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Paul Giamatti tends to play moody defeatists and rageful misanthropes. Which is just the way he likes it Paul Giamatti, star of Cold Souls.

How laid back can an actor be? Consider what John Cusack endures in the upcoming movie 2012.

TWO years ago, John Cusack gave an interview to a British newspaper where he claimed he had made only ten good films.

Sreenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who spun American cinema on its head with striking scripts for "Being John Malkovich" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," goes for fiendishly obsessional, intellectual acrobatics in his directorial debut.

John Cusack would run up a massive debt if he knew the world was to end. The 43-year-old actor - who stars in the new film '2012' where he plays the hero in a world which is ending - believes the apocalypse would draw people closer together, but he would be more interested in going on a massive shopping spree.

FIVE years ago, John Cusack was a movie geek. In Sixteen Candles , he was so geeky he wasn't even the lead geek - he was trailing around behind Anthony Michael Hall.

The thinking director's actor ... Keener hit her peak at 46. Photo: Reuters Once told she wasn't sexy enough, Catherine Keener has played the Hollywood game - and won - by sticking to her own rules.

For us Brits, the year 2012 means the Olympics, but for the ancient Mayans it signalled the end of the world.

Renowned Cinematographer Lance Acord Set for Keynote Conversation during Los Angeles HD EXPO - Createasphere DMN Newswire--2009-10-27--Acclaimed American cinematographer Lance Acord will share insights and experiences in an up-close Conversation with American Cinematographer Magazine's Associate Editor Jon Witmer during HD EXPO - Createasphere on ...

Actor John Cusack made his name in edgy, offbeat films and is known for his outspoken political views.

Spike Jonze's film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, Where the Wild Things Are , has been the buzz of critics and filmgoers alike since its opening last weekend.

Catherine O'Hara arrives at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter held at the Sunset Tower on February 22, 2009 in West Hollywood, California.

Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman wonders if there's a place for his smart, smaller movies as the marketplace loses the distributors who made those movies their business.

The Spike Jonze film 'Where the Wild Things Are' hit theaters today, and boy are we excited.

Spike Jonze's brain-twisting Being John Malkovich and Adaptation made him an unlikely choice to direct this weekend's Where the Wild Things Are, based on Maurice Sendak's children's book.

At one point in time, Spike Jonze was a BMXer. He's now since moved on to a bigger and brighter future as a producer and director in the film and television industry; most recently as a director and writer for the newly released film Where The Wild Things Are .

After a long and troubled production, Warner Bros.' Where the Wild Things Are found its supper waiting, and it was hot to the tune of $32.5 million, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.

Artist: Emmerich, Roland There's destruction aplenty - as usual - in director Roland Emmerich's 2012.

Preston Sturges For pioneering the writer/director, and always pushing the comedy envelope.

In Section: Movies >> Posted By: Jason Gargano Spike Jonze is a curious case. Born into the Spiegel mail-order catalog fortune , the teenage Jonze found solace in the skateboard/BMX bike culture of the 1980s.