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Robert Downey Jr. Told Sundance About Christopher Nolan’s Bathroom Habits

“11 a.m. and 6 p.m. sharp. Diuretics are his kryptonite.”

Big anniversaries ending in zeroes are perfect opportunities for organizations like the Sundance Institute to cement their legacies, and ceremonial commemoration was in full-swing at the festival’s Opening Night Gala on Thursday. The attendees were a mix of producers, trustee-members, and wealthy patrons of a certain age with taut faces that suggest they asked their plastic surgeons to give them “the full Biden.” An older woman wearing Van Cleef told me she had just had her first celebrity sighting — ”the actor who plays The Good Doctor ” — and pointed towards Jesse Eisenberg. “I got my first pair of Ugg boots, and I actually got to be where the cool kids are.” Jodie Foster then presented the Vanguard Award to Eternal Memory director Maite Alberdi, making for an unofficial Panic Room reunion.

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