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Joey Lauren Adams: Kitschy-Coup
The character who finally deflowered Bud Bundy blossoms in Chasing Amy.
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Extreme Measures: Matt Damon in Courage Under Fire
1997 turned out to be the year of Matt Damon. See how it began.
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Triumph of Pluck: Kate Beckinsale in Cold Comfort Farm
Newcomer Kate Beckinsale doesn't just match the strength of established heavyweights, in the sleeper hit from the UK, she dominates.
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La Dolce Vita di Versace
Just when stars were beginning to look like oddly ravishing diplomats, thanks to Armani, along came Gianni Versace. Here the master of Hollywood pizzazz mentally dresses Gwyneth and Uma for the Oscars, praises Leonardo, Christian and Brad, and explains why he won't make a movie like Mizrahi's Unzipped until Terry Gilliam is ready.
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The Mystery of Christian Bale
At 13, he starred brilliantly in Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, which was a box-office disappointment. At 18, he starred in the musical Newsies, which bombed. How is it that Christian Bale, with only small performances in Little Women and The Portrait of a Lady to recommend him, stands poised at 23 on the edge of what odds say will be a long, impressive screen career?
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Cameron Diaz: Candid Cameron
In the current rush of new talent in Young Hollywood, she's one of the most beautiful and least predictable. Here Cameron Diaz talks about liking Julia Roberts, loving Matt Dillon and learning "not to make a complete asshole" out of herself.
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Rebecca Gayheart: Loretta Golightly?
Not-so-innocent Rebecca Gayheart would have been potent fuel for the "Twin Peaks" sex machine a few years back--she has the appropriate wide eyes and dangerous pout.
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Pamela Anderson Lee: A Would-Be Casablanca for the '90s, Barb Wire Plays Like Casablank
Bad movies we love.
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Salma Hayek: One-Woman Heat Wave
Salma Hayek blazed her way into Hollywood with exotic beauty and screen-scorching sexual charisma. She wants to do better than that. Will her film with Matthew Perry, Fools Rush In, prove she's an actress with more than erotic moves to offer on the big screen?
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The New Flesh
When the few throb-inspiring young stars we had a couple of years ago started charging an arm and a leg for their services, new, gorgeous comers moved in to warm up the screen. Our intrepid reporter asks the man on the street (and the woman on the phone) to give us some feedback on who is and isn't doing it for the sizzle-starved masses.
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Howard Stern: Howard Does Hollywood
Can Howard Stern, self-proclaimed "King of All Media," conquer the final frontier--Tinseltown--with a movie version of his autobiography, Private Parts? Here, he talks frankly about all matters cinematic--from the porno film he loved as a kid, to the size of Richard Gere's manhood, to why he wants to be a movie star when he knows they're all nuts.
