackenzie seemed annoyed that an interviewer would have read the film description in the Sundance Film Festival guide, and would have access to a few additional details. He politely refused to add to the sparse information available.

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“The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” is a documentary by Morgan Spurlock. The film screens in Ogden during the Sundance Film Festival.

Product placement gets super-sized look

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, January 21, 2011 - 1:03pm

When filmmaker Morgan Spurlock decided to make a documentary on product placement in films, he got the idea to fund the entire project by selling product placements within the movie.

But there was one prospective sponsor that wouldn't give him the time of day.

"You won't be seeing toys for this movie in your Happy Meals," said Spurlock, with a laugh.

Spurlock rose to fame with the playful, irreverent, devastatingly revealing documentary "Super Size Me," an expose on the fast-food industry for which Spurlock ate only McDonald's food for a month. He documented a 24.5-pound weight gain and a cholesterol level that went from normal to 230, as well as other health problems.

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