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Glenn Close commits to wellness

The Emmy Award-winning star of FX's hit series Damage talks about her commitment to staying well. More

Katee Sackhoff: "Nothing scares me"

She has battled Cylons and beaten cancer. Now, she prepares to save the world on "24." Click Here »

Comedy legend Betty White scores a Life Achievement Award.

Betty White has been stealing scenes and making audiences laugh for more than 60 years, but she got her start at the most common of places: the family dinner table. Click Here »

Denzel Washington learns the meaning of life (and his name).

"People need an escape," America's most popular actor tells us as he uses his gifts to give fans hope. Click Here »

The Rock goes soft for kids

The action star brushes up his broad appeal in Tooth Fairy. Plus, check out a video clip from the movie. Click Here »

Penelope Cruz

Penelope Cruz is helping herself to a small buffet of sodas and snacks. Her long, slightly disheveled hair tumbles at least 6 inches past her shoulders. Click Here »

What's it like to be Sarah Jessica Parker? These days, it's less "Manolo," more "Mommy."

Sarah Jessica Parker, actress, style icon, tabloid queen and symbol of the contemporary city woman, is on a mission: She needs peas. Her son, James Wilkie, 7, only likes how Mama makes them. Click Here »

From "Chuck" to "Chipmunks"

Worry? Nervous? Those aren't really words in Zachary Levi's vocabulary. This is the man who coolly aced an audition for the movie Alvin and the "Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" on a lunch break from his day job, starring as the geektastic title super-spy on the NBC action comedy "Chuck." Click Here »

Clooney's new co-star

Anna Kendrick's trips between film festivals and movie sets have included lots of jet lag, frequent flier miles (when she actually remembers to register for them) and travel snafus. Click Here »

Elizabeth Mitchell: Sci-Fi mom

On TV, Elizabeth Mitchell's characters have been hardened, introverted and sometimes down-right mean. But a quick chat re-veals Mitchell's sweet, jovial demeanor. Click Here »

Heeere's George!

After conquering stand-up, prime-time TV and even a kidney transplant in 2005, George Lopez takes on late night with his new gabfest, "Lopez Tonight," airing Mondays through Thursdays on TBS (11 p.m. ET/PT). Click Here »

More CMAs for country's hot trio?

The list of country stars who have been named the best new artist at the Country Music Association Awards reads like a Who's Who of Nashville: Garth Brooks, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift are among them. Click Here »

The passion of Caviezel

While many of the other attendees at July's Comic-Con International in San Diego were decked out in "Star Wars" or superhero costumes, Jim Caviezel was wearing a military jacket made for him by a friend in the Navy SEALs. Click Here »

There's a new princess in town

To say that actress Anika Noni Rose is excited about playing Disney's first black princess would be quite the understatement. For her, it's simply the role of a lifetime. "It's just so magnificent," Rose says, tears welling in her warm brown eyes. Click Here »

On the phone with... TV's top nerd

He plays a geeky physicist on TV, but even "The Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons had to wonder what alternate universe he stepped into when he rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange this summer. His one worry? "Please don't let it be a bad stock day when Jim Parsons rang the bell!" Click Here »

Dynamite Mike

Breaking into Hollywood doesn't always come down to connections. For actor Michael Jai White, who has black belts in seven martial arts, it was combinations. Click Here »

Interview with Hilary Swank

For Swank, self-education is serious business. And, given that she left school at age 15, much of it has been on the job. She most recently learned to fly for her new role in Amelia. Click Here »

Grammy award winner makes a difference

Alicia Keys talks about the profound impact a trip to Africa had on her and the effect of the AIDS pandemic there. Click Here »

Meet Hollywood's new Lolita

What happens when you cross Audrey Hepburn with Lolita? You get Carey Mulligan in the movie "An Education," the new millennium's answer to that cross section of pixie beauty and lost innocence -- a charismatic combo that already has film critics talking Oscar. Click Here »

Gerard Butler heats up the summer

Nobody can question whether Gerard Butler is a true action hero on the big screen. In real life, though, he may have some work to do. Just ask Jennifer Aniston. Click Here »

Confessions of a Rising Star: Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper may be many things, including star of the summer blockbuster "The Hangover," and Sandra Bullock's co-star in the upcoming romantic comedy "All About Steve." Click Here »

It's an amazing, phenomenal, freakin' insane life

"You have to see this picture," Leslie Mann says with a smirk as she taps at her BlackBerry. The shot that pops up shows the actress, best known for comedies such as "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up," looking model-gorgeous at an awards show earlier this year. Click Here »

She's on top again

It's lunchtime in East Harlem with Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton. Actress Rachel McAdams, on a break from shooting a movie with her elder co-stars, is trying to refocus her attention amid a crush of cast and crew members squeezed into a church basement doubling as a cafeteria. Click Here »

"I don't want to trade who I am now."

Quaid and Channing Tatum, left, in the G.I. Joe movie Click Here »

Denis Leary's "secret wish"

Denis Leary skewers much about celebrity in his book "Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid," but he doesn't touch stars who voice animated characters. Click Here »

Jada sets the record straight

A winding road leads through a lush green canyon, past security guards with walkie-talkies, and up to Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's private compound in the hills of Malibu, Calif. It's an image of perfection: the kind of place reserved for higher beings removed from the turmoil of everyday living. Click Here »

Favorite country music videos of the stars

Jamey Johnson,

Many discover their favorite country stars through the power of music videos, as striking images propel words and music to new levels. Click Here »

The lighter (and darker) side of Evan Rachel Wood

Suddenly, she's everywhere. This week, Evan Rachel Wood shows off her lighter side in the new Woody Allen comedy "Whatever Works." (Says "Variety": "Wood handles ... her improbably Daisy Mae-ish character with surprising finesse." Click Here »

The making of a supervillain

Read our interview with Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci at USA WEEKEND's Who's News Blog. Cover photograph by Chris Colls

This month, Eric Bana ("Hulk," "Munich") boldly goes where no Aussie actor has gone before. With pointy ears, a shaved head and a tattooed face, he rocks the planet Romulus as intergalactic baddie Nero in Star Trek. Director J.J. Click Here »

Having a ball

On a soundstage in L.A., Nick Jonas, 16, pitches Wiffle balls into a net that is yards from the set where he and his brothers have just filmed a scene for their new TV series, "JONAS." Click Here »

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