ENTERTAINMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
MOVIELINE
March 1994
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Spirited Youth
Reese Witherspoon reminds me of the girl everyone wanted in high school but couldn't get. She's wholesomeness incarnate, clean-scrubbed and likable as can be. Ever since The Man in the Moon, her debut as an independent Southern preteen, Reese has cornered the market on complex adolescence, a market her contemporaries who specialize in tough and trashy (think Drew Barrymore) aren't able to reach.
Nic of Time
So far Nicole Kidman is famous mostly for being married to Tom Cruise. But just wait. At 26, time is on her side--and she just got the plum role in Jane Campion's Portrait of a Lady. Here she talks about not wanting Tom on her sets, about not being cold and aloof, and about not using a body double.
The Next Big Thing
Not sure who Stephen Dorff is? Read on. Hollywood has the hots for this guy. And he has the talent--as well as the ego--to take the town on.
All The Right Moves
Forget whatever these 10 young actors have announced as their next projects. We've got the ideal roles for them all figured out.
Shy Guy?
Brendan Fraser, who came on strong in School Ties and Encino Man, is rumored to be retiring in person. Instead, he's something of a motor-mouth who manages the near impossible: he leaves our intrepid reporter struggling to get a word in.
Beyond Parody
Ben Stiller, king of the TV send-ups, has taken up directing and now walks among those he's become famous for ridiculing.
Hughes's Views
With the success of Menace II Society, the 21-year-old Hughes Brothers have taken Hollywood by storm. Here the opinionated twins share their thoughts on everything from what's wrong with Halle Berry to what's right about looting.