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Into the Known World
Australian actor Russel Crowe's turn as a '50s Los Angeles cop in the daring film L.A. Confidential marks his passage into star territory.
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Vince Vaughn: It's Oz, Bro
After seven years of rejection, Vince Vaughn came to fame with a one-two punch that included the tiny Swingers, and the gigantic The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Here, the former small-towner talks, in his inimitably cool style, about his good fortune, his love of gambling and girls, and the film he made with Steven Speilberg's wife, The Locusts.
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Tori Spelling: Spelling it Out
Poor-little-rich-girl-everyone-loves-to-hate Tori Spelling is all grown up and hitting the big screen after most of her Beverly Hills 90210 cohorts have spun out. And guess what? She may be overstating the case when she says, "I think I turned out pretty normal," but she's good in the film, The House Of Yes.
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Sigourney Weaver: Ripley's Game
Sigourney Weaver gives a lot of heat talking about The Ice Storm.
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Guy Pearce: Up From (Down) Under
America - Heard of Guy Pearce, Australian soap opera star and heart throb? No? You will.
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Serpent's Tale: Anaconda
In Anaconda, the scariest creature in the black lagoon is Jon Voight.
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Portrait of the Young Man as an Actor
Notoriously stable child star Jonathan Taylor Thomas demonstrates his awesome powers of diplomacy, describes what it's like to be the butt of Ellen DeGeneres's jokes, and responds to the question of whether he's ever had sex ("Noooooooo!").
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Kevin Reynolds: Reynolds Rap
How did Kevin Reynolds, who brought you the bloated Waterworld, come to direct this summer's 187, a high-intensity drama about vicious kids in the L.A.school system?
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4,000 Blows
What does an actor have to do to win the favor of the masses and become an overpaid movie star? It turns out that, as we've always suspected, the public demands payment in blood.
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Michael Keaton: Dr. Michael & Mr. Keaton
On-screen ex-Batman Michael Keaton is as likey to portray a homicidal sociopath as he is to play a smart, funny guy. Offscreen he's only slightly more predictable.
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Juliette Binoche: The Secret Meaning of Binoche
Her portayal of the beautiful, compassionate nurse in The English Patient woke americans up to her talent. But when Juliette Binoche won her surprise Oscar in front of a billion viewers, the whole world fell in love with her.
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Joely Richardson: All in the Family
The emergence of the latest heir to the U.K.'s most dramatic theater dynasty, the Redgrave/Richardsons/Neesans, but Joley's in a class by herself.
