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Another night of festivity was held at the Lobero Theatre, where envelope-pushing performances were celebrated with the CINEMA VANGUARD Awards. Roger's introduction to the award explained that the term "vanguard" originally meant the advance unit in an army, which paved the way for the rest of the slower moving troops. In theater and the arts, it's come to mean the risk-takers, those who lead the way by going beyond the bounds of the normal--leading the way. The Teen Press got to chat with the recipients on their way into the theater. It was quite an experience--and a chatty one, too!

Christoph Waltz chews on a would-be leading question...and comes back with a noble concept!

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