At the "Star Trek" premiere on Thursday night, Hollywood beauties -- including Hayden Panettiere, Heidi Klum, Nicolette Sheridan, Sophia Bush and Leighton Meester -- proudly unleashed their inner nerd with “Live Long and Prosper” hand salutes. Fellow Trekkies flocked to the ginormous metal Starfleet logo outside Grauman’s Chinese to watch stars appear on the black carpet.

Here’s one sign that things could be looking up in Hollywood: the return of the gift bag. On Saturday, Evan Handler scored loot at the Saucony & Stride Rite Baby Lounge at the Century Plaza Hotel, including kicks for his kid. And at the same spot the night before, Jeremy Piven, Amanda Bynes, Jewel and Dustin Hoffman walked away with $1,000 worth of goods at the Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis’ “Rock to Erase MS” affair.

These days, thanks to the recession, you’re lucky to get a pig in a blanket or a mini grilled cheese at a Hollywood event. So the sight of an over-the-top buffet stunned -- and delighted -- attendees at the after-party for “Terminator: Salvation” on Thursday night. 

The surefire way to tell that summer has arrived in Hollywood: sponsored beach houses along the Malibu coastline (and the pesky, inevitable noise complaints that inevitably follow). On Sunday, Nivea hosted celebs at a seaside spot overlooking Point Dume with a good ol'-fashioned Memorial Day BBQ and Shay Todd bikini bash. Surely it was the latter that brought out Zach Braff, who recorded the day with his camera, and Jeremy Piven, who rocked out to Randy Coleman’s acoustic set.