Sundance 2021 Full Lineup: Pandemic, Politics, Rita Moreno, Octavia Butler, ‘Passing’ & ‘Sesame Street’ Pack Semi-Virtual Festival

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NBC’s New Year’s Eve 2021 is set to kick off tonight with a lot of celeb performers set to take the stage from across the country!

Fox’s New Year’s Eve celebration is coming up in just a few hours and we can’t wait to check out the Toast & Roast 2021.

2020 is almost over and you know what that means…it’s time for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest!

Netflix has revealed the list of movies and TV shows that are debuting on the streaming service at the start of 2021.

Eva Mendes is dishing on life under quarantine!

Screen Media has picked up the North American theatrical rights to the documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street ahead of its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the Premieres sidebar. Screen Media will release the HBO Documentary Film in theaters and on home entertainment in spring 2021.

A is for Acquisition! Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment’s company Screen Media has acquired the North American rights to HBO’s Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street ahead of its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Screen Media is set to release the docu in theaters and into the home entertainment market in Spring 2021. The HBO Documentary Film will debut on HBO and HBO Max later in the year.

Dave McNary Film ReporterScreen Media has bought North American rights to HBO’s “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street” and will premiere the title at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in January.The documentary, inspired by Michael Davis’ New York Times best-selling book, is directed by Marilyn Agrelo and produced by Trevor Crafts and Ellen Scherer Crafts.

“Sesame Street” is helping children from refugee camps.

 Rita Moreno  turned 89 year old last week and if you ask her how it feels, she’ll tell you it feels like 88. The legendary actress is the first Latina woman (and the second woman overall) to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, and a Grammy- making her an EGOT and the last living performer to have done so. She was born Rosita Dolores Alverío in Humacao Puerto Rico on December 11, 1931 to seamstress Rosa María and farmer Francisco José “Paco” Alverío.

Most people are relieved to see 2020 coming to a close, but Netflix is already planning on removing some hit movies and television shows from their streaming service as soon as the new year hits.

Ahead of its 2021 Sundance Film Festival premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section, Bleecker Street has acquired the North American rights to Nikole Beckwith’s second feature, Together Together, starring Ed Helms, Patti Harrison, Tig Notaro, Julio Torres.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticThe Sundance Institute announced a smaller, more focused lineup for the upcoming 2021 Sundance Film Festival — down to 72 feature films from last year’s 128.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier program will showcase 14 VR and new media projects from across the globe — and, fittingly, they’ll be housed in a custom-built immersive, interactive experience.“In a certain sense, New Frontier was built for this moment,” said Shari Frilot, senior programmer at Sundance and chief curator of New Frontier.Given the COVID pandemic, next year’s Sundance will run Jan. 28-Feb.

The 2021 Sundance Film Festival is going to be different than any other previous version of the event. Due to its winter schedule, this year, the American festival was able to come in right before COVID-19 took hold in the US and canceled a bunch of other film events in 2020.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentIn the past decade or so, Rita Moreno has received multiple lifetime achievement awards, and would probably receive even more — except that she’s too busy working.The actress, who turns 89 on Dec. 11, is one of the few people to win an EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

A documentary about the beloved children’s show “Sesame Street” is coming to HBO Documentary Films called “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street,” and the film will debut in 2021.The documentary film is directed by Marilyn Agrelo and follows the work of Muppets creator Jim Henson along with some of the other pivotal voices who helped bring “Sesame Street” to the air in the 1960s and made it a household name for generations.“Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street” is specifically inspired by