ENTERTAINMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
MOVIELINE
October 2002
FEATURES
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal, 24, could easily pick up well-paying acting gigs in big-studio teen flicks. Instead, this Columbia graduate--whose mother Is screenwriter Naomi Foner, father is director Stephen Gyllenhaal and brother is actor Jake Gyllenhaal--is looking for more off-center parts.
Bradley Cooper
AGE: 27. HOMETOWN: Philadelphia, PA. HANGIN' WITH MR. COOPER: This fall, Bradley Cooper returns for a second season on the megahit TV series "Alias," playing in-way-over-his-head newsman Will Tippin, friend/lovelorn secret admirer of superspy Sydney Bristow (played by Jennifer Garner).
TheNumber$
Everyone knows actors and directors make a lot of money, but few can fathom exactly how much.
Katie Holmes: The Treasure from Toledo
First, the doe-eyed girl from Ohio became the girl-next-door of "Dawson's Creek." Then, she made smart movie choices by appearing in GO, Wonder Boys and The Gift. Now, Katie Holmes is taking on her biggest challenge by starring opposite Benjamin Bratt in the thriller Abandon. According to insiders, though, this is just the start of something very big.
Mira Sorvino: The Mira Has Two Faces
After winning an Oscar for Mighty Aphrodite, Mira Sorvino looked bound for stardom. But something else happened--she gained a prickly rep and made head-scratching film choices. Now that she's back with a few good indies, is she readier for the spotlight? Our writer finds out during a $100 shopping spree.
Stars Gone Broke
With the massive amounts of money actors earn for sometimes just showing up, it's easy to see how they'd blow through it -- easy come, easy go. But all the way through it? Several have.
Rosamund Pike: Creamy & Cool
British beauty Rosamund Pike slips into honey white sensations for our style spread as smoothly as she bewitches 007 in the James Bond extravaganza, Die Another Day.
Greg Kinnear: No More Mr. Nice Guy
He's known for personifying the sweet, handsome everyman, but now Greg Kinnear is shaking up his image by playing Bob Crane, the sexually obsessed, slightly deranged star of "Hogan's Heroes."