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The 2009 Sundance Film Festival kicked off under starless skies. While recent festivals have been star-studded and celebrity-laden affairs, on the opening day of 2009 there were few, if any, familiar faces to be seen anywhere in or near Park City.
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Blame it on Pearl Jam. At least that's what O.A.R. guitarist Richard On said during a telephone interview from Washington, D.C.
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Director R.J. Cutler will be there for Friday's opening night gala at the Rose Wagner Center, as will the sometimes controversial Wintour.
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