Tom Hanks visits "The Tribe" backstage at 'Hair' on Broadway. (photo: Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic.com)

Room for a Fifth?

Yet another dream may be coming true for Barack Obama — a starring role on HBO. And even though being the subject of the new documentary 'BY THE PEOPLE: The Election of Barack Obama' is nothing to sneeze at, it seems if the President had his way he might prefer to ride shotgun with Vince and the guys. Apparently 'Entourage' was appointment television for Obama during the campaign, when he was known to be late to meetings in order to catch an episode. "I'm sure he can relate on some level to the premise of these guys coming to Hollywood to do what they want to do," noted Princeton Professor Julian Zelizer. "And he has a certain confidence about him, kind of like the lead character in the show." (photo: Eamonn McCormack/WireImage.com)

[Politico.com]

Danny McBride arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Observe And Report.' (photo: Todd Williamson/WireImage.com)

The Eyes Have It

Usually it's concern about seeing your face blown up on the unforgiving big screen that sends actresses reaching for the fancy emollients, but these days Lauren Ambrose is ducking cameras at the stage door. The actress, who is starring alongside Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon on Broadway in 'Exit the King' explains: "I'm crying for two and a half hours straight. And then you leave the stage door and people are like, 'Can we take your picture?' And I'm thinking, 'I've never looked worse.' I need a lot of eye cream." (photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

[WWD.com]

Ginnifer Goodwin hosts an evening at Privé in Las Vegas. (photo: Bruce Gifford/FilmMagic.com)

Don't Try This At Home

Aaron Grady Shaw is only 12, but he's already been pounding the pavement trying to get his big break for eight years. For the young actor, who often commutes from Baltimore to New York with his grandmother for auditions, all that work has paid off. He's now playing opposite Gabriel Byrne every Tuesday night as 'Oliver' on 'In Treatment,' but his childhood dream of being rich and famous is going through some adjustments. "Now, after 'In Treatment,' I think I still want to be famous, but I want to be a great actor, too, if I can," says Shaw. "I learned so much, and now I want to try and go all the way with this acting thing."

He's quick to point out that while the tears and emotions are his, the extra 15 pounds are not. "One thing maybe you should know is that I wear a fat suit," he told the Baltimore Sun. "That's not me — that's a fat suit." There's one other thing that the son of a pastor is quick to point out is acting: "I had to cuss at my parents, and that was the hardest, because I would never do that to my parents. Daddy would probably send me to an early grave."

[BaltimoreSun.com]

Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino attend the 'Race To Witch Mountain' film premiere in London. (photo: Jon Furniss/WireImage.com)

Element of Surprise

On a show where two actors spend almost a full 30 minutes front-and-center, you'd expect some sort of wild improvisational journey might take place. On the contrary, John Mahoney, who plays Walter on the show's second season, prefers to play it by the book. "You have to be respectful of your script, and I try not to change a word," he says. "I just like to learn the lines, and then see what happens with the other actors. I listen to what's being said, and then respond to how it's said. I like to surprise myself." (photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com)

[Associated Press via delawareonline.com]

Callie Thorne attends the premiere of 'Rescue Me' in New York City. (photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Feel the Byrne

With the return of 'In Treatment,' Gabriel Byrne has been experiencing the ultimate 30-minute workout. In the age of Twitter, he notes: "Thirty minutes of conversation with another human being in this day and age is an achievement." Not to mention what it takes to memorize 35 sessions worth of 30-minute conversations. "I think it's 1,500 pages to memorize," Byrne says. "That's a hell of an amount. But the brain is a muscle — if you use it, you improve it." (photo: Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com)

[Salon.com]