Word: actorly
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...Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Hugh Jackman, who made a surprise appearance to promote next year's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He understands what Keanu Reeves, Benicio del Toro and other actors who ascended the stage of the San Diego Convention Center's cavernous Hall H do not: Comic-Con is itself a performance. Jackman leaped off the stage, ran across the floor to shake the hand of Wolverine's creator and thanked the crowd of 6,500, saying, "Without you guys, I wouldn't have a career." That's the special blend of humility...
...Most Popular Costume: The Joker. If Oscar ballots were tallied in San Diego, Heath Ledger's posthumous Best Actor statuette would be a lock. Guys with red lipstick-smeared smiles and purple dinner jackets were as plentiful at Comic-Con this year as those perennials, the Storm Troopers. A few Jokers said their costumes were an homage to Ledger; one confessed it's just more breathable than a Batsuit...
Most of the cast said they read the graphic novel and treated it like a Bible on set. "The artwork is so informative as an actor," said Wilson. "You see [the character's] smile, see that he's fighting for it." Haley said he has relied on the novel's opinionated fans to help shape his performance. "I spent a lot of time with you guys, looking at your threads, looking at your blogs," he said. "I learned a lot from you about who Rorschach is." Crudup, whose Doctor Manhattan gained his powers after being locked inside a test chamber...
...profits: his company sold $9 million in 2007 and matched that figure in just the first seven months of this year. The prestige of wearing Caballero-secured clothing has grown too, drawing high-profile clients like King Abdullah of Jordan, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and actor Stephen Segal. But be warned: in this élite circle of the secure and stylish, there is a hidden cost. In the unfortunate event of stains--blood or otherwise--the garments are dry-clean only...
...Smith run things. I think it says that John is ready to try something different.'' The two men are an odd couple by any standard. While they share a passionate vision of the superhighway, their personalities and backgrounds are a study in contrasts. Smith, an amateur actor and the divorced father of four, has played supporting roles in Pittsburgh productions of such dramas as A Doll's House and Death of a Salesman. He is also a writer who saw his play, The Fetal Pig, a comedy about a mid-life crisis, staged in Philadelphia in 1987. ''I like...