Sundance reporters' notebook

• Jury selection: The six juries awarding prizes at the festival were announced Wednesday. The mix of judges includes big names like actress and director Sarah Polley, musician and actor Mos Def and local Jared Hess, who directed the Sundance hit "Napoleon Dynamite." Juries will judge the films and hand out awards in the following categories: U.S. Dramatic Competition, U.S. Documentary Competition, World Dramatic Competition, World Documentary Competition, American and International Shorts and the Alfred P. Sloan Prize.

• No more Lohan: Popular starlet Lindsay Lohan will not be coming to the Sundance Film Festival this year. Lohan was expected to arrive for the premiere of her film "Chapter 27," in which she plays a fan of Beatles singer John Lennon. However, plans for the 20-year-old party girl's appearance were canceled when she checked herself into L.A.'s Wonderland Center rehabilitation facility Wednesday for alcohol treatment.

• Harry O's heats up Main: The hottest night club in Park City, Harry O's, will not disappoint during Sundance. Artists set to perform during the 10-day festival run: All American Rejects, Akon, Mos Def, Will I Am, Nelly, Paul Okenfold, NAS and Money Mark from Beastie Boys. As for getting in, star-studded connections or the right schmoozing skills with bouncers may be your only luck at this point.

• Sundance films for Japan: A Japanese film distributor was shopping Friday on Main Street and sniffing around for the next big hit.

Keijiro Hara, senior director of the Japanese film distributor New Select Co., said through a translator that the draw for him to Sundance is its "atmosphere" and track record for unearthing "big hits" from a group of independent films. But Hara was a little tight-lipped about exactly which films he was eyeing so far.

"We're open, trying to keep the antenna open," Hara said through Mike Sano, an executive consultant with the company. "We're trying to find out what could work in our territory. There's several, there's a buzz, so were' going to try to screen them."

• Nick Nolte sighting: Deseret Morning News reporter Stephen Speckman was headed to his car Friday when he spotted Nick Nolte blowing his nose outside of Hollywood Life House on Main Street in Park City. With camera in hand, Speckman asked Nolte if he could hold for a few shots, after he was finished clearing his nasal passages. An appreciative Nolte paused for a few moments of shooting before heading back inside.