Everyone in show biz talks about moving away from L.A., but Stephen Baldwin, who describes himself as a "wienie actor from Hollywood," has actually gone the distance--all the way to Tucson. Our intrepid reporter takes a walk in the desert at Baldwin's favorite hideaway while the actor tells tales of rattlesnakes--the Tinseltown type as well as the variety found in Arizona.
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.
Jennifer Tilly is known for her small but scene-stealing roles. From the exuberant wannabe chanteuse in The Fabulous Baker Boys to the airheaded thrill-seeker in The Getaway, Tilly's out-there characters hold your attention so much better than most leads that it would almost be a shame if she ascended to soberer starring roles.
"I want to piss everybody off!" claims Charlie Sheen. And in this interview, he tries his best, trashing everyone from Tom Cruise, Julie Roberts, Keanu Reeves, Marisa Tomei and Brad Pitt to Sean Young, Leonardo DiCaprio, Nastassja Kinski, Stephen Dorff and Kristy Swanson. Oh, and LeVar Burton.
What designer do the more whimsical, adventuresome movie stars turn to when they need a break from Armani? Meet tiara-happy Barbie doll enthusiast Anna Sui.
Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves's spunky impromptu bus driver in Speed, invites our reporter home for a friendly afternoon sugar high.
Writer/director Quentin Tarantino never went to film school, never even finished high school. That may be why Reservoir Dogs and True Romance were so much fun. Of course, they were also violent enough to make Janet Reno's hair curl. Now come Pulp Fiction and Natural Born Killers.
Taking a break from "living the fast life," Pauly Shore conducts a tour of his haunted Hollywood Hills home, reveals how he lost his virginity, and explains that, basically, he's just "trash."
You've heard of Jean-Claude Van Damme, but have you ever seen one of his movies? While you've been renting Anthony Hopkins/Emma Thompson films, he's been moving up the action-star food chain. Here he talks about the size of his salary, his feet, and his manhood, while offering career advice for Steven Seagal and Sylvester Stallone.
David Alan Grier and Damon Wayans, who first reached fame as the outrageous "Men on Film" on TV's "In Living Color," now co-star in Blankman, a movie Wayans co-wrote. Movieline asked Grier to interview Wayans, but it didn't turn out that way . . .
For her starring role in Garry Marshall's upcoming film version of Anne Rice's S&M love story Exit to Eden, Dana Delany had to learn the tricks of the dominatrix trade. Here she reveals how she learned to handle a whip and what it's like filming in the nude, and she explains what the hell a "jade stalk" is.
It's funny--you dream about doing some things, you do them, and then you go, 'Okay, what am I going to do now?'"
In the wee hours of the morning, Marisa Tomei lets down her defenses long enough to chat about whether she and Joe Pesci will make a sequel to My Cousin Vinny, the gossip that hounds her, the advantages of dating men who hall from Beaver, PA, and the place where she keeps her Oscar.
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