Sideshow: Sundance film winners announced

The Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, ended Sunday, after honors to a mythical film starring an 8-year-old girl and a documentary about the war on drugs.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

won the grand jury prize in the U.S. dramatic competition, and

The House I Live In

won the same honor in the U.S. documentary category. Directed and cowritten by filmmaker

Benh Zeitlin,

29, Beasts

follows a girl named Hushpuppy who lives with her father in the southern Delta; it also won the cinematography prize.

Eugene Jarecki's

documentary

The House I Live In

examines the social, human and financial costs of the war on drugs.

R&B singer

Etta James

was saluted Saturday at her funeral service by musicians including

Stevie Wonder

and

Christina Aguilera,

and eulogized by the

Rev. Al Sharpton.

James, who died Jan. 20 at age 73, was best known for ballads such as "At Last," and "I'd Rather Go Blind." Sharpton read a message from

President Obama,

which said, "Etta will be remembered for her legendary voice and for her many contributions to our nation's musical heritage."

The

Liam Neeson

-action film

The Grey

opened in first place in U.S. and Canadian cinemas;

One for the Money,

starring

Katherine Heigl

, opened third in its first weekend and

Man on a Ledge

debuted fifth. Rounding out the top five:

Underworld: Awakening

fell to second, and

Red Tails

landed in fourth.

AMC theaters is bundling the nine best-picture Academy Award nominees into two days, Feb. 18 and 25. A two-day pass is $60 available only at AMC box offices. A one-day pass for Feb. 18, when

War Horse, Midnight in Paris, The Tree of Life

and

The Descendants

will screen, is $30. A one-day pass for Feb. 25, the day before the Oscar telecast, showcasing

Hugo, The Help, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Artist

, and

Moneyball

, is $40. Go to amctheatres.com/BPS for details or check local AMC theaters, Cherry Hill 24, Hamilton 24, and Neshaminy 24.

.