Sundancing: Jessica & Cash; Plus, Paris & Jared?

By Marc Malkin Jan 20, 2008 7:24 PMTags
Cash Warren, Jessica AlbaAP Photo/Dan Steinberg

My day started yesterday at about 8 a.m.

There was no time for breakfast, but I was able to down a quick cup of coffee before heading to the Kari Feinstein Style Lounge to interview Emily Blunt about her new movie Sunshine Cleaning. (The movie, costarring Amy Adams and about two sisters who open a crime-scene cleaning company, is one of the most buzzed about flicks of the festival).

 I’ll have more of my chat with Ms. Blunt later this week, but I must tell you that she revealed something quite, um, big about her singer boyfriend, Michael Bublé. When one of her posse handed her a box of size XL condoms from Proper Attire, she laughed, "These will be good for Michael."

 

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I finally grabbed something to eat at the MySpace Café at the Lift, where Tom Arnold barreled in and quickly explained why he was so, well, wet. "I’m a sweater," Arnold said while wiping his forehead with a napkin before taking off for a ski-lift interview with David Carr of the New York Times. "I sweated when I was on cocaine, and I’m still sweating when I’m off cocaine."

I walked across the street to the Kenneth Cole Reaction suite and In Touch café, where Colin Hanks was spotted sipping Divine Chocolate Hot Cocoa. Paris Hilton was in the night before when the space became the nightly Park City outpost of New York City nightclub Stereo. She actually showed up between the parties for the Woody Harrelson flick Transsiberian and the launch of AnAmigo.com, a Facebook-like Website for dogs. Yes, dogs!

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"Paris just walked in and sat down," an eyewitness told me. "There was no music, and the lights were fully on. She just waited for the party to start." Hilton ended up partying till 6 a.m.  at the 5W Escape House. My fellow party hopper Cristina Gibson and I both heard that she spent much of the time making out with Simon Rex. (Kim Kardashian was also at 5W, swapping spit with boyfriend Reggie Bush in the Lifestyles condoms booth.)

Now, back to yesterday. I headed to Village at the Yard at about noon. Timberland and Hurley ski wear were outfitting reality television star Steven Colletti for Picabo Street's benefit ski race. The most interesting booth had to be Pure Romance. We’re talking sex toys and a lot of edible lubricants and massage oils. I was told Entourage star Rex Lee scooped up plenty.

Hair-guru-to-the-stars Christo told me he was hoping to get his hands on Mary-Kate Olsen's mane for some styling.

Over at the Timberland area, Tim Daly and Method Man snagged some boots and outerwear from the new eco-friendly Earthkeepers line.

There was too long a wait for a table at the T-Mobile Diner (where Rachel Hunter was spotted the night before flirting with the much younger DJ Zen), so it was back to MySpace for some lunch. Kim Kardashian was there, as was Nicky Hilton, Samantha Ronson (who, I’m told, danced up a storm the night before with Mary-Kate Olsen at Butter) and Nick Stahl. I met High School Musical star Kaycee Stroh, who told me she wasn’t at the festival for work. “It’s all about seeing movies, parties and forgetting about the writers' strike,” she said.

After lunch, I took a quick tour of the Lift’s Fred Segal lounge, where Kardashian picked up a ski jacket from Spyder and Freddy Rodgriguez got a "It’s a Green World After All" Disney Vintage tee. Nicky Hilton watched as her boyfriend, David Katzenberg, played Guitar Hero.

I returned to the Style Lounge, where a pregnant Jessica Alba arrived with boyfriend Cash Warren for a new MacBook Air computer. Warren was overheard telling some friends that he’s quit drinking. No, he doesn’t have a problem! If his preggers girlfriend can't drink, he won't either, Warren explained. (That's Alba and Warren at the T-Mobile Diner earlier in the day in the top photo.)

I also got myself a big pink fuzzy Tundra Gear hat. I’m told Paris Hilton got the same one! The company was started by the very adorable Ara Baskauskas, aka the winner of the 12th season of Survivor. (I ran into my E! pal Giuliana Rancic and she told me she loved the pink hat on me! See for yourself, by clicking below for my Planet Gossip Now videoblog.)

Over at Delta’s Sky360 Lodge, I watched Jack Black get his portrait taken by WireImage photographer Jeff Vespa. I ran into Kardashian, who told me she was worried about the animal activists protesting along Main Street. Why? Because she was wearing a fur vest.

Now, let’s talk about the gazillion or so parties around town last night. Seriously, there were dozens.

50 Cent was set to perform at his vitaminwater-sponsored concert at the MySpace-Tao night at Harry O’s. Up-and-coming singer Sara Bareilles had a gig at Stereo. Jack Black was hostin' a party for his movie Be Kind Rewind. And Nick Cannon was gonna be deejaying at the Boost Mobile Lounge at Marquee during the bash for his flick American Son. The list could go on forever. I was able to hit three before calling it a night.

First up? Entertainment Weekly’s bash at The Legacy Lodge. Dave Annable, along with Marcia Gay Harden, Crispin Glover, Armand Assante and the ubiquitous Rex Lee were there.

Then it was off to Motorola’s annual late night bash. I spot Annabele again, plus Hilton dancing to the tunes of deejay Michelle Pesce.

Third stop of the evening was the Park City outpost of Teddy’s at the Lift. It was pretty tame by the time my friends and I arrived, so it was a quick circle around the place before heading home.

A couple of my buddies headed to the Greenhouse for the U2 3D after-party, because rumors were rampant that U2 was going to perform. I skipped it. I really didn’t want to deal with a maddening crowd trying to get a peek at Bono & Co.

I finally got some sleep, but woke up this morning to an email from a friend who made it to the Hyde shindig last night at Village at the Yard.

Who was there? Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Sadie Frost, David Boreanaz and Dylan Walsh.

I also got word that Ms. Hilton and Jared Leto looked quite cozy at Hyde.

No word on just how cozy they may have ended the evening.

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