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    SXSW Lineup Includes Documentary “The Bandit,” Danny McBride HBO Comedy

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    In this Jan. 27, 2015 file photo, Danny McBride poses for a portrait to promote the film, "Don Verdean," during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival unveiled the slate for its 23rd edition, including a premiere of McBride's upcoming HBO series, "Vice Principals." SXSW Film runs March 11-19. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival unveiled the slate for its 23rd edition, including premieres of a documentary on Burt Reynolds and an upcoming HBO series from Danny McBride.

    As usual for SXSW, the 139 films announced Tuesday by the Austin, Texas, festival are heavy on music documentaries, thrillers and comedies. Among them are Jesse Moss' "The Bandit," about Reynolds; the Ethan Hawke-starring revenge thriller from Blumhouse Pictures, "In a Valley of Violence"; a first-person action film starring Sharlto Copley, "Hardcore Henry"; and McBride's upcoming comedy series, "Vice Principals."

    Other selections include Mike Birbiglia's "Don't Think Twice," starring Keegan-Michael Key; the Adam Scott-Nick Kroll comedy, "My Blind Brother"; and Marina Zenovich's documentary on the Duke Lacrosse scandal, "Fantastic Lies."

    A few films that previously played at festivals will stop in Austin, including Jean-Marc Vallee's "Demolition," starring Jake Gyllenhaal; Don Cheadle's Miles Davis biopic, "Miles Ahead"; and the Chet Baker biopic, "Born to Be Blue," starring Hawke.

    The nine-day festival will kick off March 11 with the previously announced opener: the Richard Linklater '80s comedy, "Everybody Wants Some." Also previously slated to debut at SXSW is Paul Reubens' Pee-wee return, "Pee-wee's Big Holiday," for Netflix, and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's comic book adaptation "Preacher," an AMC series.

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    Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta

    Friday, November 22, 2024

    The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

    The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.

    The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.

    Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.

    Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.

    Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.

    Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.

    Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.

    The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More

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