This joint is smokin’

SHOWTIME premiered quirky comedies “Californication” and “Weeds” at the Cinerama Dome on Aug. 1. Mary-Kate Olsen walked the red carpet alongside her “Weeds” cast mate 2. Mary-Louise Parker, while Mary Jane made an appearance at the Garden of Eden-style after-party at Boulevard 3. Joints hung from the ceiling and bikini-clad models blew bubbles, as guests including 1. David Duchovny and his “Californication” costar Natasha McElhone, took it all in.

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Jenny Sundel

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You can tell they have powers

3. Rosario Dawson, who has her own comic-book series, gives her best grimace at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego on July 28, while Spider-Man’s archrival, 4. Alfred Molina, right, takes onetime Batman and Robin Michael Keaton, left, and Chris O’Donnell to the dark side at the TNT premiere of “The Company” on July 16. “Superman Returns’.” 5. Brandon Routh left his tights at home, but he donned his character’s trademark blue during the LA Stars all-star charity weekend game at USC on last Sunday.

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Smiles are part of a scene’s makeup

Without twin Mary-Kate, 6. Ashley Olsen, right, bonded with her stylist Estee Stanley at the LORAC/Miss Davenporte party at the Chateau Marmont on Aug. 2. But Stanley and her partner Cristina Ehrlich surely got the last laugh. The enterprising duo, who keep Penélope Cruz and Jessica Biel on the best-dressed list, now want to help pretty regular peeps. They designed a beaded makeup palette for LORAC titled Showstopper, already a hit with clients Alyson Hannigan and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who partied in the penthouse.

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Watch ‘em shake, rattle and roll

Fans got a jolt all right at the “Big Time With David Lynch” event, which included a screening of “Inland Empire.” But it wasn’t just from the hip-shaking performance from the 7. Valley Girls, who danced to “Locomotion” before posing with their offbeat director. As Lynch lovers waited for more than two hours to get into the Hammer Museum in Westwood on Aug. 1, they downed java from the director’s own line of coffee. All the better to stay awake for the three-hour film and Q&A.;