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Ender (Asa Butterfield) is a prodigy military cadet being trained by a team of adults — including Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) — to fend off a hostile alien race in a much-discussed adaptation of Ender's Game. Richard Foreman Jr./Summit Entertainment hide caption
Making his directorial debut with Man of Tai Chi, Keanu Reeves also appears as the film's rich, ruthless villain. RADiUS-TWC hide caption
Linda Blair, at just 12 years old, played the demon-possessed Regan MacNeil in the 1973 film The Exorcist, still widely considered one of the scariest movies ever. Warner Bros./AP hide caption
In Dallas Buyers Club, Jared Leto plays Rayon, a transgender woman who is HIV-positive and struggling with a drug habit. "I always saw Rayon as someone who wanted to live ... life as a woman, not just someone who enjoyed putting on women's clothing," Leto says. Anne Marie Fox/Focus Features hide caption
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These aren't my actual neighborhood children. These are just examples of how happy my neighborhood children could be. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Contestants Gautam Hans (left) and Sharyn Horowitz give their best Nicolas Cage impressions for "National Treasures." Steve Petrucelli hide caption
Contestants gather for the final round. Steve Petrucelli hide caption
Ian MacKaye made his mark on the D.C. punk scene with Minor Threat and Fugazi. Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption
Contestants Anne Holsinger (right) and Jonathan Bettle correctly answer questions in the game "Whee!" Steve Petrucelli hide caption
Ian MacKaye (left) and NPR's Stephen Thompson play an Ask Me Another Challenge in Washington, D.C. Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption