A 90-STAR SALUTE

Everybody was somebody, but they were all happy to take their places for ANNIE LEIBOVITZ in honor of Paramount's 90th

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

BEHIND THE SCENES

'We look to movies as a reflection of our dreams, our fantasies—even a little bit of reality," Annie Leibovitz said before she took the first shot of the 90 celebrities assembled for the 90th anniversary of Paramount Studios. "You are America's history." The stars were out that night, young and old, every one of equal importance. Some had seen one another the day before. For many it had been decades. Jim Carrey, Hilary Swank, Sidney Poitier, James Cobum, Kirsten Dunst, Nicolas Cage, Jessica Lange, Tom Cruise, and Penelope Cruz all contributed to the dazzling wattage. Liam Neeson told how Jodie Foster had turned him on to his great passion—fly-fishing—while they were filming Nell in North Carolina. Annie Leibovitz hadn't seen Demi Moore—whom she photographed nude and pregnant for V.F.'s August 1991 cover—since having her own baby, so Demi demanded to see pictures of little Sarah. It was an occasion for meeting idols and basking in the overwhelming talent gathered in one place.

KRISTA SMITH