Los Angeles, October 22, 2007 – Fires burning all around southern California didn’t stop the famous and fabulous from putting on their best duds and walking the red carpet for the Hollywood Film Festival awards ceremony on Monday.  Thankfully, the arrivals were inside the Beverly Hilton Hotel, so the star weren’t covered with ash, like the cars out in the parking lot. 

Kirstie Alley, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Brad Pitt all slipped in a side door, but Janet Jackson, who used to shy away from the press, has taken full advantage of her role in Tyler Perry’s new flick Why Did I Get Married with mucho camera time. 

Both Affleck brothers received awards; Casey for acting, Ben for his directorial debut effort, Gone Baby Gone.  Wife Jennifer Garner didn’t stay in New York just to avoid the wildfires – she’s currently appearing on Broadway opposite Kevin Kline in Cyrano de Bergerac.

John Travolta took a supporting “actor” award for his turn as Emma Turnblad, and a big contingent of his Hairspray costars turned out, including Nikki Blonski, Zac Efron, Brittany Snow, Amanda Bynes and Elijah Kelly.  (Michelle Pfeiffer was slated to be there but didn’t show; we hope she’s not affected by the fires.)

There was a lot of French-accented cheering for the very chic Marion Cotillard, who was named best actress for her role as Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose.