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The Most Storied Hollywood House
Emily Mortimer, star of this fall's Formula 51, adds a funky fashion splash to a famous mansion.
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Elizabeth Hurley: The Most Resilient Star in Hollywood
She's had her share of public fights, most recently the very ugly one with Stephen Bing over baby Damian. But Elizabeth Hurley isn't letting spats slow her down. Here she talks about her new indie, The Weight of Water, and brings us up to speed on her mood--from how Bing made her "sad" and why she doesn't think much of his pal James Caan to how she sometimes wishes she weren't famous and why she doesn't plan on settling down anytime soon.
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Emile Hirsch: The Most Adept New Talent That Can't Buy Cigarettes
After a patchy beginning as a leukemia-riddled tyke saved by a vampire on "Kindred: The Embraced" (his hair was shaved off in clumps for the role), Emile Hirsch quickly moved up in the ranks as the young Houdini in TNT's high-profile biopic, and with stints on "NYPD Blue" and "ER."
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The Most Successful Person in Hollywood
My choice for this grand title is not obvious; it may make you laugh out loud. My candidate was widely dismissed, ridiculed and humiliated in his lifetime as a failure. As a movie director (his abiding ambition), he never made a picture that was a commercial hit. Instead, he made far too many that opened to mockery and disgrace, or which barely opened at all. As an actor, he had a significant role in just one box-office smash, but he contrived to make a deal for himself that settled for up-front money, instead of a part of the profits. Throughout his career, this man was hounded by his desperate need for cash in hand--to pay debts and bills, to get out of a hotel without being arrested, to launch one more unlikely project.
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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."
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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.
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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 $100 shopping spree.
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Katie Holmes: The Treasure from Toledo
First, the doe-eyed girl from Ohio became the girl-next-door of "Dawson's Creek." Then, she made smart movie choices by appearing in GO, Wonder Boys and The Gift. Now, Katie Holmes is taking on her biggest challenge by starring opposite Benjamin Bratt in the thriller Abandon. According to insiders, though, this is just the start of something very big.
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The Number$
Everyone knows actors and directors make a lot of money, but few can fathom exactly how much.
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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.
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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).
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James Franco: Keeping it Real
Like his role models James Dean and, Marlon Brando, James Franco doesn't want to reveal too much. But that doesn't mean the actor who appeared in Spider-Man and will next be seen opposite Robert De Niro in City by the Sea doesn't let a few things slip out.
