Squalid, overcrowded and infested with mosquitoes: The jail where teddy bear teacher will serve her sentence (Daily Mail)Conditions in Omdurman women's prison, where Gillian Gibbons will be jailed for 15 days, are appalling by any standards. Hugely overcrowded, the jail on the outskirts of Khartoum, was originally built to hold 100 women and then expanded to hold 200, but in recent years has housed more than 1,200
Sundance Film Festival's Premiers, Spectrum, New Frontier and Park City at Midnight Sections (Standard-Examiner)Web only
Grapevine: Student wins Veterans Home scholarship (Napa Valley Register)Dainita Richardson of San Pablo, was awarded a $750 Yountville Veteran?s Home scholarship to continue her nursing studies.
Sacramento's New Trend: Urban Wineries (CBS 13 Sacramento)Trading sprawling vineyards for city skyscrapers, it's the latest trend in making wine to hit Sacramento.
Sundance announces out-of-competition films (Park Record)Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films screening at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in the out-of-competition sections of Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier, and Park City at Midnight. The 2008 Sundance Film Festival runs January 17 27, 2008 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. Here is a list with brief descriptions of the films:
Sundance Premieres section sees changes (The Hollywood Reporter)At the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, the gala Premieres, which used to take place in the chilly nighttime, will begin as early as 3 p.m. And there will be more Premieres than ever.
PARK CITY '08 | From Michel Gondry to Morgan Spurlock: Sundance's Non-Competitive Titles Announced (indieWIRE)New films from Michel Gondry , Boaz Yakin , Mark Pellington , Brad Anderson , and Barry Levinson fill out Sundance 's star-studded Premieres section, which considerably ups the Park City glitz factor.
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