Virtual Newsstand: Movieline, May 1994

ENTERTAINMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
MOVIELINE
May 1994

FEATURES

Doing Jack
On the set of City Slickers 2, Jon Lovitz interviewed his Oscar-winning co-star Jack Palance for Movieline.

The Accidental Actor
Alec Baldwin looks like a movie star, but he's actually more of an actor than a star. Then again, he's not all that sure about being an actor, either.

What's It All About, Alfre?
Alfre Woodard improves every movie she's in, whether it's Grand Canyon, Passion Fish or the new Crooklyn. But is she in the movies she wants to be in? Not really, because the movies she wants to be in aren't being made yet.

Why Do Actors Drink?
Like the rest of us, they have more than enough reasons. But because they're actors, their reasons are more attractive and more dramatic. If you want to fully justify your next bender, read these pensees and go get a SAG card.

Playing Favorites
We asked five otherwise sober, emotionally balanced journalists to tell us which movie stars they're nuts enough about to see in anything. And while they're at it, they tell us which stars they were addicted to back in their silly teen years.

You Ought to be in Pictures
That's what someone once said to James Garner, who's now in his fourth decade of making films. Here, the original star of TV's "Maverick" talks about making the new movie Maverick, reveals that he'd like to kick the shit out of Howard Stern and Rush Limbaugh, and opens up about why he's had to fight everyone from his stepmother at home to a studio head in court.

It's Not Over Till The Fat Lady Writes Her Memoirs
When stars' careers hit the skids, they inevitably write up their own account of their glory days. What can be learned by perusing the pages of the autobiographies of such stellar talents as Bette Davis, Tony Curtis and Zsa Zsa Gabor? As our intrepid reviewer discovers, "We learn that we should find better things to do with our time."