Your intrepid Wrap editor hunted around on the convention floor at ShoWest 2010 in Las Vegas to see if there's any chance in hell the exhibitors will give up their 1000% profit ratio in selling popcorn in favor of healthier, fresh food. Obesity, people!

Michael Lynton, the co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, boldly suggested this path on Monday. Problem is, he's not in control of the concessions stand.

Here's what people had to say: 

It was another day of standing ovations at ShoWest screenings Wednesday, with the Paris Hotel's Les Theatre des Arts once again packed full for showings of Sony's "The Karate Kid" and Lionsgate's "Kick Ass."

But while screenings of these much-anticipated films did nothing to slow the sizable momentum the projects had coming into ShoWest, a number of registered delegates to the conference weren't at all happy about having to share the huge, yet fully subcribed theater with members of the general Las Vegas public, many of whom were let in by ShoWest officials ahead of paid registrants for "Kick Ass."

"We're paying over $1,200 for this conference," said one East Coast theater booker to TheWrap. "There's two of us, so you factor in $1,000 for a room and $1,200 for air fare, and you're talking about $5,000 to come here and get...

It's not Cannes or Sundance, but Disney and Summit both generated some pretty nice pre-release buzz at ShoWest in Las Vegas Monday.

Presenting the upcoming "Toy Story 3" in its non-native 2D format, Disney packed two giant theaters at morning screenings at the Paris and Bellagio hotels, with one exiting theater-chain operative noting, "This wasn't the best animated movie of the year, it was the best movie."

Later, Summit's Amanda Seyfried romantic comedy-drama "Letters to Juliet" drew a standing ovation, with an executive for Northern California-based Prime Cinemas enthusiastically noting, "This is going to single-handedly revive the romantic comedy genre."

Besides engaging in movie criticism, the threat of shrinking theatrical release windows -- as it usually is at ShoWest -- was very much on the minds of theater...

In his final major address as chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman Tuesday told exhibitors at ShoWest, "I got my Hollywood ending," adding, "If I could leave this community with one piece of advice, it is never forget our power to change people’s lives and, in doing so, to change the world.”

He also gave a bit of musical advice.

"One of the highlights these past six years has been joining you at ShoWest to celebrate this great American industry and the partnership between moviemakers and theater owners that’s at its heart," he told exhibitors. "I can’t help but think of the old Sinatra song:

"Love and marriage, love and...