Photos: Celebrities by The Times in 2010

Actress Julianne Moore costars with Annette Bening as a lesbian couple raising two teens in “The Kids Are All Right.” They find themselves in the unusual position of both being considered for lead actress Oscars.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Not content to be a heartthrob, Justin Timberlake is ready to conquer film. He’s off to a fast start with his buzz-worthy performance in “The Social Network.”  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

After his “The Dark Knight” pushed the academy to nominate 10 films for best picture, a nod for director Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” is no dream.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

After a stint in rehab for depression and time off, Kirsten Dunst returns in “All Good Things” with Ryan Gosling.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Kevin Spacey has earned accolades and two Oscars for nailing the nuances of characters who might otherwise seem simply reprehensible. Now he’s playing real-life criminal and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, currently imprisoned for fraud and corruption, in the darkly comedic “Casino Jack.”  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Mila Kunis, known for her role on the long-running sitcom “That ‘70s Show” and for the film “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” stars in the dark thriller “Black Swan.”  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin was happy to see director David Fincher insist that the actors in “The Social Network” knew and grew to live in the dialogue.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Natalie Portman at the Pantages Theater. Portman stars in director Darren Aronofsky‘s latest film, “Black Swan.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Annette Bening costars in “The Kids Are All Right.”  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Helena Bonham Carter portrays the future Queen Mum in the new movie “The King’s Speech,” directed by Tom Hooper.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Colin Firth is the lead in the new movie “The King’s Speech,” in which he plays Britain’s King George VI.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Jennifer Carpenter, of Showtime’s series “Dexter.”  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Michael Kenneth Williams, photographed in Hollywood, impressed critics and fans with his portrayal of Omar, the ruthless gay gangster and drug dealer in “The Wire.”  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Actor James Franco drives the drama as the central figure in Danny Boyle’s new film “127 Hours.”  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal, first paired in “Brokeback Mountain,” star together in the new movie “Love & Other Drugs.”  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Mark Ruffalo stars in “The Kids Are All Right,” a movie about two children conceived by artificial insemination who bring their father into their family life.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Singer and actress Christina Aguilera adds lead actress to her resume with the release of “Burlesque,” in which she stars alongside Cher.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Lesley Manville is in the new Mike Leigh movie “Another Year.”  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Robert Duvall is a contender for an Oscar for his role as Felix Bush, a Depression-era recluse who directs his own funeral in the film “Get Low.”  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Carey Mulligan, nominated for an Oscar for 2009’s “An Education,” stars in the movie “Never Let Me Go.”  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Actor John Hawkes, featured in the indie drama “Winter’s Bone,” can be seen playing in a band around L.A. when not on camera.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Barbara Hershey has a featured role in the film “Black Swan,” playing the mother of Natalie Portman’s ballerina, Nina.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Rosario Dawson stars in the runaway train movie “Unstoppable” with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Sam Rockwell stars with Hilary Swank in “Conviction,” playing a man who spent 18 years in prison for killing a woman, only to be released after his sister brought to light DNA evidence that proved his innocence.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Zach Galifianakis stars in “Due Date,” paired up with Robert Downey Jr. Says the film’s director, Todd Phillips, who also helmed “The Hangover” and is now busy with its sequel: “I imagined my muse would look like Mila Kunis or Rashida Jones. In fact, my muse looks like Bruce Vilanch without the funny T-shirts.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Veteran actor Eli Wallach, who turns 95 next month, will receive an honorary Oscar on Nov. 13 for his diverse body of work. Wallach lives in New York.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Ryan Kwanten, of HBO’s True Blood, is the main attraction in the new film “Red Hill.”  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Stefanie Powers, the veteran actress who starred in “Hart to Hart” with Robert Wagner, has written her autobiography, titled “One From the Hart.” Among other topics, she writes about her near-decade-long affair with actor William Holden.  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

Tracy Morgan, who plays Tracy Jordan on “30 Rock,” filmed his first HBO comedy special at New York’s Appolo Theater; “Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue” premieres Nov. 13. Here he sports a Romer “Topper” by the Hat Shop NYC.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Kristen Stewart, best known for playing Bella in the “Twilight” movies, is in the independent film “Welcome to the Rileys,” in which she stars as a 16-year-old runaway who works as a stripper.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Josh Groban‘s new album, “Illuminations,” is due out in November.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Noomi Rapace, here at the Standard hotel in West Hollywood, stars in the films made of Stieg Larsson’s Millenium series.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jeff Goldblum plays an authority figure in the new movie “Morning Glory.”  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Elizabeth Banks stars in the Russell Crowe thriller “The Next Three Days.”  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Kristen Bell at the Rolling Greens Hollywood shop.  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

Taylor Swift performed at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s All for the Hall concert benefit, which also featured Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and Lionel Richie at Club Nokia.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Raul Esparza stars in the musical “Leap of Faith” at the Ahmanson Theatre.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Two-time Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank is photographed in Culina restaurant, at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Michael J. Fox is photographed at the Peninsula Hotel. A DVD release of all three “Back to the Future” movies is pegged to the 25th anniversary of the first film.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Naomi Watts (left) plays Valerie Plame (right) in the movie “Fair Game.”  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Dermot Mulroney photographed at the Standard Hotel. He stars in the movie “Inhale.”  (Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times)

Performance artist Laurie Anderson will perform her multimedia work “Delusion” at UCLA.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Robert DeNiro and Edward Norton at the Toronto International Film Festival 2010. They costar in the new movie “Stone.”  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Jesse Eisenberg, star of “The Social Network,” at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

John Stamos, who will forever be known as Uncle Jesse on TV’s “Full House,” has a guest-starring role on “Glee” as the love interest of school counselor Emma Pillsbury. He’s seen here at his Beverly Hills home.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Keri Russell stars in a new television show “Running Wilde.”  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Josh Lucas is in a new romantic comedy, “Life As We Know It .” He has also appeared in the films “Glory Road” and “A Beautiful Mind.”  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Andrew Garfield, who, in addition to starring in two back-to-back buzz films, “The Social Network” and “Never Let Me Go,” has also been recast as the new Spider-Man.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Milla Jovovich stars in the latest in the “Resident Evil” franchise and then in John Curran’s “Stone,” with Robert De Niro and Edward Norton  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Clint Eastwood’s 32nd feature film, “Hereafter,” looks at people who have touched the other side of death.  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

In “Easy A,” Emma Stone plays a teen who doesn’t mind having a reputation, even if it’s unwarranted.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Charlie Day, from the sometimes-raunchy FX series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” has a sweeter role in the film “Going the Distance.”  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

Ben Affleck co-wrote, directed and stars in the “The Town,” about a band of masked thieves in Boston.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Making her new album “Kaleidoscope Heart” was a struggle for singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles. But after a respite, the creative juices flowed again.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Jerry Lewis is host of another telethon for “Jerry’s kids” and will star in his first movie role in a quarter-century.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Fantasia Barrino is photographed in Los Angeles. Her third album was released two weeks after the “American Idol” winner attempted suicide in the wake of a North Carolina divorce suit that named her as the the woman who broke up a marriage.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Cyndi Lauper admired blues singers for a long time before making “Memphis Blues,” her new bestselling album.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson, working at the piano in his music room, is going to be releasing an album that will be a salute to the music of George and Ira Gershwin.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Veteran actress Florence Henderson of “The Brady Bunch” fame, at the California Yacht Club in Marina del Rey.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Anne Heche, of HBO’s “Hung,” at her Los Angeles home.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

At first daunted by the challenge, Claire Danes now calls playing autistic innovator Temple Grandin the highlight of her career. She’s nominated for an Emmy for her performance.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Zac Efron wants to go beyond the teen idol role with a dramatic turn in “Charlie St. Cloud.”  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek costars with Robert Duvall in “Get Low.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Disney Channel star Selena Gomez is in high demand, but she gladly settles for a secondary role in “Ramona and Beezus.”  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Ian McShane’s latest project has him portraying a scheming bishop in “The Pillars of the Earth.”  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Kiernan Shipka, 10, promises “shocking moments” involving Sally Draper on this season of “Mad Men.”  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Olivia Munn, a TV personality on “Attack of the Show” and “The Daily Show,” says she’s “brutally honest to a fault.”  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Yoshiki and his band, X Japan, have a main-stage slot at Lollapalooza next month. He hopes to keep building momentum.  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

Kevin Kline is always ready to say yes to projects that interest him, such as “The Extra Man.”  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Virginia Madsen plays married-to-the-mini-mob mom Cheryl West who tries to make her family go straight in “Scoundrels.”  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt appear with Leonardo DiCaprio in the new Christopher Nolan sci-fi thriller “Inception.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Adrien Brody added 25 pounds to his slim physique to play a mercenary who leads a group of assassins across an alien planet in “Predators.”  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Taylor Hackford directs his wife, Oscar winner Helen Mirren, in “Love Ranch.”  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Julianne Moore brings feminine energy to Lisa Cholodenko’s “The Kids Are All Right.”  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Julianna Margulies stars on the CBS series “The Good Wife.”  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles TImes)

Joan Rivers, the legendary comedian and red carpet queen, is the subject of a new documentary, “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work.” Photographed at the Sunset Marquis Hotel.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Aaron Paul plays Jesse Pinkman and Bryan Cranston is Walter H. White on the AMC series “Breaking Bad.” Photographed at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Courteney Coxstars in the ABC series “Cougar Town.” Photographed in her Beverly HiIls home.  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

John Noble plays Dr. Walter Bishop on the Fox series “Fringe.” Photographed at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Michael Sheen again portrays British Prime Minister Tony Blair in HBO’s “The Special Relationship.” Photographed at the L’Ermitage Hotel.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Julie Davis began her professional film career with a job as an editor of racy film footage for the Playboy Channel, a steady job that came with medical and retirement benefits. She drew on that experience for her new film, “Finding Bliss.”  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Rapper Sean Combs has his first major film role in “Get Him to the Greek,” starring Russell Brand and Jonah Hill. Photographed at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Mike Myers is the voice of Shrek in “Shrek Forever After,” the fourth and final installment in the successful franchise.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Amanda Seyfried stars in the movie “Letters to Juliet”.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

“Iron Man 2” was Oscar-nominated Don Cheadle’s first experience in a big-budget special effects movie.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Jerry Bruckheimer has produced big hits for Disney, but the studio is no longer willing to spend as much money on lavish spectacles.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Elizabeth Reaser, left, Peter Facinelli and Nikki Reed at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. The “Eclipse” cast members have a fight on their hands for the latest installment of the “Twilight” franchise.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,” an action movie based on a video game. He is photographed at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Cameron Diaz portrays an accidental spy in “Knight and Day” with Tom Cruise.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Zoe Saldana, who starred in the blockbuster “Avatar,” is currently in “Death at a Funeral.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

After “Buffy,” actress Emma Caulfield avoided science fiction. Then came a script for “Timer,” a sci-fi rom-com.  (Christina House / For The Times)

Actor Benjamin Bratt, left, is photographed with his brother Peter, who directed him in the new film “La Mission,” at the Andaz hotel in West Hollywood. This is the second project the two have worked together on. The film is about the San Francisco neighborhood they grew up in.  (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

Tony winner Sutton Foster is performing in a one-woman “non-cabaret’ show.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Alex O’Loughlin at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. He stars in “The Back-Up Plan” with Jennifer Lopez  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, a.k.a. Cheech and Chong, are releasing a film documenting their comedy tour of 2009. They are photographed at the offices of the Weinstein Company.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Kristin Chenoweth returns to Broadway in the revival of the Bacharach-David musical, “Promises, Promises.”  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Matthew Morrison of Fox’s hit TV series “Glee” sings, dances and acts. And he’s got fabulous hair.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Tina Fey and Steve Carell, at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, helped hone the script of their new film, “Date Night.”  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)