Fun Shoots

Vanity Fair did a tribute spread

of the films of Alfred Hitchcock

Part 2

Tang Wei, Josh Brolin, Casey Affleck, Eva Marie Saint,

Ben Foster, Omar Metwally, and Julie Christie

try to survive in "Lifeboat"

Renee Zellweger channels Kim Novak in "Vertigo"

Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem play

Grace Kelly and James Stewart in "Rear Window"

Keira Knightley and Jennifer Jason Leigh look great

as Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson in "Rebecca"

Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey, Jr. are

Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in "To Catch a Thief"

Performance of the Day

Actor: BEN FOSTER

Film: "Pandorum"

Character: Bower

Year: 2009

I've liked Ben Foster since he played 'Tucker James' in the show "Flash Forward" in the mid 90s. He has since made his mark playing everything from deranged to heroic characters. In "Pandorum", Foster plays Corporal Bower, who is stuck on a space ship and can't remember why. The film is suspenseful and Foster is certainly the standout.

Brit of the Week

Jason Statham (Sept 12, 1967) hails from Derbyshire, England, the son of a homemaker and lounge singer. He moved to Norfolk, where he met his lifelong friend former footballer and actor Vinnie Jones. When he was young he pursued diving and was a member of Britain's National Diving Squad for 12 years. He soon began modeling and was later introduced to Guy Ritchie, who was casting for "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels". Statham's career was on a roll when he landed parts in "Snatch", "Ghosts of Mars", and "The One", but it was his decision to take the lead role in "The Transporter", that catapulted him into mainstream movie stardom. Up next: "The Mechanic (with Ben Foster) and "The Killer Elite" (with Clive Owen and Robert De Niro).

Did You Know...

... James Franco, Busy Philipps, Linda Cardellini, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, and Jason Segel all got their start on the short-lived 1999 NBC series, "Freaks and Geeks".

Also Lizzy Caplan, Ben Foster, Rashida Jones, Mike White, Alan Covert, Kevin Corrigan, Jason Schwartzman, Joanna Garcia, Shia LeBeouf, Leslie Mann, David Krumholtz, Samaire Armstrong, and Ben Stiller all had bit parts on various episodes.