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Virtual Newsstand: Movieline, December/January 2000

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Courteney Cox: Cool Cox

"Friends" star Courteney Cox Arquette explains why she's in couples therapy with her new husband, David Arquette, confesses to being a control freak, and declares that she wishes her Scream character, Gale, was "bitchy from top to bottom."

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Trailer Trash

After careful analysis of the many ways in which movie previews manage to be awful, investigative reporter Joe Queenan exposes a shocking conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of the federal government.

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21 Sex Symbols for the 21st Century

It's a new millennium and never has the cinematic sex icon been more vulnerable. Being worshiped just ain't for the fainthearted anymore. Call it progress, or chalk it up to an epidemic of attention deficit disorder, but moviegoers are more jaded and more informed than ever before.

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John C. Reilly: The Life of Reilly

A conversation between Boogie Nights director Paul Thomas Anderson and his favorite actor John C. Reilly, reveals what it's like for Reilly to be starring in Anderson's new Magnolia, which features a supporting player named Tom Cruise.

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Anthony Minghella: The Talented Mr. Minghella

Anthony Minghella performed a near miracle by turning the novel The English Patient into an Oscar-winning film. Despite the presence of Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow in starring roles, he's not doing anything easier with his new film, The Talented Mr. Ripley.

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50 Doses of Hollywood Dish

It's reassuring to know that celebrities are capable of short bursts of civility when they're in the spotlight. But it's more fun when they can't manage even that.

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Masterpieces to Go

Thanks to the talent of faux masters, movies are suddenly filled with fine art masterpieces.

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Christina Ricci: The Most Original Young Actress in Hollywood

After earning praise and escaping child-star status in several edgy indies, the inimitable Christina Ricci is starring with Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. Though she claims to be "much more into trying to enjoy life now," her success has not, thank goodness, dulled her acerbic wit or undermined her willingness to admit such things as the fact that she likes the smell of her own feet.

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The Second Annual Hollywood 100 Most

Our second annual list of 'The Most ____' in Hollywood.

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Frank Darabont: A Man of Convictions

Frank Darabont, whose last film, the prison saga The Shawshank Redemption, became a time-release hit with the masses, goes behind bars again, this time with Tom Hanks for The Green Mile.

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Joshua Jackson: Joshing Around

Dawson's Creek star Joshua Jackson used to be thought of as merely the wise-ass sidekick to James Van Der Beek, but now he has evolved into primo crush material. Filmmakers have noticed, which is why you'll soon see a lot of Jackson on the big screen.

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Tara Reid: Arctic Angel

The most luscious ingredient of American Pie.

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Virtual Newsstand: Movieline, November 1999

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Singers On-screen

More singers than ever before are looking to cross over to screen acting. Since musical talent doesn't equate to movie star potential, we asked "personologist" George Roman to analyze the faces of these singers for signs of their big-screen possibilities.

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