Sundance Scopes Other Festival Spots, Doc Market Quakes and Moonves Fined $15K Over Sexual Assault Claims

Plus: NPR Senior Editor Uri Berliner resigns after suspension, LA Times publishes dog bite probe and Hugh Grant settles The Sun lawsuit [Sundance Film Festival 2022]( [Sundance Opens Bids to Explore Alternative Locations for Festival]( By Jeremy Fuster The Sundance Institute is opening up a bidding process for a potential new host city for the Sundance Film Festival, signaling a possible exit from Park City, Utah, where the indie mecca has called home since its creation in 1985. Sundance will hold a request for information (RFI) period for interested cities in the United States from April 17 to May 1, then select cities will participate in a request for proposal (RFP) process from May 7 to June 21. The chosen city will be announced next winter and will host the festival starting in 2027. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ["The Cove," "An Inconvenient Truth," Edward Snowden from "Citizen 4," documentaries produced by Participant. (Chris Smith/TheWrap)]( [Documentary Market Shudders as Participant Media Shuts: ‘Docs Are So Dead’]( By Jeremy Fuster At a time when mature films are hard to find outside of arthouse theaters, the news Tuesday that Participant Media has shut down after 20 years in Hollywood was a crushing blow for many movie lovers. But for the documentary market, it may be even worse. “There are other places to go to get a social impact doc funded…but Participant was so good at bringing a doc into the world in a big high impact way,” award-winning director Julie Cohen told TheWrap. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Les Moonves]( [Les Moonves Fined $15K for Using LAPD to Bury Sexual Assault Accusations]( By Sharon Knolle Former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves was fined $15,000 on Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission for his role in attempts to keep an LAPD investigation of sexual assault accusations against him from becoming public in 2017. He has paid the amount in full. A previous proposal for an $11,000 fine was rejected by the commission Feb. 21. While small relative to the acts committed, $15,000 is the maximum amount the commission was able to levy against the former CBS executive. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NPR Senior Editor Uri Berliner Resigns Amid Suspension for Op-Ed]( [LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong]( [Los Angeles Times Publishes Dog Bite Investigation Patrick Soon-Shiong Interfered With]( [Hugh Grant Says He Has Settled The Sun Lawsuit Out of Court: 'I Refuse to Let This Be Hush Money']( [Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters]( [Netflix’s Next Phase of Growth Hinges on Pricing, Paid Sharing and the Ad Tier]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wrap Pro logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo](