Virtual Newsstand: Movieline, August 1996

ENTERTAINMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
MOVIELINE
August 1996

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Weisz Tales
Rachel Weisz's first Hollywood film is approaching. On the verge of Chain Reaction's release, she gushed about Keanu Reeves.

Planet Willis
Bruce Willis, star of three blockbusters, two infamous bombs, the coolest movie of the last five years and the new Last Man Standing, explains his new acting style, disses the guy who wrote a roman à clef about him, and once again complains about the wages of celebrity.

He's the One
Writer-director-actor Edward Burns became an overnight sensation with his first film, The Brothers McMullen. As he finishes his second movie, the filmmaker reveals what it's like when Hollywood comes calling.

Jennifer Tilly Unbound
The irrepressible star of Bound lets fly on filming lesbian love scenes, reveals what it's really like attending the Academy Awards, and unveils her plan to beat cinematic stereotyping.

No Diamond in the Rough
The current King of Broadway, Lou Diamond Phillips, has hit the big time at last. Here, our intrepid reporter asks about the many movies Phillips has written and/or directed that we've barely heard of, gets the lowdown on how he found himself signing autographs at Elvis Presley's grave, and shows off his wound from Courage Under Fire.

Great Scot
Ewan McGregor is being hyped as the new big thing from Britain, and so is the movie he stars in, Trainspotting.

Blarney Stoned
Our Irish-American reporter investigates an appalling number of movies about Irish people to determine which film constitutes the soggiest peat bog of Celtic clichés.