TERRENCE HOWARD

AGE AND OCCUPATION: 36, actor.

PROVENANCE: Chicago. SUNDANCE HUSTLE:

Howard stars this month in Hustle & Flow, which Paramount bought as part of a $16 million package at Sundance earlier this year—a festival record. "First thing I heard was-(my character's] a pimp that wants to be a rapper, and I was like, 'Nah, I'm not into that.' Their I finally sat down and read it and was like, 'Count me in.'" IN DA CLUB: Next up is director—and Hustle & Flow producer—John Singleton's Four Brothers, alongside Mark Wahlberg. Currently, however, he's busy shooting Jim Sheridan's Get Rich or Die Tryin', a film loosely based on 50 Cent's life that also stars the rapper. 50'S SIXTH SENSE: "50 came up to me today and was like, 'I had a dream, and I always have dreams that come true, and you were so huge in my dream—you 'bout to be huge!'" —KRISTA SMITH

VANITIES

This Month V.F.CAMERA SPOTLIGHT ON THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL VANITY FAIR AND ROBERT BE NIRO TEAM UP FOR A NIGHT OF MOVIE MAGIC