Los Angeles — Actors Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart and director Sam Riley with a 1941 Hudson, similar to the one used in their new movie, "On the Road."
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Los Angeles — Actor Suraj Sharma, shown at Fox Studios, seems unfazed by events that led him from a hoped-for lunch date with his brother to stardom thanks to "Life of Pi."
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Beverly Hills — Actor Daniel Day-Lewis spent months perfecting a reedy, Middle American twang for the performance he was about to deliver in "Lincoln" as the 16th American president.
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Beverly Hills — Tommy Lee Jones, who plays a supporting role in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," is photographed in the Sunset Ballroom at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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Bevelry HIlls — Ewan McGregor finds emotional depth and "a great deal of understanding" as a distraught father in "The Impossible."
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Beverly Hills — "Anna Karenina" star Keira Knightley has backed off from taking things "far too seriously."
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Los Angeles — French actress Berenice Marlohe is the latest Bond girl, Severin, in the 23rd Bond film, "Skyfall," starring Daniel Craig.
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Westwood — Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone's latest series of documentaries, "Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States," premiered Nov. 12 on Showtime. Stone was photographed at the Showtime offices in Westwood. The series is an alternative history of the U.S. from World War II to the present.
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Beverly Hills — English actress Rachel Weisz at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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Los Angeles — In "The Impossible," actress Naomi Watts was expected to convey a range of complexly emotions, with little dialogue, in her role as a mother struggling after a tsunami splits her family.
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Los Angeles — Swedish actress Alicia Vikander photographed in Los Angeles. Vikander stars in the Danish film "A Royal Affair" opening Nov. 9, 2012, and she plays Kitty in "Anna Karenina."
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New York — Alan Arkin, photographed in Toronto, plays a little comic relief in the hostage rescue drama "Argo," starring as a movie producer.
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Los Angeles — Quvenzhane Wallis stars in the movie "Beasts of the Southern Wild," about a father and daughter who eke out a living in the Louisiana delta. Wallis is photographed at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles.
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Bethlehem, PA — Singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth performed at Lehigh University Zoellner Arts Center after a suffering a serious head injury in July 2012 on the set of "The Good Wife."
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Los Angeles — Felicity Huffman is filling time after "Desperate Housewives" with the David Mamet play "November" and a mothering website.
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Culver City — Alec Baldwin has seen his career take an unexpected turn at "30 Rock." Television was once seen as a demotion for fading movie stars; Baldwin has proved it can be a viable -- even desirable -- career choice.
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Santa Monica — With her sixth album, "The Truth About Love," Pink is offering more of her classic self: thrashing pop-rock anthems brimming with brash lyrics and confessional ballads.
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New York — Actor-activist Richard Gere stars in the new movie "Arbitrage."
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Toronto, Canada — Olga Kurylenko stars in the movie "To the Wonder."
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Toronto, Canada — Rachel McAdams stars in the new movie "To the Wonder."
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Hollywood — Members of the band No Doubt are Tony Kanal (bass), Tom Dumont (drums), Gwen Stefani (vocals) and Tom Dumont. The band's new album "Push and Shove," is due out Sept., 25th.
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West Hollywood — Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora is about to release a solo album on the hipster-indie label Dangerbird. It's a departure from arena anthems into weirder psych-pop territory, and may make Bon Jovi the new pseudo-ironic favorite of LA's cool kids.
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Los Angeles — Producers J.J. Abrams, left, and Eric Kripke, right, come together to talk about their new show called "Revolution", described as an epic post-apocalyptic adventure series for NBC.
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Carpinteria, CA — Actor-director-producer Kevin Costner photographed at his home. Costner has received an Emmy nomination for the miniseries "Hatfields & McCoys."
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Los Angeles — Emmy-nominated actress Christina Hendricks, who plays Joan Holloway on AMC's "Mad Men," is photographed in the L.A. Times studio.
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Los Angeles — Comedian Roseanne Barr, has her makeup and hair done before her roast by Comedy Central at the Palladium in Hollywood
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New York — Jason Sudeikis stars in the new movie "The Campaign."
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Dover, Delaware — Musician Jack White of the White Stripes is constantly reinventing himself.
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Los Angeles — Jesse Tyler Ferguson is an established TV presence, a comic mainstay and two-time Emmy nominee playing a gay parent on "Modern Family."
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West Hollywood — Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett, who is co-artistic director with husband Andrew Upton of the Sydney Theatre Company, is photographed at the London Hotel in West Hollywood. Blanchett is bringing the company's acclaimed production of "Uncle Vanya" to the Lincoln Center Festival in New York.
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New York — Eric McCormack embraces his crime-solving role in TNT's "Perception."
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Beverly Hills — Choosing British actor Damian Lewis as the all-American Marine POW on "Homeland" was risky.
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Culver City — "Magic Mike's" Channing Tatum, left, Matthew McConaughey agree that it takes effort to be sexy onstage -- especially when you're oiled.
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Beverly Hills — Fiona Apple is back on the road with her first album in seven years, "The Idler Wheel...," a stripped-down confessional that she can't wait to unleash onstage
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Los Angeles — Maroon 5 is PJ Morton, left, James Valentine, Adam Levine, Mickey Madden, Matt Flynn. The band likes having hits and made "Overexposed" to live up to its title.
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Hollywood — Julianna Margulies plays lawyer and betrayed wife Alicia Florrick on CBS' "The Good Wife."
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Hollywood — Michael C. Hall is the titular serial killer/forensics expert on Showtime's "Dexter."
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Hollywood — Jon Hamm is the smooth ad man Don Draper on AMC's Emmy darling "Mad Men."
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Los Angeles — Jessica Pare was unsure if her "Mad Men" character would return. But she did, and Pare made the most of it.
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New York — John Slattery has earned four Emmy nominations playing veteran ad man Roger Sterling on "Mad Men."
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New York — Kelly MacDonald, of "Boardwalk Empire" is still adjusting to the U.S.
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Hollywood — Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman's friendship is easier than their characters' on "The Killing."
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Hollywood — Aaron Paul is the meth-making Jesse Pinkman on AMC's "Breaking Bad."
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Hollywood — Supermodel Christie Brinkley makes her L.A. stage debut, reprising her Broadway turn as Roxie Hart in "Chicago: The Musical," at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
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Los Angeles — Dustin Lance Black wrote the screenplay for "What's Wrong With Virginia" as an exercise, focusing on his Mormon childhood in Texas. After the film, his directorial debut, was panned at a film festival, he retooled.
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West Hollywood — Lisa Marie Presley has a new album with T Bone Burnett, "Storm & Grace.
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Venice — Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the title role in the BBC series "Sherlock" as well as a villian in the Star Trek sequel that is currently in production.
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Santa Monica — Actor Taylor Kitsch played troubled high school football star Tim Riggins on NBC's "Friday Night Lights." Currently, he is starring in the film "Battleship."
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West Hollywood — Rocker Marilyn Manson has a new album coming titled "Born Villain."
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NEW YORK NEW YORK, — NEW YORK, NEW YORK--APRIL 9, 2012---Singer, songwriter Norah Jones has a new album "Little Broken Hearts." (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)
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Beverly Hills — Dania Ramirez stars in the movie "Premium Rush," about a bicycle messenger who is chased around New York City by a dirty cop.
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Beverly Hills — Emily Blunt stars in the new movie "The Five-Year Engagement," about an engaged couple who find themselves sidetracked on the road to marriage.
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Los Angeles — Writer-director Lorene Scafaria's new film, "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World", is a dark romantic comedy starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley.
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Beverly Hills — Ramona Gonzales, a.k.a. Nite Jewel, is one of the young female singer/producers making music that combines the sensibilities of indie rock with dance and contemporary R&B.
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Burbank — Actor Brian Austin Green, at Mo's restaurant in Burbank, is set to star in a new comedy on TBS called "Wedding Band." In it, the former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star plays a perma-bachelor and frontman for a scrappy wedding band that hopes to hit the big time.
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West Hollywood — Actress Shannen Doherty has been keeping busy with her new reality show, "Shannen Says," on WeTV and hew own production company, No Apologies.
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Santa Monica — Lena Headey gets a kick out of the contradictions she embodies as the ruthless queen Cersei Lannister in HBO's "Game of Thrones."
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Beverly Hills — James Van Der Beek, the former "Dawson's Creek" heartthrob, plays a version of himself in the new sitcom "Don't Trust the B-- in Apartment 23."
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Los Angeles — As the female-centric "Hunger Games" opens, star Jennifer Lawrence girds for fame. She plays Katniss Everdeen, who takes her sister's place in brutal life-and-death games.
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Encinitas, CA — Ravi Shankar, 91, is India's most famous classical musician in the West since his collaborations with Beatle George Harrison and violinist Yehudi Menuhin in the 1960s.
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Glendale — Actress, television host, author and entrepreneur, Susan Lucci is best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama "All My Children." She is now in the pilot for a Marc Cherry dramedy, "Devious Maids."
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Studio City — Lea Thompson hit it big in '85 with "Back to the Future," but she's busier than ever now.
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Beverly Hills — Julianne Moore prepared meticulously to play Sarah Palin in "Game Change." She's sympathetic to the stress in Palin's life.
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Beverly Hills — As veteran musician Carlos Santana prepares for a two-year gig at the House of Blues on the Strip, he's also considering a project with the L.A. Phil's Gustavo Dudamel.
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Los Angeles — Dustin Hoffman says at 74, he is fortunate to have landed a plum role in the new HBO series "Luck."
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Los Angeles — Mexican actor Demian Bichir, who was nominated for a lead actor Oscar for his role as a Mexican day laborer in the film "A Better Life," has dedicated his nomination to the millions of undocumented immigrants in the nation.
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Beverly Hills — Actress Michelle Williams is nominated for an Oscar for depicting Marilyn Monroe in "My Week With Marilyn."
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Beverly Hills — Actor Daniel Radcliffe, star of the "Harry Potter" film franchise and Broadway, stars in "The Woman in Black."
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Malibu — Actor Nick Nolte is nominated for a supporting actor Oscar for his role in "Warrior."
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Pasadena, CA — Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth and his dog Russell at their Pasadena home. Roth joins his former bandmates on tour this month.
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Beverly Hills — Kate Beckinsale stars in the movie "Underworld Awakening."
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West Hollywood — Glenn Close at Palihouse on Nov. 11, 2011.
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West Hollywood — Michael Shannon at the Andaz Hotel on Nov. 11, 2011. He stars in "Take Shelter."
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Hollywood — Actor Armie Hammer at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
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Beverly Hills — Actor Max von Sydow at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Dec. 19, 2011.
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Santa Monica — Academy Award-winning actress Tilda Swinton, right, and Scottish director Lynne Ramsay worked together on "We Need to Talk About Kevin." They were photographed on Nov. 10, 2011.
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Los Angeles — Anthony Gonzales, the French electronica producer who performs as M83, in his home studio on Jan. 9.
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New York — With 20 years of screen credits behind him, Jake Gyllenhaal is a 31-year-old actor with a résumé that defies expectations.
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