Jewel's new album, "Spirit," doesn't hit stores until Nov. 17, but the singer is already winning rave reviews -- for her acting. She teams with a testosterone-heavy ensemble in the recently completed Civil War drama "Ride With the Devil," written and directed by "The Ice Storm" creators James Schamus and Ang Lee (due out next spring). Tobey Maguire, Jewel's costar in "Ride" (along with Skeet Ulrich and eight fellow frat-packers) tells EW Online that it must have been frightening for the singer to be the main female on the set. "She came into a situation with 10 guys who've been acting for a while and who act for a living, and meanwhile it's her second (or third) profession," he says. "I think she was really scared, but she handled it."

Maguire, whose much-anticipated "Pleasantville" opens on Oct. 23, says the pop star and poet might have a future on the big screen: "She really came into her own by the last couple of scenes. She was finding her place and feeling more comfortable. By the end, you could call the movie 'Ten Guys and Jewel.'"