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Montreal Jazz Festival Cancels Slave Songs Show After Backlash
The Montreal International Jazz Festival has canceled a controversial stage show, 'SLAV,' that features African-American slave songs performed by a largely white cast dressed as cotton pickers and field workers.
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EXECUTIVE SUITE: Sony Pictures Classics’ Tom Bernard and Michael Barker
Rare is the Hollywood couple that stays together 30 years. Tom Bernard and Michael Barker first paired at United Artists and Orion Classics before co-founding Sony Pictures Classics in 1992. The New York-based specialty arm has never been Sony’s most profitable division, but with scores of Oscar nominations (seven more this year for such films as "Animal Kingdom" and "Inside Job"), the duo’s indie outfit has long championed obscure artists and low-budget gems. Bernard, 59, and Barker, 57—each married with grown kids—were again active at Sundance, where they picked up the psychological thriller "Take Shelter" and the Irish comedy "The Guard." The key to a long, healthy partnership? They still eat lunch together every day.
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Roman Polanski Accepts European Film Award Via Skype
"The Ghost Writer" wins six awards but director skips ceremony to insure he's not arrested.
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