Virtual Newsstand: Movieline, November 2000

ENTERTAINMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
MOVIELINE
November 2000

FEATURES

Tiffani Thiessen
Tiffani Thiessen has dropped the Amber and gone blonde since her days as "Beverly Hills, 90210"'s resident tramp Valerie Malone, and lately has been busy making movies. But as the bumper sticker goes, she'd rather be shopping. "I do almost all my shopping here and at Fred Segal, spoiled bitch that I am," she says with a laugh while sashaying into the Lisa Kline boutique on Robertson Boulevard. "I think I need to go to Shoppers Anonymous."

Ozzy Osbourne
Who'd have guessed rocker Ozzy Osbourne--he of the infamous bat beheadings, copious alcohol and drug consumption and purported satanic alliances--would end up, at 51, a sobered-up family man who's devoted to his three kids and wife (and manager) of 20-odd years, Sharon? Well, Ozzy's days of debauchery might be behind him, but he's still going nonstop, with a work schedule that includes the worldwide Ozzfest tour and a top secret role in Adam Sandler's devilish Little Nicky.

Teri Polo
The first time Teri Polo met Robert DeNiro, she grabbed his face and smothered him with kisses. "Basically I threw myself at him," she laughs, recalling the audition that landed her a starring role as De Niro and Blythe Danner' daughter and Ben Stiller's fiancée in the romp Meet the Parents.

Christine Baranski
Christine Baranski is obviously a patient woman, After all, she endured two seasons as Cybill Shepherd's party-hearty sidekick on the famously tumultuous sitcom "Cybill." But the Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress had to put up with a whole new kind of trial for director Ron Howard in Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

Primal Real Estate
Not even the terrors of its upstairs bathroom keep moviegoers from wanting to own the house from What Lies Beneath.

Helen Hunt: The Hunt Is On
With "Mad About You" behind her and an Oscar under her belt, Helen Hunt is hitting the big screen with four major films by year's end. Here she talks about her remarkable costars (Mel Gibson, Kevin Spacey, Tom Hanks and Richard Gere), disses the tabloids and speculates about what she--one of the wealthiest actresses in Hollywood--might do with her money.

The Return of Ben Chaplin
Anyone who saw Ben Chaplin in the romantic fatty tale The Truth About Cats & Dogs back in 1996 is probably a little surprised that he isn't famous today. As the guy who romanced both Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo, Chaplin exuded effortless charm and nifty comic timing, and he managed to make a bout of phone sex seem like the screen's most suave seduction since Paul Henreid simultaneously lit cigarettes for himself and Bette Davis in Now, Voyager.

Tara Reid: Tara! Tara! Tara!
The irrepressible Tara Reid talks about playing a conspiracy theorist in Robert Altman's Dr. T and the Women, and declares that her new beau, Carson Daly, is her true soulmate.