The entertainment
industry turned out last night, packing into the home of Kevin
Iwashina, former CAA agent and current partner in Hunting Lane
Films, to honor the recent appointment of John Cooper, a gay
man and longtime Sundance executive and programmer, to the role
of director of the Sundance Film Festival.
Iwashina's apartment at
the Royal on Doheny Drive in Los Angeles was not only filled
with fellow gay entertainment bigwigs like Bruce Cohen, Alan
Poul, and Gregg Araki, but also brought out Nancy Utley,
recently named co-head of Fox Searchlight, Mark Urman,
president of Senator Entertainment, Dawn Hudson, executive
director of FIND, Michael London, CEO of Groundswell, and many
other industry notables.
Guests ate buffet
Chinese food and sipped Belvedere and Grey Goose cocktails
while vying for a chance to congratulate "Cooper," as he is
affectionately called by most.