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	Alas, I'm back in Indianapolis, with the ChaCha team on my tail. And the Buzz is gone. Until next year. Monday, Jan 28, 2008
	Sony Pictures Classics is closing a deal for North American rights to Jonathan Levine's 2008 Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Competition entry, "The Wackness," according to insiders. The deal, being brokered by CAA, is expected to be announced soon - indieWIRE
	Singer Josh Groban, the best selling musical artist of 2007, said at the Sundance Film Festival his next album will have an "acoustic feel". - HollywoodReporter
!!	Park City Traffic is bad. Leave early and carpool if you must drive.
	Buyers were drawn to a Noon time Sundance Film Festival screening of James Marsh's accaimed BBC Storyville/Discovery documentary Man on Wire at the Holiday Village theater today. Spotted in the audience were execs from Picturehouse, Warner Independent Pictures, and Sony Pictures Classics. - indieWIRE
	Jay Boberg's Liberation Entertainment has acquired North American theatrical rights to Susan Koch's doc, "Kicking It" at the Sundance Film Festival, joining forces with Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment and ESPN for the film's release. In a unique deal brokered by CAA and Submarine, immediately following the theatrical release Netflix will distribute the film to its subscribers on DVD and via online streaming simultaneous with the ESPN broadcast.- indieWIRE
	Award Reception and Ceremony tonight at 6pm MST. We will be updating info live from the Racquet Club.
	Slamdance Fest: Tom Quinn's The New Year Parade, which looks at the effects divorce has on a family, was named the Grand Jury Narrative Feature winner at the 14th Slamdance Film Festival. - HolywoodReporter
	The 2008 Sundance Film Festival announced that Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer is the winner of this year's Alfred P. Sloan Prize. The prize carries a $20,000 cash award for the filmmakers, and is presented to "an outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character." - indieWIRE
	Sharon stone, Tom Arnold, and Jimmy Fallon spotted on Main St. 12:30pm Jan 25
	In a late night deal concluded Thursday night, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Sundance Film Festival Spectrum feature "Baghead" by Mark and Jay Duplass, an insider close to the deal confirmed. - indieWIRE
	Lionsgate and Marvel have agreed interim deals with the Writers Guild of America. - Hollywood.com
	Sold out films: Patti Smith; Sunshine Clearing; Donkey Punch; Secrecy. 10:48am Jan 25th
	Actors Josh Hartnett and Kirsten Dunst making out at Sundance? - HollyScoop
	Meg Ryan out and about on Main street. - Midnight Jan 25
	"It actually really gets me when I see this. I'm a little verklempt [choked with emotion]," Dennis Quaid said on stage at the movie's Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, Utah. "The character came to have hope for himself, but in a sense it came true for me." - UKPress
	Multiple buyers spent the day circling the feel-good drama Phoebe in Wonderland and the Spanish-language CG-laden Sleep Dealer, which had IFC in the hunt. - Variety
	Melonie Diaz: This year's Queen of Sundance. Diaz, who this year is actually in four festival entries -- American Son, Assassination of a High School President, Be Kind Rewind and Hamlet 2 -- is the latest to be handed the crown. - LATimes
!!	Accident Alert: Crash on Kearns Rd. Traffic is backed up through Park. 5:30pm Jan 24
	Raisin in the Sun just got a Standing O at the Egyptian.
	CSNY NOT at Music Cafe at 5:30pm. Today. :( The rumor mill was wrong. Music Cafe at the Star Bar: 6:00 PM to 9:45 PM DJ Stephen "BAM BAM" Santoro, Gold Streets, Ha Ha Tonka, Meridianwest
	William H Macy on Main Street, enjoying the snow. 2:55pm Jan 22
	Evan Handler eating at No Name Saloon on Main 2:18pm Jan 24
	Sony Classics bought Frozen River and is looking at The Wackness (which Bernard calls "The Wackiness" for the process of trying to buy it), and Sugar, which follows the dream of a Dominican baseball player to the American Midwest. - CondeNast
!!	Some of the world's leading thinkers on global crises -- from our dying oceans and overabundant waste to child poverty and the logistics of saving the planet -- came to the festival Wednesday to network with filmmakers who might help educate the masses on ways to help. - LATimes
	Midway between the truffled gnocchi and the wrapped tuna, Woody Harrelson moseyed into the VIP dinner party known as Chefdance, ordered a whiskey and inexplicably began lobbing sliced jalapeños into the mouth of his buddy Kenny Cosgrove. - LATimes
	The Sundance competition entry "Frozen River," Courtney Hunt's drama about immigrants and single mothers, has been sold to Sony Pictures Classics. The specialty division scooped up North American rights to the film for a figure said to be just under $1 million. - Reuters
	Gavin Mcgraw at Music Cafe 2day at 2:30pm Jan 24
	Filming on the set of Heath Ledger's final film, Terry Gilliam's new fantasy movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, has been abandoned following the death of the actor. - Hollywood.com
!!	Main Street closed between 9th and Heber due to festival
	"U2 3D" is scheduled to go wider and have its digital 3-D opening Feb. 15 on an anticipated 500-600 digital screens. National Geographic Cinema Ventures Distribution president Mark Katz said it was decided that the film would start with a limited run, expand and possibly have a long release. - HollywoodReporter
	Trade reports indicate that Sony Pictures Classics has acquired Courtney Hunt's "Frozen River." However, details differ with the Hollywood Reporter detailing that a pact for North American rights is valued at just under $1 million, and Variety reporting a U.S. rights deal valued in the low to mid six-figures. - indieWIRE
	Luke Wilson sitting at bar in Ruths Chris. 11:05pm Jan 23
	Luke Wilson at Hotel Park City checking in and getting his gift bag. 8:21pm Jan 23
	Morgan Spurlock is at the urgent care center - luckily, only because of his splinted finger from an earlier skiing accident.
	Deals done: American Teen (Anne Thompson) and Derek (indieWIRE) both sell. Nice table of Sundance 2008 Deals done on SpoutBlog.
	Isaac Julien's "Derek" has been acquired by Andrew Herwitz's The Film Sales Company in a deal for U.S. distribution rights and worldwide sales rights (with the exception of the U.K.) - indieWIRE
	Heath Ledgers ex, Naoimi Watts, cancels all press appointments, where she was set to promote her new thriller Funny Games.
!!	An autopsy on Heath Ledger was inconclusive, and more tests are needed, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday, a day after the 28-year-old actor was found dead with sleeping pills nearby. - SeattlePI
	Lots of passholders showed up for American Teen this morning at Holiday II. Interesting. - 8:45am Jan 23
	Hayley Marie Norman: Her name may not be too familiar, but she was certainly turning a lot of heads on Main Street in Park City Tuesday. Where have you seen her? She's model No. 25 on TV's "Deal or No Deal" and she's in Utah promoting the Slamdance movie "Trailer Park of Terror. - Deseret
!!	Chances are nobody is having a more memorable Sundance Film Festival than Kimberly Rivers Roberts and her husband Scott, the central figures in Trouble the Water, a gripping documentary about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Kim was 8 1/2 months pregnant with their first child, but made the journey for the film's Sunday morning premiere with her doctor's OK. Maybe all that excitement of a standing O sped up her birth cycle, because Kim went into labor late Sunday night. And at 6:14 a.m. Monday, gave birth to a healthy girl, Skyy Kaylen Roberts. - SLT
!!	Cinematical takes offense: "One commenter called me an 'easy lay' for liking a film no one else did. Why am I an "easy lay?" Should I arrive to every screening with a 10-foot pole up my *ss, juggling dictionaries, while waiting to hear what ten other people thought of the film..." - review
	Paramount Vantage is in final negotiations for worldwide rights (except in the U.K.) to Nanette Burstein's docu American Teen. Sources varied widely on the estimated final price for the deal, expected to close by sunrise Wednesday morning, with figures ranging from under $1 million to $2.5 million. - HollywoodReporter.com
!!	Visibly Stunned: An "Inside Edition" TV reporter gleefully broke the news about Heath Ledger's death to Nick Stahl, Charlize Theron and Dennis Hopper at the premiere of their new film, "Sleepwalking," at the Eccles Theater this afternoon. - LATimes
!!	Killer freestyles from the Slingshot Hip Hop and Made In America crews, right in the Insider lobby! Dope! - Sundance2008 tweet - 7:13pm Jan 22
	Former "O.C." star Mischa Barton is among the bevy of starrage parading around Park City. Sundance Premiere film, Assassination of a High School President, is described as a high school drama that "twists and turns until the last frame." -indieWire
	The winners of the Ninth Annual PlanetOut Short Movie Awards were just announced live at Sundance at the always-happening Queer Lounge. Claudia Morgado Escanilla took home the Grand Prize for "No Bikini," a delightful -- and truly amazing -- short film. - Gay.com
	Paris was photographed last night at Hyde Lounge in Park City, Utah, making out with actor Jared Leto. We werent going to post this, but now we hear there are actual pictures. News.com.au
!!	Getting fricking cold on Main Street, says ChaCha Ben. 10 degrees and dropping. Bundle up before you party. - 6:50pm Jan 22
	Line for the Sundance press screening of "Choke" started an hour beforehand. Guess if you sell your film for $5 mil people want to see it. - sperling tweet
	Fox Searchlight made an early play for American Teen on Saturday, but then dropped out at the $1 million-$2 million mark. By Monday, Sony Pictures Classics was said to have the inside track, though Paramount Vantage was in the running. - Reuters
	Bartender at the Moose claims he just saw a Safety for the Oakland Raiders - but cant remember his name... :) 5:45pm Jan 22
	Josh Harnett and crew are hanging at the Library for the premier of their film August. 5:33pm Jan 22
	Masi Oka (Asian gent from Heroes who plays Hiro Nakamura) just saw Half-life. He said it was good. - 5:27pm Jan 22 Corrected!
	P Diddy is in EW gifting suite, rockin Sundance. - 4:35pm Jan 22
	Jason Reitman spent part of the day Tuesday happily wandering at the Sundance Film Festival, wearing a Vancouver Canucks shirt and stopping to chat with anyone who shouted out congratulations to him for his Academy Award nominations for "Juno." - CanadaEast
	Charlize Theoron spotted at Eccles, looking stunning as usual. - 3:05pm Jan 22
!!	The actor Heath Ledger (Dark knight, Brokeback Mountain) was found dead this afternoon in an apartment building at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, according to the New York City police. - NYT
	In a protracted negotiation for a sought-after title, bidders continued to circle American Teen, Nanette Burstein's narrative-driven docu that bowed strongly during the weekend but as of Monday afternoon had not completed a sale. - Backstage.com
	Alan Alda is in Sundance doing press. He just cracked open a Heineken at 11:00 AM. He said between beer and cold medicine he should be fine! - sperling tweet - 12:20pm Jan 20
	After a feverish auction, Focus Features emerged at about 3 a.m. the winning bidder for Hamlet 2 with a price of $10 million – just shy of the Sundance record $10.5 million paid for “Little Miss Sunshine” in 2006 - NYT
	Nick Cannon cuts back on Sundance parties to promote American Son. 'This time, I've settled in a little bit, and it's all about the work,' the actor says - MTV
	Overture Films has also purchased U.S. rights for about $3.5 million on Henry Poole is Here, a drama directed by Mark Pellington and starring Luke Wilson and Radha Mitchell. - Variety
	Fox Searchlight has acquired world rights, less several international territories, to "Choke," adapted from the novel by Chuck Palahniuk ("Fight Club"). Deal is valued at $5 million. Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston star in the pic, which was directed by Clark Gregg. - Variety
	Update from HR.com: In a surprisingly quick move in a slow Sundance market, Overture Films is in final negotiations to acquire U.S. rights to Mark Pellington's dramedy "Henry Poole Is Here." - HollywoodReporter.com Keep an eye on Mark Pellington's "Henry Poole is Here," which should sign a deal with Lakeshore soon. - indieWIRE
	Katrina Browne's Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North has scored a deal with PBS's "POV," she announced on Monday night at the film's first screening at the Sundance Film Festival. - indieWIRE
	8:30 AM Monday screening of Birds of America filled to capacity so quickly that some late-arriving press and buyers, held up by the weather, didn't get in. - Cinematical
	Day of Show tickets left this morning! Park City Sundance Box Office says come on down. 9am Jan 22
	Today's TBA press screening slot is filled with BIRDS OF AMERICA at 7:30pm in Yarrow 2.
	Buzz from the annual Cinetic party... Cinetic's John Sloss, American Teen director Nanette Burstein, A&E Indie Film's Molly Thompson and others huddled upstairs at Zoom on Monday night. A deal for the doc, being brokered by Cinetic and CAA, is expected on Tuesday. - indieWIRE
	George Lopez spotted on the 500 block of Main St. 8:05pm Jan 21
	Cheech Marin spotted on Main St. 8pm Jan 21
!!	Fire alarms sound at Shadow Ridge Apartments. Reason unknown. 7:30pm Jan 21
	Sara Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick just arrived at Eccles. - 5:55pm Jan 21
	Kenneth Cole and Samuel Goldwyn seen at the Racquet Club - 4:15pm
	The TBA for the 5:30 screening at the Library is Fleming's Hamlet II, including roles played by David Arquette, Elizabeth Shue, Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener.
	The Sundance Film Festival entered its second week on Monday amid a cooling market for buying films, while documentaries stole the spotlight and Hollywood insiders defended the indie spirit of star-filled movies like "What Just Happened?" - Reuters
	U2 on seeing themselves in 3-D (U2 3D): 'It's kind of horrific' - CNN
	Joining her fellow celebrities in Park City for the Sundance Film Festival, Audrina Patridge (MTV reality show 'The Hills') made the most of her first day in snowy Utah.. The Lift, Boost Mobile Lounge - GossipGirls
	Sundance documentary feature competition entry "Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North" has been picked up by PBS docu showcase program, P.O.V. - Hollywood Reporter
	"Dan Rather Reports on Politics" travels to the Sundance Film Festival to look at one of the most potent sources of images and information on topics at the heart of the country's political debate, interview with Redford. - PRInside
	More Vocabulation Fun: EXHAUSPERATING. How director Johan Renck descibed the 21-day shoot for Downloading Nancy. - evany of sundance2008
	On Choke: "Rarely can it be said that the film is better than the book. In this case it is" - AICN
	ChaCha'd in last night: "Chronic Town, since you invited comments: I thought it was exquisite. Perfect ending to an already good Sundance Sunday."
	Great article in USA Today about Sundance, predicts American Teen is the breakout film and could rival Little Miss Sunshine from two years.
	"I've watched five films so far here at Sundance... one was [bleeping] fantastic (The Wackness), one was flawed but very good (In Bruges)"... - Rav at AICN.
!!	Nice to see the snow hasn't curbed anyone's enthusiasm for the movie experience! Racquet Club is at capacity for Downloading Nancy! -shawSundance2008
	Lakeshore Records will release the original motion picture soundtrack for Be Kind, Rewind - Top40Charts
	There are tickets avail for ballast, north starr, riprendimi. 10:17 Jan 21
	Sarah Jessica Parker was just spotted pickin’ up some freebies at Fred Segal at the Lift. - E!Online
	Strangers is getting Great buzz. Festivalgoers laughed and cried. It was shot on video for less than $100k. It was phenomenal!
	Bloggers are comparing Ballast to the lyrical films of Terrence Malick and David Gordon Green, and the all-important Hollywood Reporter and Variety have given beaming reviews. Celluloid Dreams acquired international rights. - Variety, JacksonFreePress
!!	Roads are bad - leave early.
	The Sundance Institute announced the new Sundance Creative Producing Initative on Sunday, launching a year-long fellowship program for five emerging film producers in the first year. - indieWIRE
	Paris Hilton showing off a huge rock on her wedding finger at the Sundance Film Festival... ShowBizSpy
	The Wave signs Canada, U.K. and Spanish deals - indieWIRE
	Fake cow spotted in front of Java Cow. No milk production as it is missing its udders. 10:20pm Jan 20
	Fake moose spotted on Main St. 10:12pm Jan 20
!!	Weather Update for Park City, UT. Click for details.
!!	Snow is falling on Main St. 9:52pm Jan 20
	Mangaro was the quickest sell-out at the Egyptian so far this year! 7:57 Jan 20
	To say the audience was electric after the conclusion of Sunday's noon screening of Anvil! The Story of Anvil is an understatement. - EW.com
	"The Wave" Signs Canada, U.K. and Spanish Deals - indieWIRE
	E! Correspondent Giuliana Rancic is shooting down rumors that she and her husband, former Apprentice star Bill Rancic, are expecting a child. "No, I’m not pregnant!" she laughed... - People
	A better experiment with minimalism is Ballast, a small movie that deserves to become a big discovery. First time director Lance Hammer weaves a tightly controlled narrative about a shattered African American family... - NYPress
	Phoebe in Wonderland is getting GREAT buzz from festivalgoers leaving the theatre. Not a dry eye in the place... 4:50pm
	Dennis Quaid spotted on Heber and Main. He's staying at the Sky Lodge. 4:45pm Jan 20
	Rumor Mill says that there is a photo shoot for U2 3D tonight. Bono will be there. Location unknown.
	Quentin Tarantino getting food in Racquet wait tent - 4:42pm And hanging with ChaCha's Haylee Girl. - 4:48pm
	Outside Sundance: CLOVERFIELD has swallowed up an estimated $41 million over the weekend making it the most successful January opening ever with a 76% fresh rating on RT and 8.1 rating on IMDB after 4,635 votes at the time of writing. - ObsessedwithFilm
	Glen Close spotted leaving the Racquet Club. 4:30pm Jan 20 Jody Foster too - 4:37
!!	U2, Patti Smith, 50 Cent, John Legend and Josh Groban are contributing to the soundtrack of this year's Sundance Film Festival. - USAToday
	Jessica Alba and Tom Cruise in Stella Artois Tent.
	Method Man on Main Street near Fred Segal gifting suite.
	Dennis Quaid at Fred Segal Gifting Suite 3:20pm Jan 20
	Jack Black is at Eccles. 3:15pm Jan 20
!!	The ATM in the Park City Main Street mall at 333 Main is broken. 3:15pm Jan 20
	Le Cirque owner Sirio Maccioni got the star treatment in Park City. Not only was he the guest of honor at dinner, but he's the subject of "A Table in Heaven," a documentary by filmmaker Andrew Rossi. - NYDailyNews
	British actor Colin Firth and his articulate, knockout of a wife Livia were honored at a dinner last night at Bon Appetit magazine's incredible oasis of a private dining salon on Main Street. - FOXNews
	Fifteen years after film critic B. Ruby Rich proclaimed the emergence of a New Queer Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival, some of the filmmakers who were part of the ad hoc movement reunited in Park City on Saturday night. - indieWIRE
	Danny Glover sporting a ChaCha scarf he received from Scout Sarah! - 1:50pm Jan 20
	Robb Moss' "Secrecy" could close a deal soon (Submarine is repping), while Edet Belzberg's "The Recruit" (formerly known as "An American Soldier") is stirring offers with insiders piecing together a deal - indieWIRE
	Buyers have been buzzing about American Teen since last night, but the film remains on the market as of this morning, according to an insider. - indieWIRE
	U2 3D - "Coolest technology today." Even non-U2 fans loved the film. 12:50pm Jan 20
	"The Great Buck Howard" is still for sale. 12:50pm Jan 20
	Scott Greenberg of American Teen says, "Premiere went really well" and that they have several offers. 12:45pm Jan 20
	Emily Blunt to play Benicio del Toro's girlfriend in Mark Romanek's version of The Wolf Man. - Cinematical
	Both "Stranded" and "The Great Buck Howard" were just purchased! Unnamed insider leaked. 11:23am Jan 20th
	Sandra Oh spotted attending North Starr. 11:20am jan 20
	Marg Helgenberger spotted at North Starr. 11am Jan 20
	Both guys from Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Randy Quaid and Sarah Jessica Parker outside Egyptian - 10:27pm Jan 20
	Right now at Sundance in Park City, Paul Giamatti is dining at The Eating Establishment and Robert Redford is walking up Main Street. 10:16pm Sunday 20th
	Frozen River and Yellow Handkerchief are the hot properties at the tix office this morning.
	Colin Hanks is outside Egyptian theater. - 10am Sunday
	Rapper Akon avoided trouble at his concert at Harry O’s when a busty blonde kept grabbing him. - CelebrityMound
	Mary-Kate Olsen is at Starbucks. 9:31 Jan 20th
	Al Gore, Glenn Close, Woody Harrelson, and the U2 boys all attended the U2 3D Premier.
	Regent Releasing is throwing for Paris Hilton's new movie Hottie or Nottie.
!!	The buzz on the streets is that this is the most crowded Sundance in history. With the writers' strike effectively shutting down Hollywood, lots of folks have decided to make the trip to Park City. - E!Online
	Paris Hilton, 50 Cent, the Guy from NipTuck, and MaryKateOlsen all at Tao last night.
	Emily Blunt will be filming “Wolf Man” with Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins in February.
	U2 3D: Major news outlets lined the red carpet. Fans screamed inside the auditorium, but others were almost as enthusiastic outside waiting for the midnight screening. Rumors had tickets being scalped for more than $1,000. -DeseretNews
	Great time at Celsius on Main - DJ just played and Honey Brothers are coming up!
	Motorola late night lounge is open...and you dont need a pass to get in.
	Rapper 50 Cent spotted on Main Street. 10pm Jan 19
	Ugly Betty lead actor states that the writers strike will be over in 2 weeks. Jan 19
	Although "The Guitar" is getting luke-warm reviews, its star Saffron is being courted by producers in Hollywood.
!!	Tickets for 50 Cent are going for $300 on Main Street.
	Ugly Betty lead actor says that the writters strike will be over in 2 weeks. 9:45pm Jan 19
	Although "The Guitar" is getting luke-warm reviews, its star Saffron is being courted by producers in Hollywood.
!!	Tickets for 50 Cent are going for $300 on Main Street.
	Quentin Tarantino is sporting a ChaCha egrip on his phone! 242242, baby!
	Robert De Niro and Bruce Willis are at Eccles. 6:24PM Jan 19
	Rap star 50 Cent is set to interview socialite Paris Hilton on Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. The face-to-face grilling will take place at the event's MySpace Cafe. - TeenHollywood.com
!!	50 Cent revealed today (January 19) at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah that he has formed a movie production company that will produce independent films. - SixShot

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