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I keep forgetting that, to Tea Partiers, TP policies and positions seem perfectly rational. Tea Partiers are serious people, not political clowns here to divert us from the dreary realities of the U.S. two-party system.---
In a world of tumult and uncertainty, it's nice that at least one thing is a constant: the degree to which nerds will get worked up over the casting of superhero movies. The latest hubbub comes on the heels of the announcement that director Zack Snyder's (Watchmen) planned Superman film -- tentatively titled Superman: Man of Steel -- will feature as the iconic hero Henry Cavill of the Showtime series The Tudors.
A mere nine months after opening, Salt Lake City's own Epic Brewing Company has been ranked as the #3 Top New Brewer in the World by RateBeer.com. Wow.
Back in 2001, a stockbroker turned comedian named Keith Stubbs had a dream for a real standup comedy venue in Utah. Ten years and three more locations later, the laughs keep coming.
Slow and low—that's how we're rolling on this final day of January.--- While many of us recover from various Sundance-related festivities, and others from a weekend that featured a bevy of sold-out concerts from the likes of RJD2, Little Dragon and Slash, Monday night seems a good one for "takin' 'er easy," as they say.
For
those who start up local labels, there seems to be a common crossroad
for all, grow beyond the state or focus squarely on home. Most
choose the later as the entire point to their initial start was to
promote and grow the talent within.
Hello
to all you documentary watching, seat cramping, refill demanding,
movie star gazing, freezing your ass off in fifteen degree weather wait list enthusiasts. So a couple people wrote me and asked why I
dislike Sundance and the "Sundance experience".
Our contributor Jeremy Mathews offers the following warning: Ticket holders for Sundance's closing Sunday screenings in Park City might need to plan for some extra time. Mathews submitted the following alert: "If you have a ticket to a hot film playing in one of the Holiday Village theaters this weekend, be sure to get there early.
Locals get a couple of strong Sundance options tonight—strongest if you're in Ogden, or willing to drive there. For those Ogdenites or brave travelers, the headline attraction is Like Crazy, writer/director Drake Doremus' sensitive tale of the challenging long-distance romance between a British girl (the terrific Felicity Jones) and a American boy (Anton Yelchin) who meet in college but are separated by her visa problems.
