TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Joel Stratte-McClure and Jenny Peters LET `SUNSHINE' IN: It may have been a long holiday weekend, but that didn't stop the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Film Festival and Fox Searchlight Pictures from packing the Wadsworth Theater in Westwood with an appreciative closing-night crowd who came out to see ``Little Miss Sunshine.'' ``We've had more than 80,000 people in attendance over the past 10 days here in our new home in Westwood Village,'' crowed LAFF LAFF Love At First Fright (musical) LAFF Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals LAFF Lovers And Friends Forever (dating website) LAFF Laundon Association for Fundraising director of programming Rachel Rosen. Christina Applegate Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress, particularly well-known for playing the very attractive, promiscuous, dim-witted Kelly Bundy on the Fox television network sitcom Married… with Children. joined Rosen on stage to announce the Audience and Jury Awards, honoring many of the small independent films that had played over the 10-day fest; then Sundance darling ``Little Miss Sunshine'' unspooled to massive applause and cheering by the final frames. Staying local for the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. weekend were some of ``Sunshine's'' stellar cast, including Greg Kinnear Gregory Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and television personality, who rose to stardom as the first host of E!'s Talk Soup. , Steve Carell Steven John Carell (born August 16, 1962)[1] is a Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American comedian, actor, producer and writer, who rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, from 1999 to 2004. , Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, and little Abigail Breslin, whose performance as a young girl determined to win a beauty pageant was the buzz of the late-night after-party on the lawn of the theater. The fete was teeming teem 1 v. teemed, teem·ing, teems v.intr. 1. To be full of things; abound or swarm: A drop of water teems with microorganisms. 2. with stars like Eric Roberts, Adam Arkin, Jenna Fischer Jenna Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an Emmy Award-nominated[1] American actress, best known for her role as Pam Beesly in the U.S. adaptation of The Office. , Zooey Deschanel, Lisa Edelstein and Haley Joel Osment -- who at 18 is now old enough to bring a date to these things -- along with a gaggle of aspiring young filmmakers, many of whom had been a part of the fest with shorts, documentaries and feature-length projects. As the Absolut vodka poured freely at the inexplicably Moroccan-themed bash, Applegate pointed out the obvious. ``One thing that young filmmakers have in common -- they all love free liquor!'' she joked. `LOVE' IN THE AIR: ``All you need is `Love,' love,'' said Ringo Starr as he made a `V' peace gesture and posed for pictures with wife Barbara Bach on the red carpet at the premiere of ``Love'' at the Mirage in Las Vegas last weekend. Then the couple joined Sir Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, Sir George Martin, Neil Aspinall, Cynthia Lennon and other members of The Beatles' extended family for the opening of the energetic, emotional and exuberant co-production with the Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun") is an entertainment empire based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier. . ``Las Vegas city will be sending The Beatles love all over the world because all of the world comes to Las Vegas,'' said Ono, as she took her seat in a custom-built and sound-rich 2,000-seat theater-in-the-round. ``The show's a creative blend of The Beatles' agile mind with the Cirque's agile body.'' ```Love' embodies the emotional and spiritual connection and message that George Harrison defined before his death,'' added Cirque du Soleil founder and director Guy Lalibert(hrt). ``And I know George is here somewhere tonight.'' So were many guests -- including Eric Idle, Brian Wilson, Elisha Cuthbert, Steve Van Zandt, Billy Crystal, Lauren Hutton, Dita Von Teese Dita Von Teese (born Heather Renée Sweet on September 28, 1972) is a popular American burlesque artist, model and actress. She is one of the instigators of the burlesque revival and has been a considerable factor in bringing burlesque to mainstream attention. and Virginia Madsen -- who thought ``Love'' might do Vegas some good. ```Love' is a great addition to a town that's synonymous with sex and sin,'' said Van Zandt. ``It will help create some balance.'' ``It's always nice to have a little bit of love where there's lust and a little bit of lust where there's love,'' added Idle, the Monty Python member who's bringing ``Spamalot'' to Vegas next year. ``John and George, this is for you!'' McCartney said to the audience before he headed to an after-party with over 4,000 guests and food catered by 30 different restaurants. The theme there? ``All You Need Is Food.'' CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) KINNEAR and CARELL: Supporting their ``Little Miss'' (2) OSMENT: He's legal now (3) APPLEGATE: Words of boozy wisdom (4) STARR and BACH: `Love' is all they need. |
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