ENTERTAINMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
MOVIELINE
July/August 2004
FEATURES
Starry Eyed Surprise
The stars aligned for our Young Hollywood Awards where unforgettable actors clinked cocktails of congratulation at the show and after-party.
Christina Applegate: Pop Goes Christina
TV's stars like Married...With Children's Christina Applegate rarely get a second chance in Hollywood. But thanks to her persistence (and an assist from Cameron Diaz), she's back in the spotlight as Will Ferrell's nemesis in Anchorman -- and she's got a date on Broadway.
Laura Dern and Mark Ruffalo: When Mark Met Laura
Mark Ruffalo and Laura Dern, who became fast friends on the set of their upcoming adultery drama We Don't Live Here Anymore, sit down for a candid conversation about marriage, passion, career -- and how Meg Ryan brought them together.
George Cukor: Cukor's Nest
Director George Cukor's home high above the Sunset Strip was the epicenter of entertaining in the heyday of Hollywood. Behind the enormous wall Cukor erected on Cordell Drive to ensure privacy for himself and his guests, Katharine Hepburn trysted with Spencer Tracy, Greta Garbo rubbed elbows with Mae West, and the likes of Vivien Leigh, Tallulah Bankhead and Cole Porter enjoyed Cukor's unparalleled hospitality. The recently published book Hollywood Life from Greybull Press presents lavish photographs by Eliot Elisofon of vintage homes owned by icons like Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Mary Pickford and Cukor. A frequent guest at Cukor's mansion, screenwriter, novelist and biographer Gavin Lambert--who wrote the foreword for Hollywood Life and penned the definitive biography On Cukor--remembers his friend's home and the fabulous soirees he hosted.
Smokin' Haute
Debonair designs and three sultry bombshells coax agent-007 charisma out of actor Julian McMahon in the dimly lit nooks of Hollywood hotspot the Avalon.
Karl Urban: Enemy Territory
Karl Urban tries to take down two of the summer's biggest action heroes.