Happy President’s Day!

Every February, Americans join together to commemorate the father of this fair country: George Washington, the inaugural president of the United States. So in honor of this ages-old federal holiday, Celebuzz is celebrating all the leaders of the free world — Hollywood style.

From David Morse channeling Washington in the award-winning HBO miniseries John Adams, to Josh Brolin‘s Southern-snarling George W. Bush in W, to Anthony Hopkins‘s Oscar-nominated turn as John Quincy Adams in Steven Spielberg‘s Amistad, many on-screen portrayals of the president have left a lasting movie mark.

Then, last year, Daniel Day-Lewis brought Abraham Lincoln to life on the silver screen in Spielberg’s acclaimed biopic, Lincoln. Not only is the drama up for 12 Academy Award nominations, including best director for the acclaimed director, but Day-Lewis stands a chance to steamroll his revered competition to snag a record-breaking third Best Actor win at the Feb. 24 ceremony.

Whether or not he takes home the statuette, Lincoln undoubtedly put the spotlight back on presidential politics, as so many Hollywood projects have in the past. So, as you take today to honor Washington and all those who followed his founding footsteps, relive some of the more memorable presidential performances.

Take a gander at the gallery and then tell us: Which is the best portrayal of a president on screen? Sound off in the comments.

Dec. 31 marks the end of 2012, but it’s the beginning of Anthony Hopkins’ 75^th year on Planet Earth.

One of the most acclaimed and sought-after actors in the world, Hopkins has been entertaining audiences for more than 40 years, remarkably getting the break that made him a true movie star – Silence of the Lambs’ Hannibal Lecter — at the age of 54.

To commemorate Hopkins’ birthday, Celebuzz has assembled a gallery of some of his most memorable movie roles, celebrating the actor’s versatility and consistency as one of the best in Hollywood.

Although he’d been acting on stage and television since 1960, Hopkins made a significant U.S. breakthrough in 1980, when he starred as a doctor trying to help a deformed man in David Lynch’s The Elephant Man.

After working in films including 1984’s The Bounty helped establish him as part of a new generation of English actors who could contribute substantive performances to films from virtually any country, Hopkins exploded in the public consciousness with his turn in Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs. Played cold-blooded serial killer Lecter, the actor not only scored an Academy Award, but earned a place in the pop culture pantheon as one of the scariest and most memorable villains in film history.

Sincee then, Hopkins has played everything from butlers to kings to gods, most recently stepping into Alfred Hitchcock’s corpulent frame to plat the iconic filmmaker as he embarked on the production of Psycho in the 2012 film Hitchcock.

Click through our gallery for a good look at some of the actor’s most famous roles. And let us know which of them are your favorites – or which ones we forgot – in the comments section below!

For her role in Hitchcock, Jessica Biel wanted to meet Vera Miles. She plays the co-star of Psycho, a fascinating new movie about Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of his horror masterpiece. But the 83-year-old actress had no interest in meeting the young actress who would be portraying her.

“She’s retired and doesn’t have a public life at all,” Biel explained. So instead, she met with one of her grandsons — who was quite happy to meet and talk about his grandmother.

When Biel retold this story at the ‘Hitchcock’ press conference in New York, it was instantly met with chortles from the other cast members sitting on the dais. “Of course he wanted to meet you!” chuckled Toni Collette.

“No, no it wasn’t like that!” Biel protested. “He was very nice and respectful and he’s married! He’s highly protective of his grandmother and loves her.”

The newlywed admitted that she was nervous about playing a real person, but those fears were allayed by director Sacha Gervasi.

“I was very fearful about doing an impersonation, and I spoke to Sacha a lot about that. Going along I realized that it was impossible to create someone fully, but you have to grasp a facet for who she was as a mother and a woman. We also talked a lot about what it was like for her being on the Psycho set.”

“She had a sense of humor and grace and that’s what I was trying to go for. I hope it worked.” Biel definitely pulls it off: Her Vera Miles comes across as a smart, sassy woman who offers advice for her screen sister, Janet Leigh, when it comes to dealing with their brilliant but disturbed director Alfred Hitchcock.

The 30-year old, who first became famous on 7th Heaven, left the distinct impression that she could relate to Miles’ struggle to be a serious actress who struggled with maintaining a personal life.

“Vera wasn’t interested in being a star,” explained Biel. “She did lots of theater, which was very fulfilling for her. She didn’t want to be a star, but a respected actor. I think it’s terribly hard now to have a successful career and a private life. It’s very challenging.”

“I find it very hard to have any kind of privacy in my life,” said the just married Mrs. Timberlake. “I guess it’s a balance. I would love the days of no internet and TMZ. Google is great, but it is a challenge!”

Hitchcock opens in theaters November 21. Watch Celebuzz’ profile of Alfred Hitchcock and 2012′s glut of Hitchcock-related projects below.

Aside from eating foods people only really eat once a year, Thanksgiving is also the time to spend a day or two at the movies.

The holiday traditionally gives Hollywood one of its biggest weekends of the year, and this year’s holiday season is no exception. Several movies are jockeying for your attention at the box office, and Celebuzz has your guide to which films are playing at a theatre near you.

Chris Hemsworth‘s Red Dawn remake and Dreamworks’ animated movie Rise of the Guardians lead the charge of new releases this week, alongside new movies from Brad Pitt and director Ang Lee. 

With movies like Skyfall and Twilight: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 still doing strong business at the multiplex, it’s going to be Box Office Thunderdome as the new films compete with the holdovers. Thankfully there’s plenty of time over the break to catch a movie or three.

Check out our guide to ten noteworthy films Hollywood wants you to see this Thanksgiving. First, we roll out the new releases, along with their release dates, followed by recently-released films.

From James Bond to Team Edward, there’s something for everyone in theaters this week… Which movie will you see for the first or sixth time? Sound off in the comments below! And while you figure out which movie is worth your hard-earned allowance money, check out the trailer for the new release Red Dawn. 

Thanks to two new movies and a deluxe Blu-ray box set, Alfred Hitchcock is as hot as ever, not just 30-plus years after his death, but more than 70 of Hollywood moviemaking.

Rightfully dubbed “The Master of Suspense,” Hitchcock was a top-shelf purveyor of thrills whose works were as influential as they were entertaining.

With the theatrical release of Sacha Gervasi’s Hitchcock, Celebuzz examines the filmmaker’s legacy, and takes a look at the entertainment industry’s tributes to his iconic body of work.

Hitchcock comes on the heels of Universal’s Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection, as well as HBO’s The Girl. The former is a 15-film boxed set that collects virtually all of the filmmaker’s major work in the United States, and the latter is a chronicle of the troubled relationship Tippi Hedren (played by Sienna Miller) had with Hitchcock (Toby Jones) during the filming of The Birds.

Although both of the films profiled in these biopics are decidedly horror-oriented – Hitchcock looks at the making of Psycho – the box set provides a broader view of his career as longtime fans and newcomers have the opportunity to watch murder mysteries (Rope), political actioners (North By Northwest) and psychological thrillers (Vertigo) among others.

Watch Celebuzz’ overview of the new Hitchcock-themed projects coming out of Hollywood above. Below, check out the theatrical trailer for Hitchcock, which opens in theaters November 21.

Alfred Hitchcock may have been the man of the hour at the New York City premiere of Hitchcock, but all anyone could talk about was the film’s star, Anthony Hopkins.

“I actually worked with Tony on my first film,” actress Toni Collette told Celebuzz on the red carpet. “It was an Australian film called The Efficiency Expert. I was 17, and I was petrified. I’m very lucky to have another opportunity to work with him again.”

Hitchcock — which also stars Helen Mirren (as Hitchcock’s wife, Alma Reville), Scarlett Johansson (as Janet Leigh),  Jessica Biel (as Vera Miles) and James D’Arcy (as Anthony Perkins) — centers on the making of the acclaimed filmmaker’s most groundbreaking film, Psycho.

 For the actors involved in the project, it was the chance of a lifetime to work alongside industry legends Hopkins and Mirren.

“I want to be Helen when I grow up,” Collette said.

As for first-time director Sacha Gervasi, the experience was life-changing. “I got the best actors in the world!” he said. “I got so lucky but for me it really was Tony Hopkins telling me, as a first-time filmmaker, ‘Listen, you’re not experienced. You’re completely crazy, but I want to make this movie with you. I feel it in my gut.’ And it was his decision that really enabled the film to happen.”

For more interviews from the Hitchcock premiere, including chats with D’Arcy and Michael Stuhlbarg (who plays Universal studio chief Lew Wasserman), watch the video, above.