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R.I.P. Joe McQueen
This blog post was originally going to be a plug for an upcoming show at Gracie’s featuring the Joe McQueen Quartet—with, of course, Utah saxophone extraordinaire, jazz legend and community pillar Joe McQueen at the center. Despite being 100 year old, this Ogden musician had been busy playing music for most of the seven decades he resided there, and this show was going to be one of several he’d played over the last few months.
Sundance alums and high-profile documentary subjects highlight the program announcement for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, opening Jan. 23, 2020 in Park City. Returnees include Eliza Hittman (Beach Rats, It Felt Like Love ) with the U.S. Dramatic Competition entry Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Justin Simien (Dear White People) with the Midnight film Bad Hair, Jeff Baena (Life After Beth) with Horse Girl, Josephine Decker (Madeline's Madeline) with Shirley, The Daniels (Swiss Army Man) with Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia and Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) with a spin on Peter Pan in Wendy.
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Next to Kristen Stewart, there hasn’t been an actor with a wackier career trajectory—from smart-ass kid star to rising matinee idol to scandal-attracting bad boy to fascinating indie player—than Shia LaBeouf. He goes semi-autobiographical for his latest project, which he also wrote.
