Sundance Film Festival

Finally! For the first time, a documentary has been put together that chronicles the life of the late great Maya Angelou. The film took four years to put together and now ‘Maya Angelou And Still I Rise’ is making its Sundance Film Festival debut.
Co-Director Rita Coburn Whack explains that the film is the “First documentary done on her life story, and it really shows her ability to live history, participated in it and documented it herself,” and promises “there are a lot of things in the film that people will be surprised about,” when it comes to Maya Angelou’s 86 years of life. She added that throughout the four years of working on the project, they gathered over 20 interviews, including three with the late author, poet and civil rights activist before her May 2014 passing. They also talked to both President Bill Clinton and Hillary, as well as close friends of Maya like Oprah Winfrey and Common.

When it comes to Sundance, the one thing that the celebrities love more then even the movies are all the awesome gifting suites, so leave it to the Johnny Was gifting suite at the Miami Lounge to get all the celebs in the mood!

The Johnny Was gifting suite saw so many the celebs like Adrian Grenier, Alexis Knapp, Allison Janey and so much more leave with some of the most awesome schwag. CHeck out what they got their hands on!

Sorry Jared, but you’re just like the rest of us … As cute as you may be, you still weren’t allowed to hang out with K-Stew at The Runaways afterparty!

Now here’s a Hollybummer if we ever heard one … As cool as hipster rocker Jared Leto may be, even HE was denied access to Kristen Stewart, 19, and her Runaways posse at the film’s Sundance afterparty Jan. 24.

We caught the 30 Seconds to Mars frontman trying to ease his way into the VIP area at the Bing.com fete at GoldBar in Park City, Utah – and getting DENIED.

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