Stars Look Sharp For 'Scissors'

Actress Annette Bening arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Of her character, the monstrous mother, Deirdre, Bening said: "I think there is a lot of sadness in her, and she makes terrible mistakes. And I think getting the chance to try to understand and really empathize with somebody like that ... is actually a fascinating thing."

Actress Jill Clayburgh arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Two-time Oscar nominee Clayburgh ("An Unmarried Woman") marks her first high-profiled, major-studio film appearance since 1997's "Fools Rush In," playing a psychiatrist's mousy, dog-food-eating wife.

Augusten Burroughs arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The film is based on Burroughs' best-selling 2003 memoir. It tracks the author's troubled young life in the 1970s, with a chilly, alcoholic father and a deluded, drug-addicted mother who eventually granted custody of her son to an eccentric psychiatrist.

Annette Bening and Joseph Cross pose at the party after the premiere of "Running with Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006. The premiere marked the second time in two nights that Cross walked the red carpet leading into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Cross has a small role in Clint Eastwood's World War II epic "Flags of Our Fathers," and he's in virtually every scene of "Running With Scissors."

Annette Bening and Warren Beatty pose with actor Jack Kaeding at the party after the premiere of "Running with Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Jack plays Bening's son (as a young boy) in the film.

Dennis Haysbert, star of the CBS drama series "The Unit," and Kristin Chenoweth, who plays Fern in "Running with Scissors," have a chat at the party after the film's world premiere Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Actor Jack Kaeding, who plays Augusten Burroughs as a 6-year-old, arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Annette Bening and Warren Beatty arrive at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Evan Rachel Wood, who plays Natalie in the movie, arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Here is another look at Evan Rachel Wood at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Actress Kristin Chenoweth arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Actor Joseph Cross, writer/director Ryan Murphy, actress Annette Bening and writer Augusten Burroughs arrive at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Actor Joseph Fiennes, who plays Neil Bookman in the film, arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Oct. 10, 2006.

Actresses Kristin Chenoweth and Gabrielle Union arrive at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Actress Gabrielle Union arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The film also stars Alec Baldwin, Gwyneth Paltrow and Brian Cox.

"Desperate Housewives" star Nicollette Sheridan arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Actor Tom Bosley, who played the dad (Howard Cunningham) in the '80s TV series "Happy Days," arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Bosley turned 79 on Oct. 1.

Bruce Boxleitner and Melissa Gilbert arrive at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Gilbert served as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 2001 to 2005.

Actress JoBeth Williams arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Actress Jacqueline Bisset arrives at the world premiere of "Running With Scissors" Oct. 10, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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