Rosario Dawson for “Rent”
Rosario Dawson, full of energy and speaking with consistent rapidity, admits it was her family that gave her the 'chutzpah' to step into some...
Oliver Platt for “The Ice Harvest”
Oliver Platt knows how to play a drunk and loser with more effortless harm than any actor working in Hollywood. But he is as...
Sarah Silverman for “Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic”
Sarah Silverman sits outside the patio of Toronto's Intercontinental Hotel, the proverbial queen bee, holding court while at the Festival promoting her wildly irreverent...
Mark Wheaton for “The Messengers”
He was one of our fellow journos, a friend and a long time member of LA's online junket group. But Mark Wheaton had bigger...
Joaquin Phoenix for “Walk the Line”
One can tell that the last thing Joaquin Phoenix wants to do is talk to the press. Not one to suffer fools gladly, the...
Zach Braff for “Chicken Little”
Zach Braff may be on an acclaimed TV sitcom and critically lauded movie director, but even stars still audition if it is just for...
Peter Sarsgaard for “Jarhead”
It's quite the year for Peter Sarsgaard, as he continues to define himself in both the Indie and mainstream worlds of Hollywood. Also starring...
Jamie Foxx for “Jarhead”
Jamie Foxx may be an Oscar winner but the actor still knows how to play the crowd. As he meets the media promoting his...
Jim Sheridan for “Get Rich or Die Tryin'”
Irish director Jim Sheridan, who won plaudits for his lyrical tale of Irish immigration on his In America, has made a film that is...
Jake Gyllenhaal for “Jarhead”
It's quite the understatement that this is the year for Jake Gyllenhaal. Playing an idealistic and bored marine in the true story of Jarhead,...
Antonio Banderas for “The Legend of Zorro”
Banderas is back and he's having a wow of a time as the classic Zorro character in the long awaited Martin Campbell-directed sequel. About...
Donnie Wahlberg for “Saw II”
Donnie Wahlberg was exhausted at the end of a day doing interviews to promote his starring turn in Saw II. "I'd rather be out...
Leigh Whannell for “Saw II”
Aussie actor and screenwriter Leigh Whannell is back, to a point, in Saw II, the sequel to last year's mega hit. Whannell is the...
Iain Softley for “K-Pax”
British director Iain Softley is nothing if not diverse, from the likes of Backbeat to his acclaimed Wings of the Dover, Softley believes in...
Jon Favreau for “Zathura”
Jon Favreau has gone from Swingers to mainstream Hollywood with, it seems, effortless ease. An actor whose solid everyman quality has endeared him to...
Patricia Clarkson for “The Dying Gaul”
Few Hollywood actors have been as successful yet have managed to avoid the glare of the spotlight as the diverse Patricia Clarkson. The New...
Mike Newell for “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
Mike Newell has come a long way since his Four Weddings and a Funeral. A film director of sure hand and considerable range, Mike...
Michelle Monaghan for “Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang”
She's Hollywood's brightest and most alluring new stars, now starring in the darkly funny film noir thriller Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang, Bang. Michelle Monaghan...
Ralph Fiennes for “The White Countess”
Ralph Fiennes sits back in his Beverly Hills hotel room, a half smile creeping on a face that tends to reveal little. That is...
Catherine Zeta-Jones for “The Legend of Zorro”
Catherine Zeta-Jones enters a room and one is fully aware one is in the presence of that rare Hollywood being: a bona fide movie...
Jeff Daniels for “The Squid and the Whale”
Jeff Daniels continues his career as one of Hollywood's most respected actors, playing an unsympathetic, cynical father and recent ex-husband to Laura Linney in...
Jacinda Barrett for “Poseidon” (On-Set)
Born in Melbourne, Aussie actress Jacinda Barrett first got noticed in the 1995 season of MTV's "The Real World". Since then she has...
Keanu Reeves for “Thumbsucker”
One had the distinct impression that Keanu Reeves would rather be anywhere than talking to the press following the Toronto Film Festival screening of...
Nick Park for “Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit”
Nick Park hasn't much. The film maker from England's north who has won Oscars for his Wallace and Gromit shorts, is quietly unassuming, which...
Brenda Blethyn for “Pride and Prejudice”
Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn may well score another nomination as the matriarch of the Bennet family in the new screen version of Jane Austen's...
The Rock for “Doom”
Give The Rock credit. He gave us Doom-dorks over 40 minutes of his time, this after a long day shooting and a 6:00am trip...
Keira Knightley for “Domino”
Keira Knightley has a lot going on in her professional life these days. What with promoting not one but two new movies, and shooting...
Billy Bob Thornton for “Friday Night Lights”
Billy Bob Thornton looks relaxed and in good humor when he met the press to promote the new football drama Friday Night Lights. Some...
Niki Caro for “North Country”
Niki Caro seemed to have come from nowhere when her Whale Rider won standing ovations at the Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals. Taking her...
Nick Cave for “The Proposition”
Sipping a cup of tea in a Toronto hotel room, publicity shy Nick Cave, songwriter, musician, some time actor , icon and now screenwriter,...