LOS ANGELES (AP) - Snow White, Dorothy Gale, the HAL 9000 computer, Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp and Marlon Brando's Godfather share top billing

Throughout cinematic history, there has been a plethora of actors that, for some reason or another, never become a household name.

Memorial Day commemorates members of the armed forces who died in war or any military action.

Hey, isn’t that...? You know, that guy. The guy that always plays someone in the military. He was in, uh, Syriana, The Kingdom... Oh yeah! He was the father of the emo kid in American Beauty!

Tom Hanks is a rare movie star in that he is a top leading man without topping anyone's most beautiful list. Rather he established, and maintained, his stardom by fusing a "boy next door" image with undeniable talent.

Actor Tom Sizemore is set to clean up his act by playing a metrosexual caterer in his first romantic comedy action film. The tough guy star of films like Black Hawk Down and Saving Private Ryan signed up as the male lead in former fighting champion Mimi Lesseos' new film Double Duty in an effort to revitalize his acting career after a stint behind bars.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Most of the action on the Oscar stage is choreographed and rehearsed. Backstage is another story.

Tom Hanks is hoping to hear his name when the Oscar nominations are announced later this month - because he is desperate for another Academy Award.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - Tom Sizemore says he's done with drugs. ''I'm not trading my whole life for some powder,'' the 45-year-old actor told The Bakersfield Californian in a jailhouse interview published Friday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rob Reiner has endorsed New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.