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He's scaled 'Jacob's Ladder,' burrowed out of 'Shawshank' State prison and swum the 'Mystic River' -- and for his exceptional efforts on the silver screen, Tim Robbins has received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame!

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The perfect cinematic trick -- or treat, depending on who you're talking to -- in theaters this Halloween weekend has to be 'Saw III,' the latest chapter in the psychologically intense and disturbing horror franchise.

TOBIN BELL returns as the crafty and maniacal Jigsaw, who relishes in the torture of his victims, whom he puts in life-and-death situations, making them responsible for their own fate. This time Jigsaw lies bedridden and on the verge of death, and a doctor (BAHAR SOOMEKH) must keep him alive for as long as it takes another one of his victims (ANGUS MACFADYEN) to complete a deadly game of his own. Now, it's a race against the ticking clock of Jigsaw's own heartbeat and, of course, the madman has a much bigger plan for both pawns on his vicious chessboard.

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The TOM CRUISE whistle-stop 'War of the Worlds' tour arrived in L.A. Monday night with a special screening of the film -- just for the fans -- at the world-famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard!

Tom was joined by fiancée KATIE HOLMES and a number of celebrity pals to promote his big-budget sci-fi collaboration with STEVEN SPIELBERG, which arrived in theaters June 29. In six days, the film has grossed $113.3 million.

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Oscar® buzz surrounds SEAN PENN, TIM ROBBINS and KEVIN BACON as three friends whose lives are changed forever in 'Mystic River,' the new drama directed by CLINT EASTWOOD. ET sat down with the film's stars to get their take on this powerful film based on the best-selling novel.

"It's a morally ambiguous film. It's complex. There's many layers to it," says Robbins, who actually directed Penn to an Oscar nomination in 1995's 'Dead Man Walking.' "It doesn't have a message or an answer -- it has some questions that it raises, which is what I think ultimately a good film has to do. It has to have a neutrality, and not a dogma, and that's the kind of movie that gets you feeling."

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