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· Heading into the festival, which officially starts today and concludes next Sunday, the two movies with the biggest buzz are The Ten, a Ten Commandments satire from Wet Hot American Summer director David Wain, and Grace Is Gone, with John Cusack playing an Iraq War widower. But without the benefit of big stars, Teeth is managing to get some attention as well, probably because it revolves around a teenage girl who learns about "the pitfalls and the power of being a living example of the vagina dentata myth," aka a thorny ladyflower. [THR]
· On the dramatic jury this year: Mos Def, director Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, The Nativity Story), Film Independent Executive Director Dawn Hudson and Sarah Polley. [THR]
· Sony's newly appointed acquisition team, Adrian Alperovich and Lara Thompson, will make their debuts at Sundance, where they will likely prove their commitment to the job by savagely biting other studio reps to death, Jack-Bauer-style, in pursuit of the distribution rights of any gem they deem to have Little Miss Sunshine potential. [Variety]
· A gallery of some of this year's entries, which starts out fun (Defender and cheerleaders!), then quickly grows depressing with pictures of Abu Ghraib and Adrienne Shelly. [LAT]

· YouTube's Sundance Channel gives you a window into the festival experience without exposing you to the ever-present dangers of Paris Hilton running you down with a snowmobile. [YouTube/Sundance Channel]
· For local business, Sundance is like Christmas, just that Santa is some asshole in Miu Miu moon boots who barely looks up from typing into their Blackberry to inquire, "How fucking long does it take to put some coffee and steamed milk into a cup?" [Business Week]