Idaho
State Journal, January 22, 2004
Stargazing at Sundance
by Sarah Keech, Features
Editor
Film Festival.
A crowd of people in furry coats and wearing the latest
fashions huddled outside of the Village at the Lift complex Saturday afternoon
waiting for a mystery celebrity to emerge.
Photographers stood jammed up against the metal barriers,
hoping for a perfect shot of someone famous.
Much like a bear jam in Yellowstone National Park, some
people, such as Mary Beth Miller of Indianapolis, had no idea whom they were
looking for but knew it had to be someone important to draw such a big crowd.
Others whispered the person inside was film star Demi Moore.
A few of the photographers left their posts to take pictures
of two other celebrities in the vicinity, former "Punky Brewster"
star Soleil Moon Frye and actress Kyra Sedgwick.
"Who's that they're taking pictures of?" asked Cara
Alday of Chattanooga, Tenn., while attempting to get a better look. "I
could be surrounded by famous people and I wouldn't know."
Alday said she vacations in Park City each winter to ski but
plans her trips to coincide with the world-famous Sundance
Film Festival.
"I know the minute we leave (Demi Moore) is going to
come out," Alday said.
About 20 minutes after the crowd formed, Moore emerged from
Fred Segal Beauty, surrounded by security people who quickly rushed the actress
away from the fans and photographers to her waiting car.
"I figure it was her. I didn't see (film star and
Moore's new boyfriend) Ashton Kutcher. Just her," said Todd Snyder, a
stargazer from New York City.