SJP Wins Oscar Wrapped In A Tin Ribbon

Sarah Jessica Parker holds up the Vanguard Award she received at the ShoWest film awards in Las Vegas. It's not exactly the most notable of acting awards, but it is a good excuse for stars promoting movies to pump their statue in the air, thank God and their agents for their award and add, "Don't forget to see my other movie!"

And speaking of the statue in question, whoah. This one looks kind of wacky--exactly how I would expect an award that you would win in Vegas would look. It probably popped out of a slot machine. That swirly metal thing looks chintzy and I bet that if you held it too long, it would turn your fingers green. I doubt any winners were anecdotally gushing about how they'd be keeping this puppy in their bathroom. It's straight to the garage sale for this guy.

Robert Downey Jr. also won an award, looking endearingly goofy in his expensive jeans and blazer, Jodie Foster, having had shaken her stalker off her trail, looked stunning in a simple, summery dress with Nim's Island co-star Abigail Breslin. Kate Bosworth still looks thin and uncomfortable, probably still chafing from this wacky ensemble and now dressed as an 80s mobster mistress in mourning. Isn't her life story the one on which this Alyssa Milano movie is based?

And I kid you not, Brendan Fraser took home the Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film award. And I would scoff, except that I've been on the Revenge of the Mummy ride at Universal Studios and it is both distinguished and an achievement.

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32 more photos from the ShoWest awards ceremony featuring Christina Ricci, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sarah Jessica Parker, Emile Hirsch, Seth Rogan, Anne Hathaway, Abigail Breslin, Robert Downey Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, Jim Sturgess, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Brendan Fraser and Jodie Foster are after the jump.