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Simmons doc, sans Oprah, receives huge ovation at Sundance
January 26, 2020 - 12:51 PM

PARK CITY, Utah - Without Oprah or Apple, the Russell Simmons documentary “On the Record” went ahead with its premiere Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, where the women who came forward with sexual assault allegations against the hip-hop mogul received one of the festival's most roaring receptions.
Simmons doc, sans Oprah, receives huge ovation at Sundance
January 26, 2020 - 4:10 AM

PARK CITY, Utah - Without Oprah or Apple, the Russell Simmons documentary “On the Record” went ahead with its premiere Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, where the women who came forward with sexual assault allegations against the hip-hop mogul received one of the festival's most roaring receptions.
'Brave' filmmakers say new movie isn't typical Disney princess story
June 20, 2012 - 3:25 PM

TORONTO - Pixar films have always revelled in the unconventional, turning seemingly uncommercial ideas — movies starring lonely robots, foodie rodents and widowers in floating houses — into box-office behemoths.
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Simmons doc, sans Oprah, receives huge ovation at Sundance