A Vision Of Success Apply What You Know Sundance: Why 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' Didn't Sell to the Highest Bidder This story first appeared in the Feb. 6 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Take note, indie film executives: The highest bid isn't always the winning bid. Consider, for example, Fox Searchlight's Jan. 26 acquisition of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl at the Sundance Film Festival. Multiple buyers offered $12 million-plus for the coming-of-age tearjerker, an astronomical figure that would have made the film the biggest Sundance sale ever read more... (CNN) A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was central to about 25 miles southwest of the town of Ferndale, California. It was 204 miles northwest of Sacramento. Jay Parrish, the city manager of Ferndale, said it was a...