Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage smiles as he arrives for the premiere of the film "Adaptation" Tuesday, Dec. 3, in Los Angeles. The movie, also starring Oscar winner Meryl Streep, opens Dec. 6.
Actor Chris Cooper, who plays John Laroche in the film "Adaptation," at the premiere of the film at the Mann Village Theater in the Westwood area of Los Angeles.
Actress Judy Greer, who stars in the R-rated comedy "Adaptation," arrives for the premiere Dec. 3 in Los Angeles. Greer previously starred in the "The Wedding Planner" and "What Women Want."
Actress and director Jodie Foster smiles as she arrives at the Dec. 3 premiere of the film "Adaptation."
Spike Jonze, left, director of the film "Adaptation," his wife Sofia Coppola, center, and the movie's star, Nicolas Cage, arrive at the Los Angeles premiere.
Novelist Susan Orlean arrives for the premiere of the film "Adaptation," which is based on her book titled "The Orchid Thief." The movie is about a writer struggling to get his nonfiction work published.
Film director Spike Jonze, left, and his wife Sofia Coppola arrive at the premiere.
Actress Tilda Swinton, who stars in the film "Adaptation" arrives for the premiere in Los Angeles.
Actress Cara Seymour, who stars in the film "Adaptation," arrives for the premiere.
Actor Charlton Heston, left, arranges a plate of food with his grandson, Jack Heston, 11, as actress Jayne Meadows and volunteer Kyle Harvey, right, prepare Thanksgiving dinner for hundreds of homeless men and women Nov. 27 at the Los Angeles Mission in downtown Los Angeles.
Melissa Joan Hart serves plates of food as celebrities volunteered to serve Thanksgiving meals to hundreds of homeless men and women Nov. 27 at the Los Angeles Mission in downtown Los Angeles.
Actor Michael Keaton, right, greets Robert Weiner during the New York premiere of HBO Films' "Live from Baghdad," Nov. 18. Keaton portrays Wiener, a CNN producer whose crew relayed to the world live reports of bombs hitting Baghdad on Jan. 16, 1991.
Singers JC Chasez, left, of the group N'SYNC, and Toni Braxton, center, are joined by show producer Dick Clark as the nominees for the 30th annual American Music Awards are announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov. 19. The awards show, hosted by the Osbournes, is scheduled for broadcast Jan. 13, 2003.
Paula Zahn and Harry Smith pose for photographers before attending the Twelfth Annual Press Freedom Awards Ceremony hosted by the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York Nov. 26. Zahn is the host of CNN's "American Morning with Paula Zahn." Smith is a host of "The Early Show" on CBS.
Brian May, guitarist of the rock band Queen and amateur astronomer, poses with his wife Anita Dobson outside St. Albans Cathedral, England, Nov. 19 after he was awarded an honorary doctorate of science by the University of Hertfordshire. May, 55, was an accomplished astronomy student working on his Ph.D. at Imperial College in London when his rock star career took off. He never finished the degree.
Actor Barry Pepper is pictured during an fall 2002 interview at a New York hotel. The 32-year-old Pepper had his first feature-film lead in "Knockaround Guys." He has worked steadily since his breakthrough role as the scripture-spouting sniper in the 1998 Oscar-winning movie "Saving Private Ryan."