The Vault
Marley Shelton: Gimme Shelton
She plays the same sort of sweet blonde in this summer's Bubble Boy that she's played before, but Marley Shelton is a lot spicier than that in real life.
The Vault
Brad Renfro: Brad Influence
He became headline news for scrapes with the law, but young Brad Renfro, who appears in this month's indie Bully, insists he's done with his wayward ways.
The Vault
The New Warden of Jurassic Park
When Steven Spielberg decided to forgo directing the third installment of his billion-dollar Jurassic Park franchise, he turned over the keys to his prized vehicle to Joe Johnston, the director of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Jumanji.
The Vault
Shannen Doherty: The Calm After The Storm
Former "Beverly Hills, 90210" wild thing Shannen Doherty claims to have calmed down so that she can focus on parlaying her small-screen fame from "Charmed" into a big-screen career. She's starting with the upcoming Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
The Vault
Hollywood's Women Who Loved Too Much
Big-time Casanovas like Errol Flynn and Gary Cooper aren't the only stars who were legendary for their many love affairs. A number of gorgeous actresses competed in the boudoir Olympics with as much style and ferocity as their male counterparts.
The Vault
Clive Owen: Clive Talkin'
Clive Owen's coiled intensity in the cult hit Croupier won him an American following that now threatens to make him the star he'd rather not be.
The Vault
Joe Roth: But What He Really Wants To Do Is Direct
Joe Roth has been the studio boss of both 20th Century Fox and Disney, and he's just launched his third major production company. So what in the world is he doing directing Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones in this summer's America's Sweethearts.
The Vault
Dennis Farina
Having been handpicked by such of-the-moment directors as Steven Soderbergh for Out of Sight, Guy Ritchie for Snatch and now Edward Burns for Sidewalks of New York, Dennis Farina is undergoing a career resurgence at age 57.
The Vault
Five on the Line
Many big movies will tank or soar this summer, and the fortunes of their stars will fall or rise with them. The next three months can make a crucial difference in the careers of these five actors.
The Vault
Josh Hartnett: Straight From The Hartnett
Little known a year ago, Josh Hartnett is front and center with Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale in this summer's biggest film, Pearl Harbor, and he has another major one coming up soon, Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down. How did a lanky Minnesota boy rise to stardom so quickly? As he tells it, the formula for success is one part pure wanderlust to three parts sheer rebelliousness.
The Vault
Paul Walker: Fast Walker
Paul Walker has never had a hit show on The WB, has never been a Calvin Klein model and has never stepped inside the music world. He has never played the lead role in a film, either. He was a supporting player to James Van Der Beek in Varsity Blues, to Freddie Prinze Jr. in She's All That and to Joshua Jackson in The Skulls. Nevertheless, Walker has developed an immense teen following over the past three years, one far beyond anything his level of visibility would normally merit. Some of the extraordinary attention can be explained by his looks alone--he's a tall, blue-eyed 27-year-old Southern California-born surfer, a particularly good example of a beloved type. But the better explanation is what happens when those looks collide with the big screen. Even in small parts he has memorable presence. Walker will finally have a starring role in this summer's testosterone-pumped thriller The Fast and the Furious, and if the movie delivers on the excitement the trailer has generated in theaters, he is likely to emerge as more than just a pretty face for teen girls to swoon over.
The Vault
Baz Luhrmann: All That Baz
Has Baz Luhrmann, the stylishly edgy director who turned William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet into a surprise box-office hit, reinvented the musical movie with Moulin Rouge? According to Luhrmann, Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor certainly made music together.
The Vault
Paul Bettany
In director Brian Helgeland's frolicking romantic adventure A Knight's Tale, English actor Paul Bettany shines as the comically grandiloquent, gambling-addicted Geoffrey Chaucer, who, deep in debt, strikes a deal to help aspiring knight Heath Ledger forge an aristocratic identity.
