ENTERTAINMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
MOVIELINE
December/January 2002
FEATURES
Chyler Leigh
AGE: 19.BIG BREAK: Not Another Teen Movie, which skewers boppy flicks from The Breakfast Club to the recent pubescent Pygmalion, She's All That. "Basically, I'm the awkward rebel-artist girl who wears glasses and a ponytail and ends up having a bet made about her by the popular boy," says Leigh. Look out for Randy Quaid as her hard-drinking dad, she warns, as well as plenty of "random dancing."
Audrey Tautou
Perhaps the least likely torch-bearer of a philanthropic trend, 23-year-old Audrey Tautou has become just that. Fresh from playing the shy, well-meaning title character whose meddling alters the lives of fellow Parisians in the irresistible comedy Amélie, Tautou has been receiving stacks of mail recounting examples of "The Amélie Effect": an accumulation of good deeds and charitable acts the film has inspired.
Robert Altman: What About Bob?
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Title Tale
A title can make all the difference in the success of a film. But coming up with one that works is sometimes as challenging as dreaming up the entire concept for a movie.
Halle Berry: GLORY, GLORY, HALLE-LUJAH
Halle Berry has never shied away from using her stunning good looks to great effect in big Hollywood to-dos like X-Men and Swordfish. But now she's hoping to show off more than sex appeal by starring opposite Heath Ledger and Billy Bob Thornton in the gritty indie Monster's Ball. And judging from what she's already been through in real life--an abusive father, a violent boyfriend, a bad marriage to a sports star and a car accident that led to mountains of bad press--there's plenty to mine.
Steven Soderbergh Is So Money
In the span of three years, Steven Soderbergh directed the stylish critics' darlings Out of Sight and The Limey, followed by the Oscar darlings Erin Brockovich and Traffic. Now, Mr. sex, lies and videotape rolls the dice with Ocean's 11, a big, fat Vegas heist flick starring such scene-stealers as George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon. Will he crap out? Hit the jackpot is more like it.
Accents Will Happen
Once put off by poorly executed accents, auditory aficionado Joe Queenan now thoroughly enjoys the stupefyingly creative sounds that actors as varied as Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Michael Douglas and Brad Pitt have tried to pass off as foreign lilts.
Michael Michele: Fighting the Good Fight
After years of paying her dues with solid television work on shows like "ER," Michael Michele knows what it's like to fight for respect--a skill she put to good use opposite Will Smith in the big-budget biopic Ali.
50 Ways Hollywood Can Help You Beat the Blues During This Strange Holiday Season
50 ways to cheer yourself up during this depressing time.