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Show APPIN: APPAPGRT A Close Encounter of the Movie Star Kind starlets and younger and sexier wannabes haven't interested me much. Call it failed sex drive, call it an inverted libido, call it schizophrenia. I don't care. Sure, I know these Hollywood-types blow into Park City and begin collecting young women for their celebrity parties. But I just couldnt care less. I don’t need that kind of trouble any more. The When hoping to Blanchett end no longer justifies the means. people are cruising the Lakota hook up with a celebrity, like Cate or John Travolta, I’m thinking about Junior's tavern. When glitz seekers are piling into Grappa to find film producers and seductive young tag-alongs looking to get a leg up in the movie business - no pun intended - I’m visualizing sliding into the Twilight Lounge to shoot some stick with a schooner of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Call me a mud fence, but my old pal Bob Redford seems to understand. Even though this Sundance thing is his personal gig, | keep reminding him that he once said he'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than Los Angeles. It’s not that I mind the festive nature of the Film Festival. Ir’s not that at all. Bring it on. I hope everyone has a great time, gets drunk and has a close encounter of the third kind with a movie star. It's just that, you know, I’m not in the hunt anymore. I don’t need to be “seen” anywhere. I don’t need to “meet” anybody. Been there, done that. OK, that said, it’s kind of funny, you know, ironic, that I ended up eating lunch with a big movie star, recently. At Deer Valley, no less. No foolin’. This is what happened: The avalanche danger was so high in the back country that me and the old lady decided to take advantage of some freebees at Deer Valley. I know what youre thinking, what kind of pretend mountain man am | who skis with the well-heeled at Deer Valley, the resort most known for its food. Well, hey, I try not to bea snob. So there we are, skiing with the beautiful people on groomed runs through million dollar hous- es. | mean, you can ski by and look right in their bedroom window! What a place. So we ski up to the Silver Lake Lodge to take a grog break. Timing is everything and we score a table on the deck, in the sun. she quickly puts him at ease by saying she recognized him from his starring role in Emma, playing oposite - who else?- Gweneth Paltrow. So we sat there eating caviar and drinking The old lady goes to pow- wine - I still prefer the beer and chili - with If You Know What’s Good For You, You'll Get Out Of Town Fast. der her nose and fetch the Vittles. ’m sunning my mug there on the deck Jeremy Northam, who was premiering his new movie, The Misadventures of Margaret, at the Sundance Festival. —~ with the other millionThe truth is though, that Jeremy can’t ski aires, when this British worth a darn, even on those groomed Deer * gentleman asks if he Valley slopes. But despite his fame, old can sit down. Jeremy is a regular guy. Whod have known? “Free Country,” So, there it is, my latest brush with fame I say as politely as I and movie stars. Of course, it’s not nearly as can. exciting as some of my other adventures. But “Jolly nice day,” as I say, I’m not in the hunt anymore. he says. Hey, did I ever tell you about the time I “Jolly ain't the had dinner with Mingo? You know, Ed least of it,” I say, imagining my cold Aimes who used to play the indian guy grog and special caviar chili that could be Mingo in the Fess Parker TV series called only minutes away. Daniel Boone. No kidding, I had dinner with “Where is it you hail from?” he asks to - Mingo...@ make polite converstion. “T avoid hail the best I can,” I answer. _» “Interesting,” he says. “But where did you come from?” “T didn’t come from anywhere,” I explain. “I was always here.” “Oh, youre one of the natives,” Hop on a bike. It’s a great way to get the exercise you need to lower your risk of heart disease. You can help prevent heart disease and stroke. We can tell you how. Call 1-800-AHA-USAT1. 9, A ; merican Heart Association This space provided as a public service ©1994, American Heart Association PARK CITY CONDOMINIUM the Englishman exclaims. “Tm too old for that, anymore,” I tell him. “T see,” he muses. 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B. Rappaport. Dont get me wrong, I like Gweneth Paltrow as much as the next guy. But when it comes to the glitz surrounding the Sundance Film Festival, I’m running the other way. : Ever since my vasectomy, parties with young, sexy |