Thought he was through after the therapy rap? Oh dear god no. David began his hosting duties at Saturday’s Sundance Awards with a version of ‘Boom Boom Pow’ by the Black Eyed Peas, being joined by festival director John Cooper in name-checking many of this year’s prominent movies and performers.
At the Grammys tonight, the award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children went to Buck Howdy for Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs. David had been nominated for The Phantom Tollbooth.
Congrats, Buck, and hard luck David – and fellow nominees Dean Pitchford (Captain Nobody), Ed Asner (Scat), Harlan Ellison (Through the Looking Glass) and, err, Various Artists (Nelson Mandela’s Favourite African Folktales).
David will be tweeting his way through the Sundance Awards tonight at twitter.com/sundancefest. Maybe he’ll get the bug and set up his own Twitter …
Tonight’s Sundance Awards, hosted by DHP, are being streamed live on Ustream – and, thanks to the wonders of embedding, right here on DHP.org! The awards begin at 7pm MST – that’s seven hours behind GMT. Enjoy!
Here’s a very positive review of The Perfect Host by Jeanette D. Moses of cool Utah-based indie mag SLUG.
John Taylor has just robbed a bank. His foot is bleeding through his shoe and his face is all over the news. He’s been convicted of theft and assault before. He’s completely fucked. The only thing he has going for him is that he’s clever and fairly quick on his feet. When it seems like all hope is lost, Taylor manipulates his way into Warwick Wilson’s house, using a postcard found in his mailbox to pose as a friend of a friend. He even gets invited to stay for the dinner party that Wilson is preparing to host. But then the tables turn. And then they turn again. And a few more times after that before the film is over. The Perfect Host is a seamlessly crafted story that keeps you guessing with every scene. Every time you think you have it figured out you’re thrown off. This film is anything but predictable. The police thriller meets twisted comedy meets love story features excellently developed characters, dry humor and off the wall plot twists that keep you continuously guessing. The Perfect Host is one of the most exceptional and unpredictable films that I have seen in the past year.
Thanks to KallS for the link!
Canadian news station CTV has a collection of celeb portraits at Sundance HERE - including this great one of David all wrapped up:
(Aren’t you glad DHP.org refrained from making any “DHP in da hood” jokes? We were this close.)
Vanity Fair have yet another great, funny interview with David – this time in vid form. David and Krista Smith chat about The Perfect Host, Wet Hot American Summer, the possibility of doing a play in London, and the undeniable lookalike factor between DHP and NPH …
Here’s a blurry, spoilertastic, fascinating video of the Q&A with the cast and crew of The Perfect Host after the premiere last weekend. Enjoy … but don’t watch if you wanna keep the film a total surprise!
Here’s the first part of an interview that GLAAD did with David at Sundance. Short and sweet. More to come!
