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SX Day One

By Richard Whittaker, 1:09AM, Sat. Mar. 13, 2010

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As SXSW attendees bring their first day to an end, and ponder another week of quesadilla for breakfast and three panels before lunchtime, there's already been a lot of excitement.
Amongst the marquee titles opening the film festival, both Predators and Kick-Ass decided to illuminate the town after their capacity first public reveals at the Alamo Ritz and Paramount respectively. Over at the G-Tech Screen, the cast and crew of American: The Bill Hicks Story were joined by members of the comedian's family, including his mother and brother (see our interview with co-director Matt Harlock here).

Beer and icing flowed freely at the second annual Pasties and Pastries party at Emo's. Amongst the crowd was Chronicle interviewee and SXSW interactive panelist Molly Crabapple. Big news for her: Briefly before she arrived in Austin, she announced by Twitter that she'll be producing "a Rococo steampunk murder mystery for DC's Zuda Imprint" entitle The Puppet Masters.

Similarly big news for some of the night's burlesque performers: Ruby Joule of The Jigglewatts will be heading back to Houston to take part in an encore night of the tribute to Bettie Page.

And some good news for SX veterans: The Lego pit is back! However, it's no longer by the north-west doors of the Convention Center: Head instead to the area in front of ballroom A and get building.

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