The entertainment
industry turned out Wednesday 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.
