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For many years he was a guarantee of success, a sure draw for audiences of all ages, his name up there with the likes of Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks. Adam Sandler was the beloved star of Big Daddy and Waterboy and the Wedding Singer and many more.

It doesn’t matter that funny man Ed Helms is looking suave in a Gant Jacket and John Varvatos shoes – people are going to laugh at him anyway. Despite credits that include The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, NBC’s The Office, and The Hangover trilogy, the native from Atlanta, Georgia was a little nervous about taking on Vacation, the latest installment in a slew of films that began with National Lampoon’s Vacation, back in 1983.

We’ll have to wait some weeks to check out The Man from U. N.

Jeremy Piven is in London, on set of the final season of the ITV series Mr. Selfridge, looking sharp and relaxed in a J.

We live in times when box office winners are supposed to be big, strong and larger than life. But a week after the small yellow gibberish-spouting creatures of Minions dominated charts in the U.

Written by Graham Greene (possibly inspired by the adventures of his friend and double British agent Kim Philby) and directed by Carol Reed, The Third Man (1949) was a collaboration of two legendary producers: Alexander Korda and David O. Selznick.

Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s The Kindergaten Teacher won the International New Talent Award at the 17th Taipei Film Festival. The HFPA's Barbara Gasser met with the emerging director at the festival to discuss cinema, poetry and the power of recognition.

Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies have made their mark on television history. Josh brought James “Sawyer” Ford to life on the hit science fiction series Lost (2004-10).

For a 128-year-old character, Sherlock Holmes is doing very well. As we anticipate Benedict Cumberbatch’s turn as the Victorian version of the famous detective in his series’ Christmas Special, and enjoy Sir Ian McKellen’s turn in Bill Condon’s Mr.

Recently, when we see Jake Gyllenhaal on the screen, he is barely recognizable, disappearing deep in character, changing his physique. In Nightcrawler he became an emaciated line drawing of himself, all long lines and scary eyes.