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Actor Laurence Fishburne accepts the Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film award at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas on March 16, 2006 during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners. It is the largest annual convention for the motion picture industry and was expected to draw more than 5,000 people from more than 50 countries during its four-day event in Las Vegas.
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Actor Vince Vaughn accepts the Comedy Star of the Year award at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners on March 16, 2006.
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Actor Vince Vaughn accepts the Comedy Star of the Year award at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners March 16, 2006.
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Actor Vince Vaughn, left, kisses TV personality Mary Hart as he accepts the Comedy Star of the Year award at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners on March 16, 2006. Hart hosted the awards banquet.
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Actor Hugh Jackman jokes about his Wolverine character during the final banquet and awards ceremony for ShoWest 2006, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners on March 16, 2006, in Las Vegas. Jackman was named Male Star of the Year.
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Actor Hugh Jackman jokes around as he accepts the Male Star of the Year award at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners on March 16, 2006.
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Actor Hugh Jackman accepts the Male Star of the Year award at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners March 16, 2006.
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Actress Natalie Portman accepts the Female Star of the Year award at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners on March 16, 2006.
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M. Night Shyamalan accepts the Director of the Year award at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners March 16, 2006.
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Actress Dakota Fanning accepts the Supporting Actress of the Year award at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners on March 16, 2006.
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Actress Dakota Fanning accepts the Supporting Actress of the Year award at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners March 16, 2006.
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M. Night Shyamalan poses with Dakota Fanning in the audience during the final banquet and awards ceremony for ShoWest 2006, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners on March 16, 2006, in Las Vegas.
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Actress Jennifer Hudson accepts the Female Star of Tomorrow award at ShoWest March 16, 2006, in Las Vegas. She plays the role of Effie in the movie adaptation of "Dreamgirls."
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Actor Brandon Routh poses with his award at ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners on March 16, 2006, in Las Vegas. Routh was named Male Star of Tomorrow. He is playing the title role in the movie "Superman Returns," to be released this year.
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Actress Keke Palmer poses at ShoWest on March 14, 2006, in Las Vegas. Palmer received the Rising Star of the Year award at the convention. The young actress played Queen Latifah's niece in "Barbershop 2" and also acted with William H. Macy in the TV movie "The Wool Cap."
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Film student Rosemary Lambert poses at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners on March 16, 2006. Lambert was awarded the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award for her film "The Reel Monkey."
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Chairman, CEO and President of AMC Entertainment, Inc. Peter Brown accepts the ShoWester of the Year award during the opening day ceremony at ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas on March 14, 2006.
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Director J.J. Abrams speaks during the opening ceremony of ShoWest at Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Abrams, creator of TV's "Lost" and "Alias," who makes his big-screen debut with "Mission: Impossible III," told a crowd at the theater-owner convention ShoWest that he set out to make an action film that put characters first, spectacle second.
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John Fithian, president and CEO of National Association of Theatre Owners, speaks during the opening ceremony of ShoWest at Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 14, 2006.
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A show attendee walks past a poster of Sony Pictures' movie "Silent Hill" during the opening day of ShoWest at Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas on March 13, 2006.