Actress Reese Witherspoon arrives at the 2005 New York Film Critics Circle's 71st Annual Awards Dinner, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2005 in New York. She won best actress honors for her performance as June Carter in the movie "Walk the Line." The group's annual awards are considered a bellwether of the Oscar nominations.
Best actress winner Reese Witherspoon shows off her dress as she arrives at the 2005 New York Film Critics Circle's 71st Annual Awards Dinner, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2005 in New York.
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman arrives to pick up his best actor award for "Capote" at the 2005 New York Film Critics Circle's 71st Annual Awards Dinner on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2005 in New York. The movie also was the group's choice as best picture of the year.
A Venice 'Shark Tale'
Angelina Jolie cradles her son Maddox as they join her latest co-star, Robert De Niro, at a screening of the animated movie "Shark Tale" at the Venice Film Festival in Venice's St. Mark's Square, Friday, Sept. 10, 2004. DeNiro and Jolie were headed for the Dominican Republic to begin shooting scenes for De Niro's latest work, "The Good Shepherd."
Actress Maria Bello arrives at the 2005 New York Film Critics Circle's 71st Annual Awards Dinner on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2005 in New York. The group is comprised of critics from daily and weekly newspapers and magazines based in New York. Its awards choices are considered a precursor of the Oscars.
Live In Las Vegas
Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel shares the stage with comedienne Ellen DeGeneres on Friday, Jan. 6, 2006 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Yahoo Inc. is expanding its presence beyond the PC, moving onto Web-enabled cell phones and other mobile devices.
Adding to the evidence that all of Hollywood spent last week in Vegas, actor Robin Williams performs at the Google keynote address Friday, Jan. 6, 2006 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Looking like he'd rather be back in Hollywood, actor-comedian Robin Williams takes a cell phone photo as he performs during Google CEO Larry Page's keynote address Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Actor Tom Cruise, left, joins Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel during the Yahoo! presentation Friday, Jan. 6, 2006 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Yahoo! is expanding its presence beyond the PC, moving onto Web-enabled cell phones and other mobile devices.
Actor Tom Cruise waves to the audience after showing a video clip of his upcoming "Mission Impossible 3" film, while Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel, right, was delivering a keynote address Friday, Jan. 6, 2006 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Leisure In New York
Actor Viggo Mortensen, right, joins actor Philip Seymour Hoffman at the 5th annual New York Times Arts and Leisure Weekend in New York, Friday, Jan 6, 2006. More than 1,500 cultural institutions participate in the celebration of art and culture.
Academy Award winning actor Robert Redford poses for photographers at the 5th annual New York Times Arts and Leisure Weekend in New York, Friday, Jan 6, 2006. The event is a celebration of art and culture.
What a threesome! Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, center, gestures as actor Robert Redford, left, and opera singer Deborah Voigt look on, at the 5th annual New York Times Arts and Leisure Weekend on Friday, Jan 6, 2006, in New York.
And Viggo makes four! From left, actors Viggo Mortensen, Robert Redford and Philip Seymour Hoffman join opera singer Deborah Voigt in a pose for photographers at the 5th annual New York Times Arts and Leisure Weekend, Friday, Jan 6, 2006, in New York.
Activists
Venezuela's ambassador to the U.S., Bernardo Alvarez, listens to American actor Danny Glover speak in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 6, 2006. The two toured a state-funded cooperative where the poor receive free health care. Many there work in textile and shoe-making shops.
Ay Ay, Captain Howard
George Takei, who played Sulu on the television show and movie series "Star Trek," made his debut as Howard Stern's announcer during Stern's first show on Sirius Satellite Radio in New York, Monday Jan. 9, 2006.
Singer and activist Harry Belafonte speaks as Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez looks on during Chavez's weekly broadcast in El Consejo, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. Belafonte called U.S. President George W. Bush a "terrorist" while warmly praising Chavez and criticizing a U.S. press that he said has ignored the achievements of Venezuela's socialist programs under Chavez.
'Desperate' Eva
"Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria hugs Chrysler Group President and CEO Tom LaSorda during a skit for the Imperial concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006.
Actor Sean Penn, listens to speakers at a Sacramento Town Hall Forum held by The Sacramento Coalition to End the War to discuss the war in Iraq on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, in Sacramento, Calif. Penn spoke out against the war in Iraq.