John Cusack is going to bat for his political beliefs this week. The actor's appearing in a new, 30-second spot in which he asserts that, if Sen. John McCain were voted into the White House, he would continue President Bush's policies to an extent that would render their administrations identical.In the ad, produced by MoveOn.org, Cusack challenges viewers to distinguish between the two with a pop quiz of sorts:Cusack discussed the ad with the AP, saying, "I know my opinion doesn't matter more than anyone else's and I just make films. But I do feel you have to speak out, and that's what I'm doing."What's your stance on Cusack's political effort? Should celebs be speaking out — or stick to making movies? — Anna Dimond
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Ah What happened to our little Lizzie McGuire Former teen queen Hilary Duff is really trying to prove shes all grown up these days with her new movie War Inc with John Cusak Ready to cringe In this clip from the movie dubbed The Scorpion Dance Duff walks through gunfire as she enters a bar only to drop a deadly insect down her pants and writhe around to get the guys riled up Um how sexy Gina DiNunno
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Gong Li is for sure going to Shanghai, the Weinstein brothers' period drama, and John Cusack is in talks to join her.... Mark Ruffalo has been tapped to play a fellow U.S. Marshall opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, based on Dennis Lehane's novel about a hurricane at a nuthouse.... Nikki Reed (the vamplet from Thirteen) and Saw IV's Betsy "Avenging Angel" Russell have RSVP'd yes to Chain Letter, a slasher flick about a killer who targets kids who fail to forward a (see title). — Ben Katner
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Question: Are there any plans to bring Stephen King's latest horrorfest to the big screen? It's a haunting story that grabs you like few other recent books have, and it's believable!
Answer: Despite the generally dismal history of Stephen King's novels and their movie adaptations, there are indeed plans to make a feature film (as opposed to a TV miniseries, where King has fared a little better) from his most recent novel, Cell. It's set up at Dimension Films, the horror arm of Miramax, and Hostel (2005) writer-director (and dyed-in-the-wool horror buff ) Eli Roth is attached as director and either screenwriter or cowriter. There's no cast or start date yet; Roth is currently shooting Hostel 2 and won't start
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Samuel L. Jackson is joining John Cusack in 1408, based on the short story by Stephen King.... Sean William Scott is Gary the Tennis Coach in a comedy about a high-school janitor who trains a group of misfits.... Paul Giamatti will play Santa in Warner Bros.' Vince Vaughn-fronted comedy about the jolly one's black-sheep brother.... Brittany Snow and Kristin Cavalleri are sisters in the indie thriller Fingerprints.... Saturday Night Live's Andy Samberg will play an accident-prone, Evel Knievel-worshipping daredevil in the comedy Hot Rod.
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