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People sit to watch the Hollywood in Utah documentary at Peery Egyptian Theater.

Hollywood in Utah: Diving into Utah’s film history

Cooper Hatsis, Asst. Editor February 18, 2025

Big-budget productions and independent features have used Utah’s various monumental landscapes as a backdrop for filming for over a century now. “Hollywood in Utah” is a PBS documentary released...

Olivia Taylor Dudley appears in Touch Me by Addison Heimann, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute

Sundance 2025: A look at the festival’s first weekend

Cooper Hatsis, Culture Asst. Editor January 28, 2025

The annual Sundance Film Festival is back in Park City and Salt Lake City for another 11 days of cinema. The festival started on Jan. 23 and continues through Feb. 2. Sundance works as one of the largest...

From left, Laura Dern, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley backstage at the 75th Annual Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

75th Golden Globes goes black for a night of solidarity

Madeline Thorpe January 10, 2018

The 75th Golden Globes, which took place on Sunday night, was more than awards and designer gowns. In fact, there was very little designer recognition at all when it came down to what the attendees were...

'The Glass Castle 2017' (Jake Giles Netter/www.theglasscastle.movie)

Hollywoodizing “The Glass Castle” romanticizes child abuse

Samantha Bunderson September 1, 2017

I was literally burning on the inside. My shoes were begging me to take them off and throw them at the movie screen, but that's just not the polite thing to do. Plus, I probably couldn't throw far enough,...

Shakira performs during the NBA All-Star game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, February 14, 2010. (Ron T. Ennis/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)

Mujeres del Mundo Hispano

Josselyn Vargas March 14, 2017

Penélope CruzActriz española conocida mundialmente en el mundo del espectáculo. Desde muy pequeña Penélope soñaba con llegar a ser actriz y no fue hasta 1990 cuando saltó...

Gina Rodriguez llega a la 73a entrega anual de los Golden Globe Awards el domingo, 10 de enero de 2016. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Latinos reciben premios en los Golden Globes Awards

Rosa Arambula January 12, 2016

  El domingo, 10 de enero de 2016 fue una gran noche para los latinos en la 73ª entrega anual de los Golden Globe Awards. Alejandro González Iñárritu, quien es un director de cine...

'The Lubitsch Touch' film series shares historical masterpieces

February 26, 2015

Laughter filled the Wildcat Theater earlier on Tuesday night as a black-and-white silent comedy filled the movie screen. As the lights dimmed, a German silent film called “The Mountain Cat” took...

"Into the Woods" well worth the time

January 8, 2015

Laced with fairytale antics, just the right amount of star-studding and vocals that even this musicophile can enjoy, the recent fairytale mashup creation by Steven Sondheim was a total thumbs-up. Take...

Cheap Weekly: Movie theaters made affordable

October 21, 2014

On the tight, ramen-five-nights-a-week budget that most students are on, affording $10 per movie tickets can be nearly impossible. However, many movie theaters are making it more feasible for students...

Five Crazy Headlines

July 27, 2014

From a blogger trampoline jumping away cancer to prison inmates getting a change in uniform since orange is too “cool,” here are this week's five crazy headlines. Tokyo homeless woman lived in stranger's...

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