She's already mastered playing a woman from another galaxy on "Roswell" so we thought it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for Katherine Heigl to play a woman from another era--Old Hollywood--for our pages.
The way stars look is so crucial to their ability to gain employment in Hollywood that it's not unusual for them to spend thousands of dollars a day for sartorial advice. Sometimes the results are god-awful, sometimes they're just good and sometimes they're so great it's hard to understand why the celebrities don't stick with those styles forever. Here are five cases where the clothes couldn't fit better.
Teri Polo had spent more than a dozen years trying to get a break in Hollywood when Meet the Parents came along. She's hoping her starring role opposite John Travolta in Domestic Disturbance will solidify her new status.
Dominick Dunne is best known for covering high-profile criminal cases, which he's written about in his new book, Justice. But long before he set foot in a courtroom, he was a Hollywood producer who clinked champagne flutes with the best of them. Here he tells Martha Frankel about the party days of yesteryear, and names which big stars he'd like to invite to his dream soiree.
Heather Graham has always deftly balanced edgy indies and major studio to-dos--this fall she's starring in the small, heartfelt Sidewalks of New York, the small, twisted Killing Me Softly and the big, scary From Hell. But it's been a long road to success. Here she shares what she's learned along the way, from how it's impossible to predict which project will work out to why on-set romances aren't a good idea
"I get dumped a lot," says Bridget Moynahan. Not in real life mind you, but in the world of Hollywood make-believe. For example, Moynahan played the socialite (also known as "the stick figure with no soul") who came between Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noth in HBO's "Sex and the City," then lost Noth.
For more than a decade Peter Krause was just another hardworking SAG member who made a decent living. Along the way he popped up in sitcoms like "Seinfeld," became a regular on "Cybill" and a lead on "Sports Night," and appeared in films as varied as Blood Harvest and The Truman Show.
Traumatized by a hellish New York City cab ride that conjured up memories of the gruesome abduction scene in The Bone Collector, Joe Queenan was forced to confront the irrational fears that big screen "entertainment" instills in us all.
Don't hate Padma Lakshmi because she's beautiful. Hate her because she speaks five languages and is a best-selling author, a skilled chef and a globe-trotting fashion model.
The director of the original Die Hard and the new Rollerball talks about why he chose to do another remake after The Thomas Crown Affair, how he ended up not doing Basic Instinct 2 and what he did to get the beach-bunny quality out of Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.
"Can we go outside?" asks John Cameron Mitchell when we meet in Florent, a funky Manhattan bistro. Conducting an interview alfresco is a risky proposition under any circumstances in New York, but especially so in this case, since Mitchell's an off-Broadway star.
For several years Mariah Carey has wanted to make movies. Now the princess of pop is getting her chance with Glitter, a rags-to-riches story she claims is not her life story.
Matt Davis's first brush with stardom took place at Andy Garcia's doorstep, where he stood with a delivery pizza in his hands. "I was amazed he opened the door himself," the young actor recalls with a laugh. "I think I even saved the receipt."
The way Hollywood is treating 18-year-old Anne Hathaway would make any young girl's head spin. She has director Garry Marshall declaring her "a combination of Julia Roberts, Audrey Hepburn and Judy Garland" based on her performance in his film The Princess Diaries.
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