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Brittany Murphy
So bubbly she could carbonate Lake Michigan, Brittany Murphy works like crazy.
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Melanie Lynskey
No mere also-ran from Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures, the young Miss Lynskey is a force with whom to reckon.
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Star Wears
If Audrey Hepburn were alive today she would probably dress a lot like Natalie Portman.
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Sandra Bullock: There's Something About Sandy
Over the past couple of years, Sandra Bullock has evolved from the wisecracking sweetheart-next-door to a wised-up, self-protective, enterprising woman with a life. Here she talks about sweating through her new film with Ben Affleck, Forces of Nature, struggling through her company's new production, Gun Shy, and breaking out of the prison of "cash, cash, cash, scripts, scripts, scripts."
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The Unsinkable Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith has weathered her share of storms in both her professional and personal life, but she's always managed to stay afloat. She's currently sailing calmer seas, thanks to great reviews for her last two films, a killer role in her next, Crazy in Alabama, and a bash-proof love affair with her husband, Antonio Banderas.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh: Fearless Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh has made an art of exploring her own dark places through the dark characters she plays on-screen. Here she goes again in David Cronenberg's eXistenZ.
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Rachel Blanchard
The happy-go Lucky Cher from Clueless turns tables (and heads) as the creepy star of Carrie 2.
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Jay Mohr: Wanting Mohr
Jay Mohr is one of the few young actors in Hollywood who has both acting chops and a funny bone--and that's exactly the problem.
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Young Blood
Noting that serial-killer thrillers are favored by young actors and beloved by young moviegoers, Joe Queenan watched several examples of the genre and came to his very own socioanthropological conclusions.
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Party of Five
Here's an invitation to consider the past, present and future choices of five young actors who've survived murderous odds to become touchstones for their generation.
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The Return of Juliette Lewis
The once-Oscar-nominated young actress talks about spinning out on drugs and slowly finding her way back to acting with director Garry Marshall in The Other Sister.
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Angelina Jolie: Tres Jolie
Meeting with Jon Voight's already-infamous daughter is a welcome slap in the face.
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Barry Pepper
As Saving Private Ryan's scripture-spouting southern sharpshooter, Barry Pepper gave such a distinctive, powerful performance that when his character got killed, it was our cue that the whole troop would meet its doom, too.
