Sundance Parties for the Environment, Loudly

Rufus Wainwright performing last night.Photo: Getty Images
Chugging green-tea-tinis (green thumbs up!), mojitos, and organic wine, the faux-boho crowd included a tiny smattering of celebs like Isabella Rossellini, Shalom Harlow, Moby, Carson Kressley, and Rufus Wainwright. The Canadian troubadour's lovely four-song set was the non sequitor highlight of the evening, even though the gabbing guests chatted throughout. "Can you guys in the back please be quiet for one last song?" he asked. In fact, noise pollution was the true scourge of the evening. During a ten-minute presentation about Important Ecology Stuff (we forget what exactly: Priuses? hemp clothing? the Arctic? logging? fossil fuels?), Larry Aidern, the Sundance Channel CEO, finally told the partiers, most of whom didn't catch the actual screening, to "shut the fuck up." Love your planet, indeed. —Justin Ravitz

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