
'A Raisin in the Sun's' Sean Combs and John Stamos at the Jan. 23 preem at the Sundance Film Festival.

Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy at 'The Deal' preem.

Maria Bello and Rachael Taylor chill at the Motorola Late Night Lounge.

Johan Renck, Nadine Labaki, Daniel Barnz, Alex Rivera and Anna Melikyan at Variety's 10 Director's to Watch party.

Sundance director Geoff Gilmore raises a glass at the fest's Competition Dinner on Jan. 22.

Tao Ruspoli, Rena Ronson and Cassian Elwes at the William Morris Independent party.

Amy Sedaris and Stephen Colbert scope out the scene at the Cinetic party at Sundance.

Mischa Barton gets her groove on with a game of Guitar Hero.
Slush and snow didn't stop the stars from schmoozing at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
On Jan. 21
Variety's 10 Directors to Watch party at the Stein Eriksen Lodge, brought out
Jodie Foster,
Andie MacDowell,
Patricia Clarkson and fest director
Geoff Gilmore. Later that night, indie giant Cinetic threw its annual bash at hot spot Zoom where Cinetic's
John Sloss held court in front of a crowd that included
Doug Liman,
Matthew Perry and Killer Films'
Christine Vachon.
Earlier in the week, Focus Features kicked off the party circuit on Jan. 17 with a fete for "In Bruges," starring
Colin Farrell. This was followed by a lengthy list of preems such as: "Be Kind Rewind" with
Jack Black; "What Just Happened?" with
Robert De Niro and "Smart People" with
Sarah Jessica Parker and
Dennis Quaid.
Bill Higgins, Winter Miller, Addie Morfoot, Tatiana Siegel and Sharon Swart contributed to this report.
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