Nothing stands out in a pack of film industry glitterati like a bling-toting rapper, and Sundance had plenty this year. Chief among the bedazzled wordsmiths were no less than his VitaminWater-ness 50 Cent, girl-happy Akon, and purple drink-havin' screamer Li'l john.
Over the weekend, Harry-O's and Bethany Frankel's ChefDance hosted a private dinner for 50 Cent, that included guests Macy Gray,, Chamillionaire, Kim Kardashian, and boyfriend Reggie Bush, the ever-stunning Jessica White, and other rap industry producers and notables such as Benny Boom. Before the meal started, Frankel came over to greet 50 and his entourage. The petite chef grabbed a huge gold chain off an unidentified posse member's neck and threw it around her own. As she walked away, 50's pal became increasingly nervous: "Yo! You coming back right, girl?" She did return a few minutes later with the chain, to his relief.
The re-blinged hype man then had a particularly alarming exchange with a fellow diner about "the lack of guns and shoot outs here in Utah. Man, they ain't no need for a vest, even." Well said.