Sundance today: Notes and a photo gallery for Tuesday, Jan. 22
Hmmmm: Here's an image that'll be difficult to top at Sundance: Mary-Kate Olsen making out in a phone booth with Gandhi. In "The Wackness," Sir Ben Kingsley plays a psychiatrist who trades therapy for marijuana with Josh Peck of Nickelodeon's "Drake and Josh." The Kingsley character's marriage (to Famke Janssen) is falling apart, and he ends up flirting and then kissing Olsen, who plays another of Peck's regular drug buyers. Olsen, after the premiere, said she had been worried about pulling off Kingsley's hairpiece during filming but pronounced the make-out session "fun." "He was so sweet and so kind," said Olsen, who rose to fame on TV's "Full House" in a shared role with her twin sister, Ashley. — AP
TV network: Fuse is coming to Sundance to cover the connection between music and film, including live interviews for the network's series, "The Sauce." Steven Smith, the show's co-host, will meet with musical artists and celebrities from the rooftop of Harry O's, where he will have a birds-eye view of the action on Main Street. Viewers can access exclusive celebrity interviews, behind-the-scenes action, daily video updates and a daily photo blog at www.fuse.tv and from their mobile phones beginning today. As always, gawkers welcome. — Mark L. Reece
Sundance encounters
Unpretentious: The best party to get in without being somebody is at the Queer Lounge on Main Street. The venue caters to the LGBT (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender) crowd but welcomes just about everyone. Just sign in, get a wristband and you're in. In the late afternoon/early evening hours, private parties are held upstairs, and sometimes the people at the door will just say, "Hey, go check out the party upstairs." By far the most unpretentious party so far at Sundance. — Ben Winslow
Hip couple: Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberley Buffington, were perhaps the most hip-looking couple at a weekend premiere party Saturday night for producer Michael London's three films in Sundance this year. The pair, who dressed similarly in t-shirts with skulls on the front, only paused on the red carpet for a few pictures but didn't take any questions. Presently, Quaid and his wife are involved in a lawsuit after an incident at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where the couple's newborn twins received an overdose of a blood thinner. — Stephen Speckman
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Main Street music: The music seemingly never stops at the ASCAP Music Cafe in Park City. Sundance has become known almost as much for the musical acts it attracts in addition to the actors and the movies.
Andrew McMahon: Staff writer Pat Reavy speaks with the lead singer of Something Corporate about his side project Jack's Mannequin and the movie he made about his fight with cancer.
MoZella: Artists used to frown on their music being used in commercials or TV shows. Mozella says times have changed. Her songs have been featured in films and TV shows such as "One Tree Hill," "Las Vegas," "How I Met Your Mother" and others.
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