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Sundance ‘Theater Camp’ breeds friends

PARK CITY, Utah — 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.

Molly Gordon, Ben Platt, Noah Galvin and Nick Lieberman are all, first and foremost, theater kids themselves. They’re also longtime friends.

The film is a loving satire of a world they know well, and all contributed to the making of the comedy, which also stars Amy Sedaris and Ayo Edebiri.

“Theater Camp” is seeking a distributor out of the festival, which runs through Jan. 29.

‘RUSH!’: Måneskin is here to stay

Since winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021, members of Italian rock band Måneskin were catapulted to worldwide fame. The band’s charisma, talent and a catchy cover helped grow their audience and build the base for a solid music career.

In a review, The Associated Press’ Martina Inchingolo says their third album “RUSH!” reveals insights into that life-changing chapter and encapsulates the band’s essence.

While the album is mostly performed in English, they keep some tracks in Italian, such as the single “LA FINE.” They keep a fiery loud beat as they experiment with indie/ rock and pop.

Control of van Gogh art lawsuit dismissed

DETROIT — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh.

He says federal law bars him from stepping into a dispute between a Brazilian collector and a Detroit museum.

Judge George Caram Steeh says the painting, titled “The Novel Reader,” is protected from seizure, and the Detroit Institute of Arts can’t be ordered to give it up.

The painting has been part of a monthslong van Gogh exhibition that ends Sunday.

Dozens of paintings by the Dutch master are on loan to the museum. Brazilian collector Gustavo Soter filed a lawsuit, declaring that he bought the art in 2017 but hadn’t been able to locate it after giving it to a third party.

The museum will only say that the painting came from Brazil.

Suit claims woman died after fall at Disneyland

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A lawsuit claims Disneyland employees snickered at a disabled woman struggling to get off a Jungle Cruise boat before she fell and broke a leg, leading to her death months later.

The Southern California News Group reports that the lawsuit was filed by the family of Joanne Aguilar against the Walt Disney Company, its theme park division and Disneyland.

Disney denies the allegations and is seeking a jury trial. According to the lawsuit, the incident occurred in August 2021. Aguilar underwent surgery at a local hospital and then spent five months at a rehabilitation center.

While there she got an infection, went into septic shock and died in January 2022.

Met Opera marks Ukraine invasion

NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera will mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a concert on Feb. 24 to remember victims of the war.

Met music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

The concert will be broadcast on radio. All tickets cost $50 and go on sale Feb. 1, and the Met is encouraging ticket buyers to make donations to Ukraine relief efforts.

Met general manager Peter Gelb says Requim will be played to remember innocent victims of the war, while the Fifth “is in anticipation of the victory to come.”