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After a New York Times story sparked outrage for its blame-the-victim tenor, the brutal gang rape of an 11-year-old girl is tearing apart the town where it happened. By Christine Pelisek

In 2009, the small town of Cleveland, Texas, provided the setting for Cook County, an indie film about the meltdown of a family struggling with meth addiction and its effects on a six-year-old girl.

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Now Cleveland, once known for its saw mills and picturesque woodsy landscape, is in the spotlight again, and again a young girl stands at the center of a morbid and controversial narrative. An alleged sexual assault scandal has ripped through the close-knit East Texas community of 9,000, torn across the blogosphere, and shot right up to the Manhattan offices of The New York Times.

News of the assaults came to light after Thanksgiving weekend when a disturbing,...

"Avatar" won two trophies at the 57th annual Golden Reel Awards given by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (Mpse). James Cameron's game-changing sci-fi film took home Best Sound Editing of Music in a Feature Film award and Best Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature.

The Mpse also honored Steven Spielberg with its 2010 Filmmaker Award.

2010 Golden Reel Award Winners

Feature Films

Sound effects, foley, dialogue, Adr and music in an animation feature film

"Up"

Supervising Sound Editor: Michael Silvers

Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer: Tom Myers

Supervising Foley Editor: Pascal Garneau

Music Editor: Stephen M. Davis

Sound Effects Editors: Al Nelson, J.R. Grubbs, Teresa Eckton

Foley Editor: Jonathan Null

Adr Editor: Steve Slanec

Foley Artists: Jana Vance, Dennie Thorpe

Sound effects, foley, dialogue and Adr in a foreign feature film

"District 9"

Supervising Sound Editors: Brent Burge, Chris Ward

Sound Designer: Dave Whitehead

Sound Effects Editors: Hayden Collow, Melanie Graham...