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Films from Canadian directors Jason Reitman and James Cameron were among those leading the Golden Globe contenders Tuesday, with Reitman's recession-era tale "Up in the Air" and Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar" both racking up nods in key categories.

Jason Reitman directs George Clooney as a business executive with a whack of frequent flyer miles who finds himself unexpectedly grounded.

George Clooney stars in Jason Reitman's latest film, "Up in the Air." Writer/director Jason Reitman sat alone in a nondescript conference room at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine waiting for his next interview.

The Palm Springs International Film Festival has beefed up the presence of two year-end movies at its opening gala.

The main thing, director Jason Reitman insists, is to publicize his new film "Up in the Air." If, in the process, he's required to travel to some of the world's most exciting cities, well, one of the fringe benefits is accumulating all those frequent-flier miles.

Jason Reitman was just someone's kid when he made Thank You for Smoking . The movie received good reviews, but the son of Ivan Reitman - the man who made Hollywood studios millions with films like Ghostbusters and Stripes - would still have to prove himself with his next movie.

"Up in the Air" seems cleared for a smooth takeoff. Funny and moving, the film is being praised for its timeliness.

There is something oddly familiar about Jason Reitman 's Up In the Air , in which George Clooney plays a commitment-phobic business traveler with no use for meaningful human interaction.

" Thank You For Smoking is a 1994 novel by Christopher Buckley, son of National Review founder, novelist, and Firing Line host William F. Buckley, Jr.

Director Jason Reitman is just 32. But he doesn't mind if you call him a throwback.

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It's no secret that director Jason Reitman comes from an established Hollywood pedigree, and while his father, Ivan Reitman , is remembered most for his iconic 80s comedies, Jason is well on his way to making a similar name for himself with his edgy comedies of the aughts.

Stage and screen star Katie Holmes stars in the upcoming film 'The Romantics', Holmes and her fellow cast mates spoke to Entertainment Tonight about filming the motion picture.

Release Date: December 4, 2009 ; December 25, 2009 Rating: R Run Time: 109 min. Genre: Comedy/Drama Director: Jason Reitman Actors: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, J.K. Simmons, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, Sam Elliott, Danny McBride, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Lowell, Steve Eastin Since oh-so-many movies sit on the ...

Apart from being the son of Hollywood mega-producer Ivan Reitman , Jason Reitman has come into his own limelight as a director with his own zeal for high-chatter satire.

"Up in the Air" makes it look easy. Not just in its casual and apparently effortless excellence, but in its ability to blend entertainment and insight, comedy and poignancy, even drama and reality, things that are difficult by themselves but a whole lot harder in combination.

This generation finally has its director. Thirty-two-year-old Jason Reitman is the voice of the zeitgeist.

In this case, most women probably would've worked for perks alone. But that didn't mean Jason Reitman could find an actress qualified to seduce George Clooney in his bittersweet comedy Up in the Air.

Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. If anyone ever bothered to tally such things, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if UP IN THE AIR writer and director Jason Reitman was the most interviewed director of the year.

Airports, with their endless corridors, encourage a kind of tunnel vision. In Jason Reitman's new film "Up in the Air," Ryan Bingham is focused on moving forward, ignoring what we can see around him.