Day 3 of the Cannes film festival was dominated by an animated panda and a pair of unborn twins. Missy Schwartz and I spent the morning watching DreamWorks’ delightful Kung Fu Panda and ended our day at the film’s spirited beachside after-party. The classy affair — complete with movie-inspired dumplings and a man in panda costume (in case revelers cared for a photo op) — was further evidence of the power of DreamWorks head Jeffrey Katzenberg, who not only got a luminously big-bellied Angelina Jolie to show up with Brad Pitt (pictured) and stay for hours, but also convinced her to bang out a few TV interviews before she sat down for the night. Jolie’s Kung Fu costars Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman also were there, though their castmate Lucy Liu came down with a stomach illness and had to skip the soirée.
Panda received mostly positive reviews from festivalgoers, but no film has matched the buzz of Waltz with Bashir, an animated war drama from Israel that’s being compared to Persepolis. If there’s a hot acquisition property from Cannes’ first few days, that’s the one.
New York City’s Bowery Hotel was the place to be last night, especially for TV stars who needed a break after a rigorous few days spent promoting their new and renewed series at their respective networks’ upfront presentations. And who better to host a TV soirée than Entertainment Weekly? I snagged the only designer item in my closet and camped out for nearly two hours on the packed red carpet, which featured a parade of stars both random (Jaslene and Saleisha from Americas Next Top Model) and hotly anticipated (hello, casts of 30 Rock and Gossip Girl!). After the jump, my rundown of the night’s festivities…
Another Grammy weekend behind us, PopWatchers, and, like the four that came before it, my 2008 experience was a combination of soaring highs and crushing lows. (My life is very much like Wide World of Sports.) And while I may not have been called on to 
L.A. hotspot Boulevard 3 was blazing last night as Showtime and Lionsgate Entertainment celebrated the upcoming premieres of Weeds and Californication (August 13). No thanks to some horrendous (and typical) cross-town traffic, I missed the screening, which was held earlier at the Cinerama theater (though I have seen the first few episodes of Weeds and, let me tell you, this season will not disappoint), but at least I got to the afterparty nice and early. 
Last night EW threw 
