Nothing bums big actors out than having their performances overshadowed by modern-day Eve Harringtons. Just look at what happened to Annabeth Gish when Julia Roberts took a bite out of Mystic Pizza.
In the period comedy Down with Love, Renée Zellweger plays a self-help writer as dedicated to fashion as she is to feminism. Her foil, played by Ewan McGregor, is a journalist who's a cad but no slouch in the style department. In fact, there's not a person, place or thing in this film that doesn't ring with the snappy, optimistic look of 1963.
Thousands of faces arrive in Hollywood every year. Only a few make it. Camouflaged among those few are a Handful that will become stars. We've built our reputation on picking out those stars-in-the-making, and our annual Young Hollywood Awards puts a spotlight on them each spring. Here are some of this year's chosen. To see who else is nominated--and to cast your vote--log onto www.movieline.com.
He established himself as a skilled director of small Australian films and went on to make big extravaganzas like Patriot Games. Now that he has turned out the impressive indies Rabbit-Proof Fence and The Quiet American, is Hollywood telling Phillip Noyce he can do whatever he pleases?
Richard Zanuck is so Hollywood -- not only has he developed classics like The Sound of Music, and produced hits like Road to Perdition, but his father is former studio honcho Darryl F. Zanuck. When Richard is at home in Beverly Hills, however, he prefers to feel like he's in a whole other world.
He has had success on the small screen as Keri Russell's obsession in "Felicity," and it looks like he may score on the big screen, too, with the cop caper, Dark Blue. But Scott Speedman is refusing to go Hollywood. He doesn't even own a cell phone.
She's only 28, but Drew Barrymore has already lived through several phases, her latest being megaproducer--she has Charlies Angels: Full Throttle and Duplex coming up next. Here she discusses her lucky career streak and brings us up to date on all things Drew--the new guy in her life, the friendship she's trying to start with ex Tom Green, the fondness she feels for George Clooney, the advice she'd give Winona Ryder and the way she currently feels about her breasts.
Having loads of looks and charm doesn't necessarily guarantee success in the movie business. Massachusetts native Chris Evans was aware of this so he smartly interned for free at a New York City casting agency, which led to him finding an agent, before heading out west.
She went from pop princess to serious actress with A Walk To Remember, and now she's going comedic with How to Deal. And instead of dating a movie star or rock god, she's being courted by tennis ace Andy Roddick. How will Mandy Moore surprise us next?
Back in the '50s, when people still believed in glamour and permitted mystique, the great stars radiated images so cool and desirable no mere mortal could live up to them.
The Villa Vallombrosa looks like it was built a century or three ago. Designed in the Tuscan Rural style by architect Nathan Coleman, this mini palazzo with an enclosed courtyard and fountain is decorated with French and Italian furniture and feels like a. retreat for a 19th Century scholar or artist. The small, dark rooms have a crypt-like dull to them, and there's even a heady old European smell coming off the vintage upholstery and clothbound books.
When sexpots want Tinseltown to take them seriously, they get gruesome for the big screen. Sometimes this results in nausea for the viewing public. Other times, it results in Hollywood gold for the stars.
Basic star Roselyn Sanchez slinks into spring fashion's basic black and white.
Not every career just glides along in Hollywood. Some start and stop for years until they finally take off. Jacqueline Obradors--reclining here at The Highlands Nightclub and Loggia at the Hollywood & Highland complex--is a perfect example of this type of ascendency.
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