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Carnal Knowledge
Good sex is even harder to find on-screen than it is in real life. Here 10 directors who know from experiences how to film the erotic tell us what sex scenes they admire themselves.
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Demi Moore: More, More, Moore
Demi Moore would seem happy to have it all--her health, those looks, a happy marriage, a growing family, and starring roles in two talked-about new films, A Few Good Men and Indecent Proposal--but she wants more; in fact, she says, "I want everything."
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60 Minutes With Tom Cruise
Hollywood's movie-star-next-door chats about working with Jack Nicholson in the new film A Few Good Men, reveals his word for the day, and says it's no picnic having perfectly straight hair.
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Rita Rudner: In the Swim
I hate jokes," says stand-up comic and first-time screenwriter Rita Rudner. "People come up to me all the time and go, 'Hey, I heard this great joke...'" she sighs. "People are funny, life is funny, my husband is funny, but jokes are not funny." Not surprisingly, Peter's Friends, a comedy Rudner wrote (with her husband, producer Martin Bergman) and stars in, is short on gags, long on subtle wit and good acting.
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Mickey Rourke For a Day
Bravely going where few have dared to go, our correspondent underwent a complete transformation in order to find out what it's really like to be Mickey Rourke for a day.
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Kevin Bacon: Bacon Bounces Back
With JFK and now A Few Good Men, Kevin Bacon's self-imposed exile - starring in independent films dew people have seen - looks to be over at last. Here, over drinks, dinner and a game of miniature golf, the actor reviews his career moves.
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Who is J. J. Abrams?
For a whole week it seemed as if everyone who walked into my suite at the Mondrian hotel and saw the script for Mel Gibson's Christmas release Forever Young lying on the coffee table just had to tell me a story about the guy who wrote it, J.J. (Jeffrey) Abrams.
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David Permut: By Permut Only
For a guy who once tried to arrange a closed-circuit TV fight between a man and a great white shark, making two films with Kim Basinger isn't that big a deal. Meet producer and non-stop schmooze-meister David Permut, a man who thrives on buzz, rejection and the insanity of doing several movies at one time.
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Just Kidding: Celebrity Kids Photos
Thank goodness these children look as good as they do, because looks are likely to be the stock in trade for them when (and if) they grow up.
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Six Character Actresses in Search of an Offer
We're not going to try to define what "character acting" is, since many a movie star has given a great "character. acting" performance (Michelle Pfeiffer in Married to the Mob), and more than one "character actor" has given a memorable star turn (Holly Hunter in Broadcast News). But, we are willing to point out some of today's best character actresses, women capable of stealing not just scenes but whole movies.
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Top Ten UNPRODUCED Screenplays
Here are the 10 best movies you're not going to see anytime soon. They're imaginative, emotionally complex, satisfying stories. And nobody who can afford to make them is will to -- yet.
