ENTERTAINMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
MOVIELINE
April 1997
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Joey Lauren Adams: Kitschy-Coup
The character who finally deflowered Bud Bundy blossoms in Chasing Amy.
Maura Tierney: She's Smokin'b>
The NewsRadio alum tells the truth in Liar, Liar.
Kim Basinger: Kim Confidential
After a couple of years on maternity leave from Hollywood, Kim Basinger will be back on-screen in the cool noir L.A. Confidential. Here she confides that baby Ireland has none of Alec's looks but some of his temper, claims she has no desire to be a first lady, and details exactly how she came to have a chic new hairdo.
In Defense of Julia Roberts
If only, somehow, Julia Roberts could be as complicated on-screen as the feelings she prompts in one who looks carefully at her career. If that were possible, she might become a real actress, instead of remaining just a great beauty who gives off an uncanny sense of being flawed or damaged, and needing to be rescued. The flirt's secret message to her viewers is, after all, exactly that: Rescue me. But the serious actress must learn that that task is hers alone. And as a start, she has to take charge of her own smile.
They Might Be Giants
How tall are these actresses...._really_? The answers might surprise you -- and them!
Badgley and Mischka: For (Glamorous) Women Only
Just when it looked like Versace and Armani were dominating the Hollywood glamour-girl market, up popped Mark Badgley and James Mischka to revive Tinseltown femininity sans fussiness. Here, the designing duo disses '80s excess, warns that "pretty, pretty, pretty" is "boring," and describes how they'd dress Gwyneth Paltrow for her wedding.
Kelly Preston: One, Two, Three
First she was a starlet, then a Hollywood wife. Now Kelly Preston is reinventing herself on-screen-- proving to be, in Jerry Maguire, Citizen Ruth and two upcoming films, a gifted comedienne.
Julianna Marguiles: Smart Move
"ER" star Julianna Margulies already makes big money on the small screen, so she's decided not to cash in on her first movies.
The 100 Best Female Characters in Film
Loyal wives, loving mothers, lost lushes. Heroines, whores, homicidal hussies. They're all here, with a few slick sisters, whip-smart working girls, a screwy septuagenarian, and other women concocted out of light, shadow and sound.