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Rosie O'Donnell: An Inning of Her Own
There's no doubt from the frown on Rosie O'Donnell's brow that the mood is foul. "Sure," she hisses, "on top of everything else, you'll write that I'm one complete bitch!"
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Phillip Noyce: Have You Directed a Ford Lately?
Not long ago, the boulevards of Hollywood were alive with the vroom of information engines. Car phones and in-dash fax machines, stjudio moles, the vertical integration of talent agencies, all these things testified to the sacred belief that knowledge was power. The mania for acquisition of inside dope turned industry climbers into communication port parasites, Elton John Pinball Wizards teetering on the platform shoes of hyperconsciousness, cyberpunks tethered and jacked in to virtual reality. In the world of I-know-something-you-don't, a phone ring was like the hot rush of amyl nitrite; the divulgence of a secret release date felt better than (most kinds of) sex.
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Madchen Amik: Victim of Circumstance
Madchen Amick, "Twin Peaks'" Shelly, may be the first blonde since Farrah "The Burning Bed" Fawcett to get extended mileage out of playing the battered wife. But how much can one girl take?
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James Earl Jones: Here, There and Everywhere
The impressive screen career of James Earl Jones is easy to trace. He's made dozens of films, from Dr. Strangelove and The Great White Hope, to recent hits like Field of Dreams and The Hunt for Red October.
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Brides' Heads Revisited
Was it only a year ago when, caught up in the romantic frenzy of the traditional marrying month of June, Julia Roberts took over the back lot of 20th Century Fox and invited 500 fellow romantics to watch her bond for life with Kiefer Sutherland, with whom she had "fallen madly in love" and about whom she'd said, "I've been immensely blessed in the discovery of this person"? Well, for all of you who think that Julia's last-minute decision not to tie the knot with Kiefer was on a tragic par with the release of her back to back films Sleeping With the Enemy and Dying Young, think again. This is Hollywood.
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Eric Stoltz: True Confessions of a Faux Paraplegic
Eric Stoltz talks about growing up barefoot, falling back in love with Bridget Fonda and spending three months in a wheelchair for his role in The Waterdance.
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Lookers - Premiere Photos
Not all movie stars are ravishing to look at. Unconventional kissers like those of Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler and Arnold Schwarzenegger can be more powerful on the big screen than the most gorgeous faces. Still, classic beauty has always been the main currency of show business. Here's to beauty that is not in the eye of the beholder.
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Sigourney Weaver: The Heat is On
After three years off the screen, Sigourney Weaver is back in a big way: she commanded a $5.5 million salary to reprise Ripley in Alien 3, then reunited with her Alien director Ridley Scott to portray Queen Isabella in his epic 1492 Here she chats about everything from which co-stars kiss the best to why she wanted to play Catwoman.
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The Greenlight District
The men's club of Hollywood power players may be small, but you can bet that the women's club is much smaller. Still, no matter how select, the membership is growing. Some of the women who have the clout to make things happen behind the cameras started out in front of them, and are used to being caught by the paparazzi flash. But many of them--producers, agents, marketing execs, publicists, directors and writers--rarely get snapped. Along with Cher, Bette, Jane, Sally and so on, here are some of the faces you'd better know on sight if you're going to continue doing your dishing with impunity at Maple Drive.
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The Secret Garden of Caroline Thompson
With movies like The Addams Family, Edward Scissorhands, and the upcoming The Incredible Journey, Caroline Thompson's become one of the most sought-after screenwriters in town. Here she chats with an old friend about new projects, old pets and her current boyfriend, composer Danny Elfman.
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Juliette Lewis: Juliette of the Spirit
First she caused a sensation in Martin Scorcese's Cape Fear. Then Woody Allen grabbed her for his work in progress. But a big career isn't all 18-year-old Juliette Lewis has happened on lately--as she explains, she's also found her "mate for life."
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Ellen Barkin: Born to Be Bad
Is Ellen Barkin the hottest hot property in town, or just its wildest card? With three new movies in the can and a fast, funny way with a quip, maybe she's both.
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The New Catfights
For all those who experienced something like the effects of oxygen deprivation at the appearance of four terrific, original, strong, dignified female leads all in the same year (Foster in The Silence of the Lambs, Sarandon and Davis in Thelma & Louise and Dern in Rambling Rose) and arrived at the tipsy conclusion that things were changing for women in Hollywood, we have this to say: Be careful what you wish for. Yes, Hollywood is definitely casting more women in the leads of big-budget films, because it's suddenly looking profitable to do so. But when the mental giants in development hell put their minds to work, you gotta look out.
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Robin Wright: The Wright Stuff?
Robin Wright made heads turn as The Princess Bride, then made headlines when she dropped out of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves to have a baby fathered by Sean Penn. Will her next movie The Playboys return her to the top of the lists as one of the most sought-after young actresses in town?
