Claudia Puig

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

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An LA Times investigation found the Walt Disney Company received subsidies, rebates, incentives, and tax protections from Anaheim exceeding $1 billion over the past two decades.

Disney lifts media blackout on LA Times for critical story

An LA Times investigation found the Walt Disney Company received subsidies, rebates, incentives, and tax protections from Anaheim exceeding $1 billion over the past two decades.

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The Sundance Film Festival wraps up this weekend in Utah, and while not all of the films have distributors yet, they’re already generating buzz.

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The Sundance Film Festival wraps up this weekend in Utah, and while not all of the films have distributors yet, they’re already generating buzz.

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