Fast Track: Sundance Film Festival set to begin

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Thursday.

The 2012 Sundance Film Festival begins Thursday night. (Los Angeles Times)

“Hugo” and “Moneyball” were among the best sounding films of last year, according to the Cinema Audio Society. (Los Angeles Times)

Meanwhile, “Albert Nobbs,” “J. Edgar” and “Dancing With the Stars” earned GLAAD Media Award nominations. (Los Angeles Times)

For the third year in a row, Edgar Allan Poe’s mysterious admirer has failed to make a birthday appearance at his grave site, so fans are giving up. (New York Times)

A new poll says Johnny Depp is America’s favorite actor for the second year in a row. (Deadline)

ABC has one doozy of a pre-election interview: Newt Gingrich’s second wife will speak out just a couple of days before the South Carolina primary. (Entertainment Weekly)

Mark Cuban and Ryan Seacrest are teaming up to remake HDNet as pop culture channel AXS. Does this mean more Kardashian? (Los Angeles Times)

Sinead O’Connor is seeking treatment for depression. (Huffington Post)

Anthony Bourdain says Paula Deen’s diabetes announcement was a PR stunt. (New York Daily News)

According to a survey by the extramarital dating site Ashley Madison, Katy Perry is the most cheat-worthy celebrity. (Radar Online)

--Patrick Kevin Day

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