The Sundance Institute has announced the first half of the line-up for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Included in the first press release are the films in competition in the Drama and Documentary segments. 3,661 feature-length films were submitted this year, which is 37 more films than last year. ...

Ever kissed a blue eyed person?  I'm sure I have.  Drea, you've got blue eyes, right? Can you see a phone right now? Nope.  Can't even hear one if it were to ring.  Which it won't for 45 minutes or so. What are you listening to? Smashing Pumpkin's 'the beginning is the end is the...

Let me begin at the end. Place: Central Park. Time: almost 11:45 p.m. Play: Hamlet. Spirits: low. Fortinbras and his army have entered Denmark at last, signaling the end. Hamlet has just died—poisoned in the duel scene—and is probably glad to be out of it. The king, the queen, Laertes, Ophelia, ...