Las Vegas, March 24-25 – All eyes were on the fat lady at the ShoWest Awards in Las Vegas. Gwyneth Paltrow, sixish months pregnant, flew in special from London for the fest. We thought we had a scoop, since Paltrow remained glued to Jude Law at the awards ceremony and accompanying round of parties, but turns out they were just promoting their upcoming summer sci-fi thriller, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. It’s not too visible in the photo at left, but Paltrow’s black dress had everyone at Paramount Pictures' Paris hotel party buzzing – it was see-through.

ShoWest is an annual motion picture industry convention at which theater owners give awards to filmmakers and box office draws. It seems that those big-ego/big-box office stars realize that they need theaters in order to pull in the big paychecks and the adulation of fans - among the famous we found trolling the gambling mecca were Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Keanu Reeves, Nicole Kidman, Samuel L. Jackson, Warren Beatty, Michael Caine, and Jennifer Garner. Halle Berry sent an apology, laid up with a leg injury. And we thought theater owners got rich selling us $5 popcorn.

Photos by Jen Lowery