Gwyneth Paltrow expected to testify in ski collision trial
March 24, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow and the man who broke four ribs after the two collided at a Utah ski resort seven years ago are both expected to testify on Friday in a trial over his claims that the movie star's recklessness caused his concussion and lasting physical injuries.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer asks about missing GoPro video
March 24, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow's attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called “the most important piece of evidence" at trial Thursday.
Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial brings doctors to stand
March 22, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Two doctors on Wednesday described X-rays, brain scans and neurological tests documenting the medical condition of a man suing Gwyneth Paltrow for a 2016 ski collision at an upscale Utah ski resort.
Report: 119K people hurt by riot-control weapons since 2015
March 22, 2023 GMTSALEM, Ore. (AP) — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles, according to a report released Wednesday.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer calls Utah ski collision story ‘BS’
March 22, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow's lawyer called the story of a retired optometrist who is suing her over a 2016 ski collision “utter B.S.” on Tuesday during the trial's opening day in Utah, where the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer appeared in court looking somber.
Mikaela Shiffrin brings aboard Karin Harjo as head coach
March 13, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Fresh off breaking the record for most World Cup race wins, Mikaela Shiffrin has a new head coach, Karin Harjo, who has been leading Canada’s Alpine skiing team.
‘A Thousand and One’ wins Sundance grand jury prize
January 27, 2023 GMT“A Thousand and One,” a drama about an impoverished single mother and her son in New York City, won the Sundance Film Festival’s grand jury prize in the U.S.
In ’20 Days in Mariupol’ doc, the horrors of war illuminated
January 23, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Associated Press video journalist Mstyslav Chernov had just broken out of Mariupol after covering the first 20 days of the Russian invasion of the Ukrainian city and was feeling guilty about leaving.
Sundance goes wild for sexy corporate thriller ‘Fair Play’
January 23, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The fire emoji was a common sight in tweets about the new corporate thriller “Fair Play,” which debuted Friday at the Sundance Film Festival.
The movie follows two ambitious analysts at a cutthroat hedge fund, played by “Bridgerton’s” Phoebe Dynevor and “Solo’s” Alden Ehrenreich, who are also in a passionate and secret relationship.
Hathaway, McKenzie anchor stylish adaptation of ‘Eileen’
January 23, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Eileen, the title character of Ottessa Moshfegh’s debut novel, is a strange young woman with a vivid, sensual, and sometimes dangerous imagination.
Her actual life, however, is anything but: She works a mind-numbing desk job as a secretary at a boy’s prison in Massachusetts in 1964 and goes home to a depressed, cruel father who seems content to drink himself to death.
In ‘Shortcomings,’ a chance for nuanced AAPI representation
January 23, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Randall Park was a struggling actor when he first encountered Adrian Tomine’s graphic novel “Shortcomings” in 2007. The story focused on a twentysomething Japanese American man named Ben, who is trying to find himself in the Bay Area along with his girlfriend Miko and best friend Alice, who is a lesbian.
Mass shooting in hometown devastating for actor Sherry Cola
January 22, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — For actor Sherry Cola, the mass shooting in her hometown of Monterey Park, California, left her devastated ahead of the premiere of the new film “Shortcomings” at the Sundance Film Festival.
Jurors leave Sundance premiere over closed captioning glitch
January 21, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Marlee Matlin, Jeremy O. Harris and Eliza Hittman exited the premiere of a film playing in competition at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday night after the closed captioning device failed to work.
Sundance doc looks into Brett Kavanaugh investigation
January 21, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A new documentary looks into the sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and raises questions about the depth of the FBI investigation in 2018.
Brooke Shields examines her life, fame in doc ‘Pretty Baby’
January 21, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Brooke Shields reveals that she was the victim of a sexual assault in a new documentary about her life that premiered Friday afternoon at the Sundance Film Festival.
Friendship lies behind Sundance comedy ‘Theater Camp’
January 21, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — There is quite a bit of history between the team behind “Theater Camp,” a loving satire of musical theater kids and their teachers that premieres Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival.
Sundance celebrates the ‘magic’ of being back in-person
January 20, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival met the moment by going virtual for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. But on Thursday, there was a palpable sense of relief from the festival’s leadership team at being in-person again.
After 2 virtual years, Sundance returns to the mountains
January 18, 2023 GMTRandall Park made a pact with himself some years ago that he wouldn’t attend the Sundance Film Festival if he didn’t have a project there.
New this week: Lukas Graham, ‘That 90’s Show’ and ‘Jung_E’
January 16, 2023 GMTHere’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
MOVIES
— ”Train to Busan” and “Hellbound” director Yeon Sang-Ho has a new sci-fi action pic arriving on Netflix on Friday.
Jen Shah of ‘Real Housewives’ gets 6 1/2-year prison term
January 6, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Shah, a tearful member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” who insisted she is not the character she plays on the show, was sentenced Friday to 6 1/2 years in prison for defrauding thousands of people, many of them vulnerable or older, in a telemarketing scam that stretched nearly a decade.
Sheriff names patroller who died in Utah chairlift accident
January 4, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Park City Mountain employee who died in a chairlift accident was a 29-year-old ski patroller from Millcreek Utah, Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez said on Wednesday.
Utah resort employee dies after being ejected from chairlift
January 4, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — An employee at a Utah ski resort died Monday after being ejected from a chairlift shaken by a tree that fell onto a lift cable, resort officials and police said.
Representatives of Park City Mountain and the Summit County Sheriff said a 29-year-old resort employee fell at least 25 feet (7.6 meters) from the Short Cut chairlift into a deep ravine around 11:25 a.m.
Germans take three wins; Sweeney, Arndt medal for USA Luge
December 17, 2022 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Germany won three of five World Cup races held Saturday at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics sliding track, while Emily Sweeney and Brittney Arndt won medals for the U.S.
Germany got gold in the women’s race, with Dajana Eitberger holding off Sweeney for the victory, as well as in the men’s doubles sprint and the women’s sprint.
Italians win World Cup women’s luge race
December 17, 2022 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Andrea Vötter and Marion Oberhofer of Italy got their second consecutive women’s doubles luge win Friday and moved atop the season-long points standings.
Germany’s Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal were second, while Canada’s Caitlin Nash and Natalie Corless placed third.
Hermann wins skeleton race, Kelly Curtis wins bronze for US
December 16, 2022 GMTLAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Tina Hermann of Germany had the fastest time in both heats to win a women’s skeleton race Friday, while Kelly Curtis of the U.S. won a World Cup medal for the first time.
Hermann led a 1-2 finish for Germany, which also had Susanne Kreher take the silver.
Sundance Film Festival unveils lineup for 2023 edition
December 7, 2022 GMTDocumentaries about Brooke Shields, Judy Blume and Michael J. Fox, films from veteran directors like Nicole Holofcener, an adaptation of the viral New Yorker story “Cat Person” and the feature directorial debut of actors Alice Englert and Randall Park are among the world premieres set for the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Friedrich, Kalicki get bobsled wins for Germany in Park City
December 3, 2022 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Germany’s Francesco Friedrich continued the perfect start to his bobsled season Saturday, winning a four-man race for his 70th career World Cup victory.
Friedrich and the team of Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer and Alexander Schüller finished their two runs in 1 minute, 33.62 seconds.
Humphries wins monobob gold in return to Park City track
December 2, 2022 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. had the fastest time in both runs on her way to winning a World Cup monobob race on Friday.
It was Humphries' second medal in as many monobob races this season and put her atop the World Cup standings.
Ski jumping World Cup returns to US for 1st time since 2004
September 22, 2022 GMTSki Jumping's top circuit is returning to the United States for the first time in nearly two decades.
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation men's ski jumping World Cup will be held in February in Lake Placid, New York
Sundance Film Festival names Eugene Hernandez director
September 7, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — After three years as the festival director of the New York Film Festival, Eugene Hernandez has been tapped to lead the Sundance Film Festival.
Children rescued from sinking vehicle at Utah reservoir
August 23, 2022 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 9-year-old boy who was stuck submerged underwater at a Utah reservoir for more than 10 minutes remains hospitalized and in critical condition on Monday.
The boy and his two siblings were in their family's truck when it slid down a boat ramp while they were loading kayaks at Smith and Morehouse Reservoir, a popular recreation spot about 22 miles (35 kilometers) from Park City, Utah.
Innovative Industrial Properties: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
August 3, 2022 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) _ Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIPR) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its second quarter.
The real estate investment trust, based in Park City, Utah, said it had funds from operations of $60.1 million, or $2.14 per share, in the period.
Park City, Whistler return to World Cup luge schedule
May 23, 2022 GMTLAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Luge’s governing body said it plans on bringing races back to North America for the first time in nearly three years, with stops planned for Park City, Utah, and Whistler, Canada.
Bobsled, skeleton World Cups returning to North America
May 19, 2022 GMTBobsled and skeleton World Cup races will return to North America this fall for the first time since before the pandemic, finally giving U.S. and Canadian athletes a chance to compete on home ice again.
World Cup schedule adds Alpine ski races at 2 more US sites
May 17, 2022 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The World Cup circuit will be making two more ski racing stops in the United States by adding Alpine events at Palisades Tahoe in California and Aspen, Colorado.
U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced the new competitions Tuesday, which will join two American stops already on the schedule: Killington, Vermont, and Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Park City Group: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot
May 16, 2022 GMTMURRAY, Utah (AP) _ Park City Group Inc. (PCYG) on Monday reported earnings of $1.1 million in its fiscal third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Murray, Utah-based company said it had profit of 5 cents.
Innovative Industrial Properties: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
May 4, 2022 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) _ Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIPR) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter.
The real estate investment trust, based in Park City, Utah, said it had funds from operations of $53.8 million, or $2.04 per share, in the period.
Innovative Industrial Properties: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
February 24, 2022 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) _ Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIPR) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its fourth quarter.
The real estate investment trust, based in Park City, Utah, said it had funds from operations of $48.6 million, or $1.85 per share, in the period.
Park City Group: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
February 14, 2022 GMTMURRAY, Utah (AP) _ Park City Group Inc. (PCYG) on Monday reported profit of $872,000 in its fiscal second quarter.
The Murray, Utah-based company said it had net income of 4 cents per share.
Shiffrin leads US Olympic ski team nominations; Nyman out
January 22, 2022 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin leads the 17-member list for the U.S. Alpine skiing team nominated Friday for the Beijing Winter Games.
There are nine first-time Olympians on the roster, which still awaits confirmation from the U.S.
The Sundance Film Festival is back and online once more
January 19, 2022 GMTThe lights may be dim at the Eccles Theater and Park City's Main Street will have fewer cinephiles packing the snowy sidewalks when the Sundance Film Festival begins its 44th edition Thursday night.
Di Gregorio-Hollander sled makes Olympics, Mazdzer waiting
January 8, 2022 GMTZack Di Gregorio and Sean Hollander are leaving the World Cup luge circuit in a hurry.
They've got something bigger on their minds.
Di Gregorio and Hollander wrapped up their spot as the doubles sled that USA Luge will send to the Beijing Olympics on Saturday.
Sundance cancels in-person film festival due to virus surge
January 5, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Just two weeks before it was to be held in Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival is canceling its in-person festival and reverting to an entirely virtual edition due to the current coronavirus surge.
167 skiers pulled off broken ski lift at Deer Valley Resort
December 25, 2021 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Officials said 167 skiers were stranded for several hours before being rescued from a broken ski lift at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.
Officials said the Carpenter Express chairlift experienced a mechanical failure around 2:38 p.m.
Utah communities elect their first women mayors
November 14, 2021 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At least four cities and towns in Utah appear to have elected their first women mayors: West Valley City, Park City, Parowan and North Logan.
Just 17% of Utah mayors are women, according to a January 2021 report from the Utah Women and Leadership Project at Utah State University.
Sophie Goldschmidt taking over as US Ski & Snowboard CEO
September 27, 2021 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — U.S. Ski & Snowboard appointed Sophie Goldschmidt as president and CEO on Monday, replacing Tiger Shaw.
Goldschmidt was most recently CEO of the World Surf League and has held executive positions at the NBA, WTA, PGA European Tour, Rugby Football Union and Adidas.
Sundance Film Festival sets vaccination requirement for 2022
August 3, 2021 GMTAnyone looking to go to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah next year is going to need more than a badge. All participants must be fully vaccinated too, festival director Tabitha Jackson said Tuesday.
Park City students fight online filters for LGBTQ searches
March 21, 2021 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Park City High School students googled ‘gay rights in Poland’ in a current issues class recently and found the phrase blocked by filtering software that prevents access to inappropriate content on school-issued computers...
Backcountry ski entry from resorts reconsidered after deaths
March 14, 2021 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The stairway to heaven may actually be a bootpack.
Just a 15-minute hike in ski boots up through the snow from the Ninety-Nine 90 lift on The Canyons side of Park City Mountain Resort delivers skiers and snowboarders a view from the clouds, the ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A 22-year-old midshipman died in a hotel pool drowning accident while he was on leave from the U...Naval Academy midshipman dies in drowning accident on leave
December 16, 2020 GMT
Amid high unemployment some workers look for new careers
November 1, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Normally, Jacob Narayan works as a waiter at an upscale steakhouse in Park City. But given all that’s happened in 2020, he’s set his sights on a new career.
Resorts to RV parks: Parents take school year on the road
September 30, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — In RVs, rental homes and five-star resorts, families untethered by the constraints of physical classrooms for their kids have turned the new school year into an extended summer vacation, some lured by the ailing hotel industry catering to parents with remote learners through “roadschooling” amenities.
Bobsled worlds moved to Germany over coronavirus worries
September 15, 2020 GMTThis season’s bobsled and skeleton world championships were awarded Tuesday to Altenberg, Germany, and moved out of Lake Placid, New York, because of concerns across many winter sports about the coronavirus pandemic and potential travel complications for those coming to North America...
Waste-watching: Sewage can help track pandemic virus trends
July 6, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — One county in Utah beat back a spike of pandemic virus infections in the spring, and another saw its rate jump...
Adjusting to COVID, Sundance to expand footprint nationwide
June 29, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival, held annually at altitude in the snowy reaches of a Utah ski town, is expanding beyond the mountains...
Tech firm with suspended contracts had outside data deal
May 4, 2020 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A surveillance technology company that had a $21 million contract with the state of Utah suspended over its founder's past associations with white supremacists also had a contract with a healthcare company, to track coronavirus patient data...
In ‘Crip Camp,’ a rare spotlight for disability rights
March 24, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, UTAH (AP) — It wasn't Judith Heumann's first standing ovation, but it might have been her loudest...
Vail, Alterra close 49 ski resorts amid virus outbreak
March 15, 2020 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As ski resorts across the United States grappled with how to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus without having to close, industry giants Vail Resorts and Alterra Mountain Company decided Saturday they would shutter 49 of North America's most well-known resorts...
8 films from the Sundance Film Festival you’ll want to see
February 3, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — When the 36th annual edition of the Sundance Film Festival wrapped Sunday after 11 days of snow and cinema, it had ushered in an avalanche of new voices...
‘The Assistant’ aims to go behind the headlines of #MeToo
January 30, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — “The Assistant” is one of the first narrative films to come out of the #MeToo movement and the Harvey Weinstein scandal...
Radha Blank of ‘The 40-Year-Old Version’ isn’t late
January 29, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival is a showcase of new voices in cinema, and few have come through louder and clearer than Radha Blank's...
‘Minari,’ a Korean immigrant drama, breaks out at Sundance
January 28, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — After the premiere of “Minari” at the Sundance Film Festival, while many in the audience were still drying their eyes, director Lee Isaac Chung quoted the fauthor Willa Cather to explain how he had come to write a film based on his childhood, when his Korean family moved to rural Arkansas...
‘Palm Springs’ sets a Sundance record in $17.5M sale
January 28, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The “Groundhog Day”-esque comedy “Palm Springs,” by Andy Samberg and the Lonely Island, has set an acquisition record at the Sundance Film Festival by 69 cents...
Grandson’s pitch coaxes Redford out of retirement, briefly
January 28, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Midway through the film festival he founded more than four decades ago, Robert Redford hopped out of a car and hollered to his grandson...
At Sundance, Lin-Manuel Miranda shares the spotlight
January 26, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Lin-Manuel Miranda knows that, for some, the story of his life is already written...
New documentary cloaks anonymous sources in ‘face doubles’
January 26, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — In documentaries, anonymous sources have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure — or worse, a pixelated blur. But a new documentary premiering Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival has, with the aid of advanced digital technology, gone to greater lengths to preserve the secrecy of its sources while still conveying their humanity.
Khashoggi documentary ‘The Dissident’ lands at Sundance
January 25, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A searing documentary about the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi made its anticipated debut at the Sundance Film Festival, unveiling a detailed investigation into the Saudi Arabia regime and the companies and governments that do business with it...
Sundance: Ron Howard documents aftermath of the Camp Fire
January 25, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Ron Howard knew Paradise, the northern California town devastated by the most destructive wildfire in California history...
Disability-rights movement takes spotlight at Sundance
January 25, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — During the thunderous reception for the celebratory disability-rights documentary “Crip Camp” at the Sundance Film Festival, the loudest response came when disability advocate Judith Heumann, one of the film’s chief personalities, wheeled on stage...
Taylor Swift shakes Sundance with revealing documentary
January 24, 2020 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The normally private Taylor Swift premiered an intimate documentary Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival in which the pop star discloses a past eating disorder, chronicles her inner battle over speaking forthrightly about politics and says her victorious 2017 sexual assault court case was a dramatic turning point in her life...
At Sundance, an annual rebirth for American movies
January 21, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival, coming at the start of a new movie calendar, is an annual rite of renewal...
Son of ‘Weeds’ TV show creator dies in Utah ski accident
January 2, 2020 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The son of well-known television producer Jenji Kohan has died after a ski accident in Utah, police said Thursday...
Sundance sets lineup with Taylor Swift, ‘Tesla,’ ‘Downhill’
December 4, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A documentary on Taylor Swift will kick off the next Sundance Film Festival, where new films including the Will Ferrell-Julia Louis Dreyfus remake of the Swedish film “Force Majeure" and Benh Zeitlin's long-awaited follow-up to “Beasts of the Southern Wild" are set to premiere...
Michael Jackson accusers detail road to ‘Leaving Neverland’
February 21, 2019 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Wade Robson and James Safechuck didn't know what to think when the lights went up after the first public screening of "Leaving Neverland" late last month at the Sundance Film Festival.
Gwyneth Paltrow: Skier sued me to exploit my fame, wealth
February 20, 2019 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow said Wednesday in a court filing that a man who accused her in a lawsuit of crashing into him at a Utah ski resort was actually the culprit in the collision and is trying to exploit her celebrity and wealth...
Sundance: Riding along with the excited ‘To the Stars’ cast
February 1, 2019 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — It's the first Friday night of the Sundance Film Festival and the Deer Valley condominium housing the five 20-something actresses of the black-and-white period drama "To the Stars" is bustling with activity.
Female directors of color finding a spotlight at Sundance
January 31, 2019 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — In the ecosystem of who directs Hollywood's top-grossing films, women of color are the rarest kind...
Amazon buys ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ at Sundance for $14M
January 30, 2019 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — In its third major buy of the Sundance Film Festival, Amazon Studios has acquired the world rights for the inspirational comedy " PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Vice Studios has announced that Amazon Studios has acquired the worldwide rights to the CIA torture investigation film "The Report...Amazon picks up CIA torture investigation film ‘The Report’
January 28, 2019 GMT
Jackson accusers’ film gets standing ovation, estate rebuke
January 26, 2019 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — It's not uncommon for audiences at the Sundance Film Festival to give standing ovations, but the ceremonial act took on a solemn air as two men who accuse Michael Jackson of molesting them as boys walked onstage following the festival's only screening of "Leaving Neverland," a documentary about their stories...