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By Brittany Carson on January 16, 2013
What started back in 1978 as a small competition for independent American films, and with the help of the star power of its early Chairperson, actor Robert Redford, the event has grown into a week-long celebrity-packed party on the slopes where new and established stars gather to watch (and judge) indie films, fresh faces, and drum up publicity for themselves and their projects, all while catching powder. With so many iconic films coming out of Sundance over the years (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy and Mean Streets were all screened at the first 1978 festival), Snakkle tracks down the stars of past stand-out and award-winning films from the Sundance festival circuit to see if they ever made it big.
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By Katherine Butler on December 12, 2011
Yes, yes, a thousand times, yes! The famed English wordsmith, Jane Austen, born in 1775, is known the world over for her tales of boy-meets-girl-meets-(properly-smoldering)-English-gentry. Two centuries later, her heroines have been brought to life by Hollywood’s best—both here and across the pond. So put on your best frock, sit up straight, and get ready to celebrate with a gallery of our 12 favorite Austen heroines from the screen, both big and small. Happy birthday, Miss Jane!
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