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...four other spring fellows joining Okrent are: Kimberly Gross, assistant professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University; Charles Lewis, founder of the Center for Public Integrity; Robert Picard, professor of media economics at Jönköping University in Sweden; and Cristine Russell, a freelance science writer...
...Robert Redford, what began 25 years ago as a sanctuary where he could nuture budding filmmakers in Sundance, Utah has blossomed into an international institute for the arts and one of the most popular independent film festivals going. TIME's Desa Philadelphia caught up with Redford to talk about the Sundance Film Festival as it's about to kick off for the 22nd time tonight (January 19th). She'll be posting more interviews with stars and directors and telling us the latest buzz as the event unfolds. TIME: Why did you create the institute and the festival...
...ROBERT REDFORD: At the very very beginning in 1979 when I had the idea I had reached a point in my career where I directed my first movie and had been producing and acting for a decade and had a very very heavy workload. I decided to stop and put something back and I had the idea of creating a place for more independent type artist to come and work and have a place to develop. The mainstream was already showing signs of moving toward a more centralized position. Also there was new technology coming, there was video, there...
...professors on the call were Jeremy R. Knowles, the former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Sidney Verba ’53, the Pforzheimer University professor and director of the University library system. The Corporation was represented by Robert E. Rubin ’60, Summers’ closest friend on the board...
...Fried and Tribe are not newcomers to Supreme Court hearings. In 1987, Tribe played a key role in derailing the high-court nomination of conservative Judge Robert H. Bork. And in September, Fried testified in the confirmation hearings for Chief Justice John G. Roberts...