Greetings, Finders! I am blogging to you live from the Sundance Film Festival where TheFindGreen is sponsoring a house right on Main Street in Park City – ground zero for Sundance action – with Nintendo Wii and the Kevin Mazur Photo Studio.
It is absolutely FREEZING here in Utah –no evidence of global warming here – but that doesn't mean these hilly streets aren't lined with celebrities, more arriving by the minute. It just means they're wearing multi-layers and sipping coffee from the Java Cow across the street, the place where Sundancers refuel on ALMOOND JOY lattes, a combo of chocolate, caramel, coconut and coffee. If the caffeine doesn't get you going, the sugar will. But don't think L.A.-based celebs aren't ready for the single digit temperatures –Maria Bello had Chanel send her a Chanel ski parka to wear, and Jessica Alba got high boots by Sergio Rossi to warm up her tootsies.
Celebs are popping in to try out the new Nintendo virtual games – Donovan Leitch and wife Kirsti Hume really loved the virtual skiing game, while their little tow-headed daughter Violet jumped into the house's storefront window and did a little virtual skiing of her own, as half of the movie's indie business passed by on the way to screenings.
"Entourage's" Rex Lee stopped by for a little gaming, and picked up TheFindGreen's giftbag of a hat by Kathy Ponchor for Zola2 in a hundred percent cotton, and a recycled cashmere scarf by hot L.A. label Burning Torch. As to when "Entourage" might be returning this summer, well – don't bet on it being back in June, as usual. "Because of the WGA strike, we probably won't begin shooting in late February like we usually do," Lee noted. "So we're in the dark, just like everybody else. Our writers are the most important part of our show." I say: a summer without "Entourage" is like a summer without iced tea. Sounds like the political conventions might be the big event in tv this summer.
"Blind Date's" Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson came by to have their portraits taken by Kevin Mazur for People Magazine. Tucci co-write and directed this movie, a remake of a Dutch film by Theo Van Gogh, in which he and Clarkson play a husband and wife who have suffered a huge loss, and have to go back to dating – via extreme role playing – to relate to each other. "You know, it's not 'The Devil Wears Prada,'" laughed Tucci. "It's a serious adult film that is also a little funny – a little." He's hoping to find a distributor for it at Sundance, which is also ground zero for indie distributors. Clarkson, in a North Face parka, loved her recycled cashmere scarf by Burning Torch. "It's softer than cashmere and more ecological correct," she said. "That's a very good combo."
Actress Brittany Murphy came over for the hot chocolate with her filmmaker husband Simon Monjack ("Factory Girl," who was shooting portraits himself, for Amnesty International, across the street. She was wearing a cream parent Burberry quilted handbag and a black sheared lamb coat with leather piping from Bally that "my husband bought for me. No animal had to die for this coat, so it's environmentally correct, which makes me really happy!"
Michael Keaton, who barely took his Ipod off his ears (maybe the mike acted like ear muffs), was promoting one of Sundance's most anticipated movies, called "The Merry Gentleman" –but he's also in town for a different reason: his son, Sean Douglas, is playing with band The Hatch at the Hollywood Life House across the street. Keaton's real last name is Douglas, but he had to change it because Michael Douglas got there first.
Upstairs at the Ninendo House – with TheFindGreen – is a makeup and hair room manned with NY based hairstylist Craig Carter, who was using ghd products from Sephora to put the shine back into mountain air dried out hair – and Vanessa Dunn of the Sephora Pro Beauty team, putting Sephora lashes onto Sundancers planning on partying on into the night.
I'll write more tomorrow from our vantage point – in the meantime, I'm off to the Gen Art/Seven Jeans party hosted by Jason Reitman for young filmmakers. Then maybe I'll stop at Harry O's to hear Maroon Five later. Or maybe I'll –, well, who knows? There's like seven other events – and that's just tonight. – Merle Ginsberg
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