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Doug Elfman of the Las Vegas Review Journal puts a pretty good wrap on CineVegas:

Unlike some others, celebs at CineVegas talented, classy

DOUG ELFMAN

Japanese artist and filmmaker Takashi Murakami points to one of his animated characters after arriving at a screening of "Planting of the Seeds" at the Wynn Hotel and Casino during the CineVegas Film Festival in Las Vegas on Monday, June 16, 2008.
AP Photo/Laura Rauch

For 10 days, actors strolled red carpets and private parties at CineVegas. When prompted, they told stories of their younger days as messy tourists in Las Vegas. But their admissions were hardly ripped from the pages of Pamela Anderson's diaries.

Sam Rockwell, star of 2002's "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," confessed: "The last time I was in Vegas, I woke up in a lawn chair." But he didn't elaborate.

Gabriel Mann, a player in the "Bourne" thrillers, said his last visit here was 10 years ago, when "I lost all my money -- my money and my mind." Yet he declined repeated requests to explain this rap.

So even though CineVegas was a little crazier than usual -- with one Britney Spears sighting, an official party held at a strip club, and gobs of star-gazing parties stocked with free booze -- its stars were reserved actors showing art house fare to film lovers at the Palms. Read more.