ROBERT REDFORD

Robert Redford opened the festival on Thursday.

While the official festival film kicks off Thursday night, the unofficial Sundance fun festival peaks this weekend.

Veteran actor Betty White will celebrate her 90th birthday at Los Angeles gala on Jan. 17. According to a report by Access Hollywood, she has said that she wants Robert Redford to be present for her 90th birthday.

Harrison Ford is circling the Jackie Robinson biopic 42, TheWrap has confirmed.

The Sundance Film festival, the top U.S. gathering for independent cinema, on Wednesday unveiled its competitive lineup for 2012, some of which will become the most talked-about movies of the upcoming year.

The 2012 lineup includes big names, career changers and an economic theme.

The U.S.-imposed delay of TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL oil pipeline shows Canada's energy industry cannot relax efforts to improve its environmental record, a former top minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government said on Monday.

A look at Pitt's best film roles, including Tyler Durden, Benjamin Button and Billy Beane.

The 25-year-old was involved in a brawl in Vancouver, B.C. late last week.

At this point, if someone tells you a joke that starts, So, Shia LaBeouf walks into a bar, you can pretty much figure out the punchline.

Just as the Iranian director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb was detained at the Tehran airport Wednesday, Palisades Tartan acquired U.S. and U.K. rights to his documentary This is Not a Film.

Floodwaters finally started to recede from areas of the northeast devastated by Hurricane Irene but many communities were still underwater on Wednesday and relief workers battled cut-off roads and raging rivers to deliver emergency supplies.

The Sundance Institute is moving aggressively to help its filmmakers with independent online distribution, expanding its Artist Services Initiative to include partnerships with iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu, Netflix, SundanceNOW and YouTube.

With many new and returning events, the schedule brings a wide variety of attractions for tourists and those living in Utah Valley.

Leonardo DiCaprio is taking on the role of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire in the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Rupert Everett rues that people become stars because of the business than for good work or acting talent

Actor and environmentalist Robert Redford has weighed in on the U.S. oil spill crisis, condemning efforts by major energy companies to promote their environmental credentials and use their money to influence their parrots in Congress.

(Corrects title of NRDC in paragraph 2)Actor and environmentalist Robert Redford has weighed in on the U.S. oil spill crisis, condemning efforts by major energy companies to promote their environmental credentials and use their money to influence their parrots in Congress.

Sundance Film Festival organizers on Wednesday unveiled plans for a one-night expansion of January's event to theaters in eight U.S. cities, hoping to encourage a discussion about the role art and cinema play in people's lives.

Mia Wasikowska, who plays the title character in Tim Burton's upcoming Alice in Wonderland, is in final negotiations to star in Gus Van Sant's next project, the dark coming-of-age drama Restless.

Robert Redford is visiting the land of Lincoln. The actor/filmmaker, who has an acute interest in political topics, will direct the historical drama