Liz Smith - January 20, 2005

... SPEAKING of Sundance, last year the celebrity gift bag was worth a hefty $5,000. This year, the deprived stars receive a bag packed with $50,000 worth of "stuff." PR guy Jim Dobson, designer Maria Lyons and the folks from Jewels and Pinstripes put together this exercise in excess. Stars such as Glenn Close, Tom Hanks, Danny DeVito, Marisa Tomei, et al, will be gifted. Not that they wouldn't go to Sundance simply for their art, but who could resist deluxe chocolate-covered strawberries from Shari's Berries?

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