Is Kevin Bacon the Center of the Universe?
If you play The Kevin Bacon Game on the Internet, you know that he is. Here, the actor who's connected to all other film people by four or fewer degrees of separation, talks about playing a sadist-pedophile in Sleepers, explains how proud he is of his wife's love scenes with John Travolta in Phenomenon, and, no kidding, sings.
Glenn Close: Close Call
Among actresses of a certain age, there's no one but Susan Sarandon who can rival Glenn Close for career vitality. After triumphing on Broadway in Sunset Boulevard, Close returns to a starring screen role as the biggest bitch in motion picture history, Cruella de Vil, in 101 Dalmatians. And she does a cameo as the first Lady in Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! for good measure.
Who's the Best Actress in Hollywood?
Ten writers tell us the actress they believe is Hollywood's most terrific.
Who's the Best Actor in Hollywood?
Eight different writers fashion eight different arguments to convince you why eight different performers are each the best actor working in Hollywood films today.
Spike Lee Does Not Bite
Our intrepid reporter goes mano a mano with the notoriously slippery filmmaker, and comes away with--of all things--a new respect for his work.
Heather Locklear: The Heather on the Hill
From the mountain aerie she shares with rocker mate Richie Sambora, TV queen Heather Locklear lays out her strategy for becoming a movie star, gives the lowdown on why she'll opt for plastic surgery down the road, and comments on the headline-grabbing exploits of her first husband, Tommy Lee.
Look Before You Leap!
Every hit TV series these days seems to spawn would-be movie stars. But as onetime TV cowboy Clint Eastwood might say, "Do you feel lucky?" As the eight case histories presented here show, the successful leaps to the big screen read in retrospect as bizarre studies in improbability, and the failures are sobering cautionary tales.
Teri Hatcher: The Hunger
Is TV's Lois Lane, Teri Hatcher, poised to become a film star? If Old Hollywood style moxie has anything to do with it, she just might satisfy her appetite for a big-time career. Here, the Internet icon disses the tabloids that diss her, explains her new coiffure, and reveals her hitherto top-secret career plans.
Jennifer Lopez: Latin Hustle
According to Eric Stoltz, her costar in the upcoming Amazon adventure Anaconda, Jennifer Lopez has a unique way of expressing her satisfaction with a take: she dances.
Peter Gallagher: Peter's Principle
Peter Gallagher and Michelle Pfeiffer are husband and wife in Jo Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, but due to a heart-wrenching story line-- she's dead; he isn't--the pair barely lock lips.
Hollywood's Well-Tylered Man
When Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington and Stephen Dorff want to get dressed to kill, they head straight for Richard Tyler's coolly cut, classic clothes. Here, the Australian-born. L.A.-based designer grades guys from Tom Cruise to Jim Carrey on their fashion finesse, skewers the dress-up circus of the Oscars, and spells out where lime-lit men should be heading now that the style of pretending to ignore style is over.
StarStyle
It seems quaint now, but there was a time when stars had their image crafted for them, invariably without their input, by the studio they were under contract to. The carefully considered choice of roles, scripts, directors and all-important publicity photos went a long way to putting over a player's personality.
