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...socialite turned reality-TV star might seem like an odd target, but to Redford, who has been involved with the festival since its beginning, she's an example of what the festival has become. In his press conference, Redford said Sundance has been "sliding" of late, blaming "ambush marketers" for taking over storefronts to promote their swag and celebrities who just show up for the paparazzi attention. "It kind of engulfed what we did," he said. "You end up with parties and celebrities and Paris Hilton ... and that's not us. Sundance has nothing to do with any of that...
...beyond the festival, it provides resources for filmmakers, film-music composers and playwrights through labs and conferences. Though it was relatively successful before, the Sundance takeover pushed the festival into the public eye, drawing more and more people each year, expanding its awards categories and gaining significant industry and press attention. (See the top films of 2009 - if film critics ran the Oscars...
Timberlake, 28, was selected for his wide range of talents across the arts, according to Pudding press manager David J. Smolinsky...
...media get you down. By the time Reagan reached the White House, he had been trapped in the glare of press scrutiny from his days in Hollywood through his time in the California governor's mansion. Obama, meanwhile, glided into his Illinois Senate seat and into the White House with very little negative attention from the press (beyond brief, isolated incidents like the Rev. Wright dustup). Now, hammered nonstop by both the conservative and mainstream media, Obama has to thicken his skin. Reagan wasn't crazy about the coverage he got either, but he sloughed it off and followed...
...Does the press focus exclusively on process? The media are consumed with a proverbial turning-of-the-page, the tension between the White House and Democrats on Capitol Hill and the perils-of-Barack drama. Obama has to get the postspeech coverage to evaluate the substance of his proposals and his thematic vision of the country, rather than just focus on his droopy poll numbers and the loss of that Massachusetts Senate seat...