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Utah man dies in avalanche while backcountry skiing in western Montana
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — A Utah man died after being caught in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in western Montana, Ravalli County officials said Wednesday. David Macfarlane, 64, of Park City, Utah, died Tuesday in the snow slide near Lost Trail Pass on the Montana-Idaho border,...
Innovative Industrial Properties: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIPR) on Monday reported a key measure of profitability in its fourth quarter. The Park City, Utah-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $64.3 million, or $2.28...
Laura Linney and Nico Parker are mother and daughter in Laura Chinn's ‘Suncoast’
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — When writer-director Laura Chinn was a teenager in 2005, her mother moved her and her terminally ill brother to Florida. The idea was for him to spend his last days in hospice in peace. Instead, the place was mobbed by protesters and media because, as they’d quickly...
Passenger train hits milk truck at Colorado railroad crossing, badly injuring Amtrak engineer
DENVER (AP) — An Amtrak train crashed into a truck carrying milk at a northeastern Colorado rail crossing, badly injuring the engineer and sending three passengers to a hospital for treatment, authorities said. The truck driver, a 31-year-old man from Fort Wainright, Alaska, drove...
A star is born? After time away, Maisy Stella makes her film debut at Sundance
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — “Who’s that girl?” has been a common refrain from Sundance Film Festival goers walking out of “My Old Ass” this week in Park City, Utah. Its star Maisy Stella, 20, will be a familiar name to some, for her years on “Nashville” playing Daphne...
Carol Kane on working with Jason Schwartzman and her dream of being in a Martin Scorsese film
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Carol Kane really wanted to work with Jason Schwartzman, but the opportunity would require her to step a little outside of her comfort zone. Filmmaker Nathan Silver came to her with an idea for “Between the Temples,” about a widow and a widower who become...
Q&A: Visual artist Titus Kaphar makes a personal film debut with ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Titus Kaphar wanted to find a way to talk to his children about his life experience, his addict father, generational trauma and healing. An acclaimed painter and MacArthur fellow, Kaphar found that images were insufficient on their own. Words were, too. He even tried making...
Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at a daddy-daughter dance in Sundance documentary
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Angela Patton has devoted her career to listening to the needs of young girls. Over a decade ago, the CEO of the nonprofit Girls For a Change and founder of Camp Diva Leadership Academy helped start a program in Richmond, Virginia, that created a daddy daughter dance for...
At 94, June Squibb is a leading lady at last in the Sundance breakout ‘Thelma’
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — June Squibb is perhaps the busiest 94-year-old in Hollywood. This year alone she’ll voice a role in “Inside Out 2,” head to New York to star in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut and film a television series that she can’t quite talk about just yet. ...
In the biographical drama ‘Rob Peace,’ Chiwetel Ejiofor reframes a life
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Chiwetel Ejiofor had read Jeff Hobbs’ “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace” years before Antoine Fuqua asked if he might consider writing and directing an adaptation. The book, which explores the complex life of a brilliant boy who grew up in the...
