Day 3

post by Kathy

Saturday turned out to be a star-studded day for us. Kristine and I met up on Main Street, and she saw Tom Arnold on her way in. Tom was speed-walking and oddly not wearing a coat. Soon after that, we spotted Perry Farrell walking down the street with a Hollywood-looking young blonde woman. Perry looked surprisingly conservative, dressed in a J-Crew-esque turtleneck sweater.

We then went to see the film The Greatest, starring Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan. Susan and Pierce both attended the screening and stuck around afterwards for the Q & A. Both of them looked amazing, and were even better-looking in person than they are in the movies (which is rare).

Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz, also had a small role in the movie, and she was present as well.

We will review all the movies in a later post, since we are eager to get back downtown.

After The Greatest, we stayed at the Eccles Theater to see 500 Days of Summer, starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. We stepped over Emily Blunt to get to our seats, and Kristine asked Emily if the seats next to her were taken. Emily indicated that they were taken, and we later saw that one of them was occupied by her boyfriend, John Krasinski, who you will know as Jim from The Office. When people realized that John was in the audience, a couple of ladies went up and had their pictures taken with him. He seemed friendly but looked like he is not quite comfortable with his star status yet.

We completed our three movie marathon at Eccles with Spread, starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche. Because we had been at the earlier movie, we were close to the front of the line to enter the theater for Spread, so we had fantastic seats near the front. As we were waiting for the movie to begin, Kristine pointed out that Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chili Peppers was standing and talking to a short woman with long dark hair. Kristine again demonstrated her newly honed star-spotting acumen by noting, "I think Anthony is talking to Soleil Moon Frye." Sure enough, Kristine had correctly identified Punky Brewster just by seeing 1/3 of her face in profile.

The next person to enter the theater was Demi Moore, followed by Anne Heche and James Tupper from Men in Trees. Anne and James are expecting, and Anne was glowing. Demi also looked fabulous in person. The people sitting next to us commented that she "has had a lot of work done," but I must say that it was very good work. Ashton entered the theater and took the stage to introduce the movie. Ashton looked exactly like you would expect him to look--well-dressed in designer clothes topped off with a toboggan.

After the movie, we went downtown and saw that there was some hubbub going on at the Park City incarnation of the nightclub Tao that is built just for the festival. We stood outside of Tao for almost an hour as the stars streamed by us. We saw Ashton, Demi, and Anne Heche again, but this time it was super close-up. Ashton stayed outside and smoked a cigarette with Joe Francis (the weird Girls Gone Wild guy) while Demi went inside. We also saw Nicky Hilton and David Katzenberg, Slash from Guns and Roses, Alan Cumming, and Gael Garcia Bernal. The highlight of the Tao experience, however, was undoubtably Kristine's up close and personal exchange with Sting as he was walking right by us with his wife Trudie Styler. Kristine pulled up her camera to take a picture, and Sting saw her with the camera. Sting looked surprised (since there was no actual paparazzi present), but he then stopped and graciously posed for her. Kristine got a bit flustered and said to him, "I'm so sorry, but I am just completely starstruck." Sting looked amused by her honest comment and then walked on into Tao with Trudie.

Some videos for your viewing pleasure:

Athony Kiedis at "Spread":

Here's Anne Heche taking her seat at the "Spread" premier (wait for it...wait for it...):

Ashton Kutcher responding to an audience question about what attracted him to the role of an L.A. lethario who uses his youth and good looks to con wealthy--and beautiful--women into giving him sex and money. Really?

Demi Moore at the "Spread" premier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PHT3V9-2Lw

John Krasinski heading back to his seat just before the start of "Spread". It's pretty dark since we're in the very back of the theater, but he's the tall guy in the ball cap. And to think we almost ended up sitting right next to him...*sigh*...

Cast from "500 Days of Summer", including the ever-charming Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, answer questions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-1NqY-uak