ENTERTAINMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
MOVIELINE
September 1998
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Julia Stiles: Ready for the Prom
Julia Stiles; Prom queen of everyone's inner high school.
Taye Diggs: Diggs Town
Taye Diggs ran buck naked in a theater without requiring stage direction for it.
James Marsden: Marsden Attacks
Clued-in Hollywood types began noticing James Marsden a few years ago when he auditioned for Edward Norton's role in Primal Fear, read for Starship Troopers and came that close to a primo part in 54.
Elizabeth Hurley: Elizabeth's Reign
The extraordinarily beautiful, tirelessly stylish Elizabeth Hurley clears away several misconceptions about her--that she started out a model, that she goes to parties minus underwear--and also talks about her new movie, Permanent Midnight, her relationship with Hugh Grant and her just-wrapped movie with Matthew McConaughey, Ed TV.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Feeling Choosy
Thanks to the fame and fortune Seinfeld gave her, Julia Louis-Dreyfus can afford to be selective as she eyes her movie options. And for her first post- Seinfeld film, she's chosen to play... an ant.
Gretchen Mol: Rhymes with Doll
Gretchen Mol's quiet existence won't be quite so quiet after playing the girlfriend opposite two of Hollywood's hottest tickets--Matt Damon in Rounders, and Leonardo DiCaprio in Celebrity.
Michelle Williams: The Young Old-Timer
At 18, "Dawson's Creek" and Halloween: H20 star Michelle Williams lives alone in Los Angeles. After you meet her, you don't worry too much about her being too young to be on her own.
Angela Bassett: Steel and Silk
Angela Bassett has a reputation for playing strong women, but with How Stella Got Her Groove Back, she gets to soften her edges. Here, Bassett talks about playing a woman who falls for a guy half her age, discusses her real life with her new husband Courtney B. Vance and tells a sweet story about working with Ralph Fiennes.
We Know What You Wore This Summer
You're unlikely to spot a Versace or a Valentino in Disturbing Behavior, Halloween: H20, Urban Legend, or I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. That's because Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Katie Holmes, Jennifer Love Hewitt and the other stars of these youth-market slasher films wear the same labels everyone in their audience likes to wear.
Rug Rats
The biggest threat from Hollywood to the sanctity of red-blooded American men's virility is not the murderous rampages from the likes of Glenn Close or Sharon Stone, but from the horrible wigs that are festooning the pates of far too many men in the movies (according to Joe Queenan).
Film Fashion Frenzy
When Isaac Mizrahi has written a movie that will star his clothes, The Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel, you know that designers have taken over Hollywood. Here are 25 films crammed full of fashion.