The Excitement is Building
Why is architecture the profession du jour for leading men in American movies? Joe Queenan exposes the hidden symbolism: like American men in general, architects are great at erecting enduring buildings, but hopelessly unable to use their erections to build enduring relationships.
All About Evil
When we asked four dozen Tinseltown women to name their favorite screen villainess, we didn't expect Cruella De Vil to emerge as the best-loved bad girl. Many of their other choices proved to be surprising, too.
Open Secret
Little Women screenwriter Robin Swicord is suddenly being showered with praise. People in the know have seen it coming for a long time.
The Waiting Game
Novelist Terry McMillan's best-seller Waiting to Exhale is being turned into a film, and McMillan has been turned into a screenwriter and producer.
Labor Daze
Big-screen scenes of childbirth go well beyond giving you cramps. They're enough to make you want to get your tubes tied.
Halle Berry: Halle Terror
I have every right to throw a tantrum," says Halle Berry, confirming she did just that while making her latest film. And as for the rumors that she's far from the baby doll cutie she used to be? "I can't keep up that act. I have to let the real me out."
Sandra Bullock: The Star Next Door
Sandra Bullock parlayed her role as the Everygirl bus driver of Speed into a career so hot she's making four back-to-back films and counting--at a couple of million each.
Jada Pinkett: Jada on the Job
"Acting's hard, nothing about it is easy," Jada Pinkett assures me. C'mon, what's so hard about it?
Kevin Smith: What's the Catch?
Overnight success Kevin Smith, the 24-year-old writer-director of Clerks, questions whether he's Hollywood's hottest new filmmaker or just another "one-hit wonder."
The Sweet Sting of Success
David Koepp is the 31-year-old screenwriter who's worked with directors like Spielberg (Jurassic Park), Zemeckis (Death Becomes Her) and De Palma (Carlito's Way). What he'd really like to do is direct a movie himself.
It's Just Movies
Andrew Fleming, the 31-year-old writer-director of Threesome, is refreshingly unimpressed by moviemaking, show biz, hype, his detractors, his fans--and himself.
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Remember Kathleen Turner in Body Heat? She was 26. There is no 26-year-old actress you could cast in that part today. Whatever happened to the idea of actresses under 30 who didn't seem like jailbait?
