- Biggest movie buzz: Away from Her, Sarah Polley's full-feature directorial debut; Babel, starring Brad Pitt; Emilio Estevez's sentimental Bobby; the Borat movie from Sacha Baron Cohen; the sex romp Shortbus and Shut Up and Sing, about the fallout from the Dixie Chicks' criticism of George W. Bush.

- Most surprising nice guy: A tie between Aussies Heath Ledger, known to be prickly but who showed a sweet, gracious side during an interview, and Russell Crowe, who was funny and warm at a news conference to promote A Good Year.

- Most surprising nice girl: Jennifer Lopez made a point of making eye contact with as many journalists as she could during the news conference for her new film, El Cantante, smiling warmly at each one. And she was good-natured when a TV reporter asked her, in a cringe-worthy moment, if she could have her clothing hand-me-downs.

- Most surprising performance: Will Ferrell, who shines in the uncharacteristically serious role of a straightlaced tax agent in Stranger Than Fiction. Demi Moore is surprisingly strong as an alcoholic lounge singer in Bobby. Same goes for Marc Anthony, J-Lo's husband, in El Cantante.

- Most subdued celeb: Breaking and Entering star Juliette Binoche, who, when asked about her experience at the festival, dourly said she spent most of it locked in hotel rooms doing press interviews.

- Hottest stars: Brad Pitt, Jude Law and Joshua Jackson smouldered. Penelope Cruz was breathtaking, Lopez was even prettier in person with her new 1940s screen siren look, and Sook-Yin Lee was gorgeous both onscreen and off. Catherine O'Hara was lovely, and un-Botoxed, in person, sporting a figure younger women would envy.

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