Park City High School's cheerleaders have a new cheer. The team was practicing Wednesday evening in the school's gym, adjacent to the Eccles Center's green room, when singer-actor Justin Timberlake walked by on his way to the Sundance premiere of his film, "Black Snake Moan." The girls burst into synchronized cheers of, "We love you, Justin!" Timberlake obliged by stopping, chatting with the cheerleaders and posing for photos.
Bono, undercover:
Park City's Eccles Center had a surprise guest for Monday night's premiere of "Son of Rambow," a British film about a kid filmmaker inspired by the first "Rambo" movie: Rock star and humanitarian Bono, who slipped in through a separate entrance shortly before the film started. The U2 singer showed up without an entourage and killed time before the film hanging out in a back hallway, helping Sundance volunteers work on a jigsaw puzzle.
Singing Samuel:
The Wednesday evening premiere at the Eccles Theatre of "Black Snake Moan" was attended by Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake and producer John Singleton. At the Q&A, Jackson said that while he had fun singing blues in the film, he doesn't plan on making a new career out of it. Then he added, "But I'll see you at the Grammys next year."
Pinching pennies:
One way to shoot an indie film on a budget is to hire an actor the same size as the director - and with a similar fashion sensibility - in order to save money on wardrobe costs. That secret comes from Gina Kim, who wrote and directed "Never Forever," a visual poem starring Vera Farmiga as a wife who secretly seeks a sperm donor in an effort to save her marriage to a successful Korean-American lawyer. Some of the character's puffy-sleeved, vintage-styled, ethereal dresses seen in the film belong to the director.
Sundance Quotes
I just turned the romantic comedy genre on its ass. So I hope you appreciate what I've done for you.
- Taika Waititi, director of "Eagle
vs Shark" while introducing his film.


