It made its grand premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, and now John Cusack's political satire "War, Inc." marches towards a May 23rd limited run. The story? A tacky music artist (pop princess Hilary Duff) is caught in an assassin's scheme to take out a rogue Middle Eastern dictator. The assassin is Cusack, but what you really care about is in the clip below...and that's Duff's dirty raunchy dance number that's shaking up the blogosphere ("I want to blow you...up"). Dig it.

If there's one thing I learned from sitting down with John Cusack for a half hour last week, it's that the "High Fidelity" star contains multitudes. Apparently, so do his movies.

"It's a kind of a mercenary Samurai movie," he said of "War, Inc."

"It's kind of a satiric, adult comic strip," he added later.

"It's very much like 'Strangelove' set in the future, very dark and twisted," he amended finally.

Forget the tone, Cusack's next flick is the movie so nice they named it twice. "It's called 'Brand Hauser,'" Cusack corrected. "It's on the web right now as 'War, Inc.' but that was for the foreign sales guys." Read more...

Google "Watchmen casting" and you'll likely get a few dozen fansites, each with their own recommendations for who should play the lead characters in Zack Snyder's upcoming adaptation of Alan Moore's legendary graphic novel (including us). But one actor that everyone can agree on is John Cusack, who fans overwhelmingly want to play Dan Dreiberg, the costumed hero better known as Nite Owl. A wide grin across his face, Cusack enthusiastically told MTV News that he's game if Zack is.

Watch Cusack talk "Watchmen" in the video below, or read the full story after the jump.

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For one young MTV News associate producer, a dream was made reality when she met her Hollywood hero. This is her story.

I've had so many great opportunities since I started working for MTV News, such as visiting Rob Zombie's "Halloween" set and helping out at the "Grindhouse" junket. But nothing will ever compare to last Friday afternoon.

Now, I know most people would say the best day of their life was the day they were married, or the day their children were born, but I'm single and I have no children so I'd have to say that this was it for me.

Since I can remember, John Cusack has been my favorite actor. I mean, does it get any better than "High Fidelity," "Grosse Point Blank," "Better off Dead," "Say Anything" or "Identity"? I think not. He is a phenomenal actor, a handsome man, and he just seems like an all-around great guy. Read more...