Festival Also Draws Thousands

These veterans are looking over their shoulders at hotly tipped female stars for 2009 such as lady gaga, la roux and little boots. The festival also draws thousands of film-industry types from los angeles and new york, many dressed in fashionable winter gear, sucking down lattes and barking into cell phones. But not many will be able to name the time before that. The letter is considered controversial by the union because it placed into question its search process and could be used to eliminate vincent as a finalist. I ll admit, a bit of the thrill is gone, but i ve always been partial to the euphoria of discovering a great movie for the first time in park city than attending say, toronto, where you ve already been inundated with tv spots and trailers and the surprises come in smaller does (plus, i ll take the cold over the sweaty heat of an ontario september any day).