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06 EDITORIAL

08 LETTERS

10 SNAPSNatalie Portman’s bald head shines

12 SHORTS Rob Zombie touts The Devil’s Rejects;Jennifer Love Hewitt loves stuff

14 COMING SOON 3001 arrives sooner than you think

16 SPOTLIGHTDavid Richmond-Peck gets work

18 THE BIG PICTURE Book a trip to The Island

38 ON THE SLATEStallone returns to Rambo

39 TRIVIA

40 THINGSRiviera chic right here in Canada

42 EATSMousse cake satisfies chocolate yen

44 NAME OF THE GAMEQuadruple your fun with Fantastic Four

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Famous | volume 6 | number 7

34 RETURN OF THE LADIES’ MANVINCE VAUGHN irons his suit andbrushes off his pickup lines to playa randy rogue alongside Owen Wilsonin the comedy Wedding Crashers.It’s a return to form for the lankystar of Swingers, but don’t expectVaughn to get too excited, it’s allabout the work, baby. • Plus, how tobuy props from the movie onlineI BY EARL DITTMAN

22 SHOP GIRLEver wonder what it would be liketo shop for a living? Find out asFamous spends the day withToronto set buyer Alexx Hooper, who shops ’til she drops to outfitthe sets for Four BrothersI BY INGRID RANDOJA

26 JESSICA DANDYJESSICA ALBA has emerged as oneof Hollywood’s most sought-afterstarlets. Here the Fantastic Fourlead talks about her climb up theHollywood ladder and what it’s liketo play an invisible womanI BY BOB THOMPSON

30 BILLY BALL His dad was a high school basketballcoach and he was an injury awayfrom playing pro baseball, so itmakes sense BILLY BOB THORNTONplays Coach Buttermaker in theBad News Bears remake. But howacerbic will they let him be for thisfamily comedy? I BY BOB STRAUSS

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As I write this, another story isbreaking about how Russell Croweis a jerk. A hotel concierge says

Crowe threw a phone at him becausethe star couldn’t get through to his wife in Australia — and Crowe isn’tdenying it.

The exact details may still change, butthere have been enough of these storiesabout Crowe in the past few years tobring the old “where there’s smoke,there’s fire” adage to mind. And that’stoo bad for a very specific segment ofthe population — smart, independent,liberated women who secretly harbour a

preference for gruff men who are a bit rough around the edges.You see, we, I mean, uh, these particular women like guys who,

while they may be a bit unpolished, are also truly good underneath.Crowe was the group’s leading man for many years, but it’s clearlytime for a change. And it occurs to me that our cover boy Vince Vaughn has an outside shot.

It’s been nine years since Vaughn played slick lounge lizard Trent (who we loved to hate, and hated to love) in the indie faveSwingers, and two years since he got a bloody nose in a real-life West Hollywood bar fight. Thanks to a fortunately placed paparazzowe still have a shot of that one etched in our collective mind’s eye.

He’s a big guy at 6’5”. We know it’s not fair, but that is a prerequisite for the position. The fact that he’s so good at playingtoo-slick ladies’ men is a surprising plus…we know he’s only acting,of course. So the members of the Smart, Independent, LiberatedWomen who Secretly Harbour a Preference for Gruff Men Club willbe watching with interest as Wedding Crashers opens this month.

In the partially improvised comedy, Vaughn and Owen Wilsonstar as a couple of smooth Lotharios who crash weddings to seducewomen. If Vaughn’s character turns into a remotely good guy by theend, he’s in. And if not, there’s always his next film, The Break Upwith Jennifer Aniston. It’ll be his first leading-man role in a romantic comedy and is based on a story idea of his own. Did I mention Mr. Gruff also has to be smart and creative?

In “Vince Vaughn, Still Swinging,” page 34, the Minnesota nativedescribes how he went from being the up-and-comer studios weretouting as “another Brad Pitt” in the mid-’90s to the go-to supportingguy who almost always steals the show.

Then, if you want to know why Fantastic Four’s Jessica Alba foundit painful to watch herself in early screenings of her new movie, turnto “Jessica Alba’s Fantastic Role,” page 26.

And on page 30 we present you with “Coach of the Year,” our interview with Billy Bob Thornton about his part as a hipper, sex-ier version of Walter Matthau’s CoachButtermaker in the Bad News Bears remake.

Finally, on page 22, join us for a shoppingspree with expert set decoration buyer Alexx Hooper as she scours Toronto in search ofthe perfect props for next month’s MarkWahlberg flick, Four Brothers.

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Zoe Preston — Corunna, Ont.

Good eye. That is indeed Billy Crudup, star of Almost Famousand Big Fish, as the gas station cashier who encapsulates a youngcouple’s purchases with the familiar MasterCard shtick: “Chips,three dollars; frozen beverage, two dollars; gas, 30 dollars. Startinga new life together, priceless.” In fact, Crudup has been the unseenvoice of that popular campaign since 1997. But this is the first timehe’s appeared in front of the camera for the credit card giant.Apparently, he’s done quite a bit of commercial voiceover work inthe past few years, the extra bucks allowing him to be pickier aboutfilm roles.

LOFTY STARTThank you so much for your story on Jennifer Tilly [April 2005], my favourite actress of all time. It made me likeher even more! The reporter was Mathieu Chantelois. It sayshe is the editor of Famous Québec. Correct me if I’m wrong,but could it be the same guy who was in the TV show The Lofters? If so, could you tell me about his life after reality TV?

Mark Meoli — Calgary, Alta.

Yes! Our Mathieu Chantelois is indeed the verysame Mathieu who starred in the first season ofthe Canadian reality TV series The Lofters. Forthose of you who’ve wiped the U8TV experimentfrom your memories, eight feisty young hipsterswere forced to live together in a Toronto loft for oneyear while cameras rolled 24/7. Hilarity ensued.Now the editor of Famous Québec, Famous’sFrench-language sister publication available

across la belle province, Chantelois says he’s relieved to be out of theloft. (Clearly he has yet to discover the hidden camera we’veimplanted in his phone.) Mathieu now lives in a very nice Torontocondo — not a loft, never call it a loft — with Marcelo, whom youshould also remember from The Lofters. The two were married inJuly 2003.

THE WRITE INFOHi, I love your magazine and can’t wait every month for thenext issue to appear. I’m a huge movie person and I wouldlove to write a couple of my favourite actresses to let themknow how much I appreciate their work. Do you knowwhere I could write to Angelina Jolie? She is my favouriteactress in the world! Also, do you know where I could writeto Jessica Alba? Thanks so much for your help!

Andrea Keough — Calgary, Alta.

Well, most sites on the web will still tell you to write to AngelinaJolie at William Morris Agency, but truth is she switched over tothe equally powerful CAA this past March, so your best bet is tosend your letter there. Address it: Angelina Jolie, c/o Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd.,Beverly Hills, Calif., 90212-1825.As for Alba, some have had success writing to her via her PRcompany: Jessica Alba, c/o BWR Public Relations, 9100 Wilshire Blvd.,6th Floor West Tower, Beverly Hills, Calif., 90212. And be sure tocheck out our interview with the Fantastic Four star on page 26.

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CAUGHT ON FILMKATE BECKINSALE, GWYNETH PALTROW, BEN AFFLECK AND NATALIE PORTMAN

When in Rome…Looking like a sombercharacter from a

Fellini film, GwynethPaltrow awaits the startof the “Una notte aRoma” (“A Night inRome”) fashion show inthe Italian capital’sNavona Square. Paltrowsat next to her goodfriend Valentino, who wasone of the designersbeing shown.

Kate Beckinsaleis known in Hollywood forbeing a bit high-strung,but she looks relaxed andhappy here as she gets apedicure in a salon alongSanta Monica’s trendyMontana Avenue.

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Ben Affleck and JenniferGarner hydrate themselves inVancouver where Jen’s

filming Catch and Release, about a woman who discoversher fiancé’s secrets after hisdeath. Surprisingly, it’s a romantic-comedy. The pair wasthen off to see a movie.

Two months after ourfirst glimpse of Natalie Portmanbald we still think she looksstunning. The shaved head is forher role in V for Vendetta, afuturistic thriller about terroristsbattling a totalitarian Great Britainafter Germany wins a new World War. The film was shot inLondon and Berlin this pastspring — this shot was taken inthe latter while Portman and afriend spent a day shopping.

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Now that’s how you should act at the premiere of your newmovie — a little spunk, a little energy… Thirteen-year-oldTaylor Lautner busts a move at the L.A. premiere of his new film

The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D. Lautner, who playsShark Boy in director Robert Rodriguez’s latest, has won threeJunior World Championships in martial arts and is a member of L.A. Hip Kids, a hip-hop dance performance group.

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He looks as if he’s related to CharlesManson, he used to front the schlock-metal band White Zombie and he makesexceedingly gruesome horror movies. Butunderneath Rob Zombie’s Goth exterior isa movie geek of the highest order.

The director of 2003’s cult hit House of 1000 Corpses and its sequel,The Devil’s Rejects (opening July 22),grew up in a carny family (the entire clanworked for fairs and freak shows), but thething Zombie remembers most about hischildhood is movies.

“I would literally sit in front of the TVall day,” he says on the line from his Los Angeles office. “From noon ’til two

I’d watch The Great Escape, from two ’tilfour I’d watch For a Few Dollars More,from four ’til six I’d watch A Night at theOpera and from eight ’til 10 I’d watchFrankenstein. It was all day long.”

You can see Zombie referencing moviessuch as Bonnie & Clyde and Badlands inThe Devil’s Rejects, which sees the sadisticand psychotic Firefly family from Houseof 1000 Corpses continue their killingspree until an obsessed lawman sets outto stop them.

What does Zombie want viewers to feelwhen they step out of this graphic horrorflick?

“I want people to feel conflicted,” he

says. “That’s what movies used to be like for me, like say the first time I sawTaxi Driver. I saw the movie and it’s like,‘How do I feel about what I just saw? I’mshocked by it and I just sort of have tolive with it for a while.’ Now, most of thetime when you come out of the movie yougo, ‘Let’s eat.’ It doesn’t leave any lastingeffect.” —IR

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After years of watching young celebs drooling over tables ofhandbags, costume jewellery and sparkly lipsticks, we’vedecided it’s time to name Jennifer Love Hewitt as the Queenof Getting Stuff.

You see, in between making movies and lunching at The Ivy, young Hollywood passes the time at parties whereproduct is the main event — whether a fundraiser, a pre-awardsshow gift buffet, store opening, or just the launch of a newclothing line. Often, they walk away with an armful of freestuff, a fancy new pedicure or even a gift for their tiny pooch.Although the competition was fierce — with Lacey Chabertand Mena Suvari coming in second and third — Love Hewittpulled ahead just last month when she nabbed a pair of Yoga Grip Gloves at an L.A. affair. —MW

Jennifer Love Hewitt: Queen of Getting Stuff

July 31, 2004:Decked out in Juicyat a garden party tocelebrate thelaunch of JuicyCouture Beach.

TOP: September 19, 2003:With her new Yellow Cake bagat the Silver Spoon BeautyBuffet, a pre-Emmy graft-festsponsored by Allure magazine.

MIDDLE: December 29, 2003:Helping chairman Mohamed Al Fayed kick off Harrods’ winter sale.

BOTTOM: April 3, 2004: With abag of Neutrogena swag back-stage at Nickelodeon’s 17thAnnual Kids Choice Awards.

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3001 (August) Before TV’s The Officethere was Office Space, the 1999 big-screen comedy written, directed andproduced by Beavis and Butt-Head creatorMike Judge (also the voice of Beavis andButt-Head, by the way).

Aside from possibly the Dilbert cartoons,Office Space became the quintessentialdepiction of life at a depressing, cubicle-based company. The mere utterance,“Someone has a case of the Mondays,” or“If they take my stapler then I’ll set thebuilding on fire,” still elicits knowingcackles from aging Gen Xers.

It was assumed that Office Spacewould catapult Judge from animated TVto the mucky-muck world of live-actionmovies, but he got busy with TV’s King ofthe Hill and only now — six years later— returns to the big screen with thisquirky film starring Luke Wilson.

In the interests of full disclosure, someonline fan reviews of an early, rough cut

of the film weren’t great. But our fingersare still crossed.

Categorized as a sci-fi/adventure/comedy,3001 doesn’t seem to resemble OfficeSpace in anything but its satire of idiots.Wilson plays an average guy who volunteersfor a hibernation experiment that goes

horribly wrong. When he wakes up 1,000years later he finds that the entire popula-tion has been so dumbed-down that he’snow the smartest man on Earth…

This is the point where we all shake ourfists heavenward and yell “Paris Hilton,what hath you wrought!!!”

Serenity (September) Personally, we’ve never seen anepisode of Firefly, but most of those who have, swear it was oneof the best TV shows in recent memory. Created by Joss Whedon(Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), the 2002 sci-fi series consistedof 13 episodes, only nine of which ever aired.

Now Whedon turns Firefly’s plot into a full-length feature,with original cast member Nathan Fillion as the hardened captainof a spaceship-for-hire (think of Han Solo or Rick Blaine) whosebickering, but loyal, crew makes the mistake of taking on a coupleof dangerous passengers.

3001, SYRIANA AND SERENITY I BY MARNI WEISZ

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Syriana (September) In 1999, George Clooney starred inthe first mainstream movie about the first Gulf War, Three Kings.Now he’s doing the same for the war on terror with Syriana, basedon former CIA agent Robert Baer’s book See No Evil: The TrueStory of a Ground Soldier in the CIA’s War on Terrorism.

Truthfully, the movie isn’t about what we currently refer to as the“war on terror,” but the mess that led to it. Baer (played by Clooneyin the film) was a CIA spy from the mid-1970s until 1997, andwatched as the agency’s funding was cut, politics led to bad decisions and warning signs about the Middle East were ignored.Matt Damon plays an oil executive and Stephen Gaghan, who won ascreenwriting Oscar for 2000’s Traffic, writes and directs.


David Richmond-Peck is a nice guy, butdon’t tell that to The Thing. In thismonth’s sci-fi comic book adaptationFantastic Four, the Vancouver actor plays a snotty art gallery patron whohelps shatter the fragile self-esteem ofthe malformed superhero played byMichael Chiklis.

“It’s a fairly small role,” concedes theactor on the line from his Vancouverhome. “There are these series of eventsthat take place to alienate The Thing,that make him feel not so good abouthimself, especially after what I do whenI take a look at him.”

Shot in Vancouver and Surrey, B.C.,last fall, Fantastic Four helped energizethe West Coast’s flagging film industryand provided Richmond-Peck with thechance to work on a big-budget movie.

“It was just a massive, massive set, awhirlwind of a machine and one of thebiggest films to come through Vancouverin some time,” says Richmond-Peck.

“The production quality and the costumes were amazing, especially The Thing’s, it’s one of the most amazing costumes I’ve ever seen.[Chiklis] spent hours and hours andhours in the makeup chair. He’s got aheat vent just above the crown of his

head and a vent that blows cool air in tocool him down. This costume fits so per-fectly it’s a work of art. Standing sixinches away it’s hard to tell it’s not real.”

If you think the fair-haired actor looksfamiliar you may have seen him inRobson Arms, the set-in-Vancouver dram-edy presently airing on CTV, in which heplays the cancer-stricken tenant GeoffMcAlister. Or, you may have caught himlast month in the Steven Spielberg-produced epic miniseries Into the West, inwhich he played a brutal American sol-dier. And in September the Canadianfilm The Zero Sum, in which he co-stars as the beleaguered brother of a thief, is expected to screen at The TorontoInternational Film Festival.

Richmond-Peck has worked steadilysince graduating from Langara College’stheatre program in Vancouver almostfour years ago. In a profession wheremost of the rank and file remain unemployed, how does he explain hissuccess?

“Preparation,” he says simply. “The wayI look at it is the moment the call comesin for the audition, even though I’m not

getting paid for it, I’m on the jobbecause I will get paid for it eventually.

“For example, I just auditioned forP.T. Anderson’s [Boogie Nights, Magnolia]next film. In an interview I read on the internet when I was researchinganything I could about the film, I foundout that his script was based on a book.The book was written in the ’20s andthe only available copy I found afterthree days of looking for it on the inter-net was in Alberta. But I got a call thenext day from a dealer in Vancouverwho had a copy in his basement. I gotthe book and spent the next two weeksreading the book a dozen times and thescript a dozen times before creating thecharacter. I taped the audition and itwas shipped off.

“For me it’s fun. It’s kind of like agame. How well can you get into thestory? How well can your character tellthat story? The more information youcan collect and process, the better prepared you are in actually creatingthe character when you step in front ofthe camera.”

—INGRID RANDOJA

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David Richmond-PeckON THE ART OF PREP

“It’s kind of like agame. How well canyou get into thestory? How well canyour character tellthat story? The moreinformation you cancollect and process,the better preparedyou are...when youstep in front of thecamera”

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DARK WATERWHO’S IN IT? Jennifer Connelly, Ariel GadeWHO DIRECTED? Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This remake of theacclaimed Japanese horror flick starsConnelly as a divorced mom who maywant her security deposit back after shemoves into an apartment and discoversher new digs are haunted.

FANTASTIC FOURWHO’S IN IT? Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica AlbaWHO DIRECTED? Tim Story (Taxi)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Four astronauts get fried bycosmic rays and return to Earth with super-powers. Based on the comic book, which inturn based the group’s powers on the fourelements found in Greek mythology —water (free-flowing Mr. Fantastic), wind(The Invisible Woman), fire (The HumanTorch) and earth (The Thing). See JessicaAlba interview, page 26.

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HUSTLE & FLOWWHO’S IN IT? Terrence Dashon Howard,LudacrisWHO DIRECTED? Craig Brewer (debut)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A Memphis pimp(Howard) who dreams of becoming alegitimate rapper hounds a visiting rapstar (Ludacris).

J U L Y 1 5

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATEFACTORYWHO’S IN IT? Johnny Depp, Freddie HighmoreWHO DIRECTED? Tim Burton (Big Fish)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Little Charlie Bucket winsthe chance to tour the factory of mysteriouscandy maker Willy Wonka. Roald Dahl’spopular children’s story is sure to attractviewers, but it’s Burton’s acid-trip visualsand Depp’s “Haight-Ashbury” wardrobethat earn the film a “must-see” tag. Alsopresented in IMAX where available.

WEDDING CRASHERSWHO’S IN IT? Owen Wilson, Vince VaughnWHO DIRECTED? David Dobkin (Shanghai Knights)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? John (Wilson) and Jeremy (Vaughn) are a couple of divorcemediators who crash weddings to pick up emotionally vulnerable and/or drunkchicks. But their shtick crumbles whenJohn falls for Claire (St. Thomas,Ontario’s Rachel McAdams), leavingJeremy to deal with the psychotic Gloria(Isla Fisher). See Vince Vaughn interview,page 34.

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WHO’S IN IT? Martin Lawrence, WendyRaquel RobinsonWHO DIRECTED? Steve Carr (Daddy Day Care)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? When college basketballcoach Roy McCormick (Lawrence) isfired for accidentally killing a hawk (anopposing team’s mascot), he returns tohis former middle school to coach theirsub-par squad.

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BAD NEWS BEARSWHO’S IN IT? Billy Bob Thornton, Sammi KraftWHO DIRECTED? Richard Linklater (Tape)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? In this remake of the 1976not-just-for-kids baseball comedy, it’s agrim Billy Bob Thornton who steps into therole of the grumpy coach (originally playedby Walter Matthau) who’s saddled with ateam of misfit players. See Billy BobThornton interview, page 30.

THE DEVIL’S REJECTSWHO’S IN IT? Sid Haig, Bill MoseleyWHO DIRECTED? Rob Zombie (House of 1000Corpses)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The deranged Firefly family(first introduced in House of 1000Corpses) goes on a cross-country killingspree. See Rob Zombie interview, page 12.

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SKY HIGHWHO’S IN IT? Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell WHO DIRECTED? Mike Mitchell (Herd)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Will Stronghold (Angarano)

is the teenage son of superheroes CaptainStronghold (Russell) and Josie Jetstream(Kelly Preston). But he hasn’t developedany powers of his own, and that makeshim the laughing stock of Sky High (thehigh school for children of superheroes).

MUST LOVE DOGSWHO’S IN IT? Diane Lane, John CusackWHO DIRECTED? Gary David Goldberg (Dad)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A divorced teacher (Lane)who has no great love for canines borrowsa dog so she can reply to a personal adwritten by a guy who says any interestedparty “must love dogs.”

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9:15 a.m.Alexx takes the

first of the day’s manyphone calls while visitingthe Toronto studio thathouses Four Brothers’interior sets (the exteriorscenes are being shot inHamilton, Ontario).

She checks out Evelyn’sbedroom. “Evelyn is themother of the brothers,”she explains. “The guyscome back here, spendThanksgiving and do all theremembering here…andthen there’s a big shootout,”she says with a laugh. “Allthis stuff [pillows/bedding] isstuff that will be blown up. It has to be approved by special effects. They wantedthese kind of pillows becausethey explode really well. Wehave six of each. Usually, if it’s a blow-upscene, we get stuff we know we can buy inbulk. We usually buy out all the box stores.”

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How many times have you come outof a movie thinking, “Well, thatsucked, but I would kill to have that

Mission sofa!”And that’s music to the ears of set

decoration buyer Alexx Hooper, whose job

is to furnish movie sets. A buyer spends her

day (and we say her because almost all

film/television/commercial buyers are

women) either on a set placing objects, on

the phone arranging rentals and purchases

or rushing around to various stores looking

for, well, just about anything.“People say, ‘I can’t believe you get paid

to go shopping!’ But theydon’t see all the work andstress that’s involved in doingthe job,” says the 30-something Hooper, a top-notch buyer who’s spent thepast 12 years honing hercraft in Toronto. You’veseen her handiwork inmovies such as The Pacifier,Resident Evil: Apocalypseand How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

We joined Alexx on atypical busy day to get aglimpse into the life of abuyer. Her latest gig has her working ondirector John Singleton’snew movie, Four Brothers,which stars MarkWahlberg as one offour adopted siblingswho return to theirchildhood home tofind the men whomurdered their mom.It opens next month.

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decoration buyer ALEXX HOOPER


9:50 a.m. A visit to HomeDepot to pick up 16 boxes of

light bulbs, 11 work lights and ablind. The work lights and blind willbe sent to the art department to beaged and made to look grimy, andthen placed inside the “crackhouse” set. Total cost: $289.40.

When it comes to making thingslook crappy, Alexx and her fellowart department staffers are pros. “A high-end office or really beautifulhouse, that’s so easy, just go to abeautiful store and get beautifulthings and put them in there. Butwhat’s hard, and what we are reallygood at, is making things look uglyand horrible.”

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10:35 a.m.It’s time to drop by Toronto’s biggest

props supplier, The Lock-Up. Here buyers canfind almost everything they need to dress aset, from garbage cans, purposely dented foralleyway scenes, to a brain-in-a-jar for thathard to dress “mad scientist” set.

Alexx is checking out the selection ofChristmas lawn ornaments. DirectorSingleton has decided to shoot a scene fromanother angle, which means the houseacross the street will appear in the shot. Asthe scene takes place during the holidays,the filmmakers realize the lawn is lackingappropriate Christmas ornaments and it’sAlexx’s job to find some.

11:30 a.m. Canada Food Equipment is a wholesale

restaurant company that also profits from renting out

equipment to production companies. “We need to get some rolling

background for a chase scene that’s going to go through a restaurant

kitchen,” Alexx explains inside the huge warehouse.

She picks out three large metal carts, 20 or so trays and fills

five trays with salt shakers, sugar containers and other things

you’d find inside an eatery. “You think you’re getting so much

stuff, but once this is on set you realize, ‘Oh my God, the set looks

so empty!’” She spends 90 minutes here to find things that might,

just might, be glimpsed on screen for a few seconds.

1:25 p.m. The production designerspotted some artwork hewants to use in the drug dealer’s mansion. Alexxdrops by the Queen Streetstudio of Toronto artistHollis Baptiste to pick upthe still slightly damppainting. Alexx admires thepainting and I ask if sheever wants to buy thingsfor herself while shopping.“I have a rule,” she says,“I do not do my ownshopping while I’mworking because all I’mdoing is throwing moneyat stuff all day, so yourconcept of money getsreally fu- -ed up. Yougo, ‘Oh, $2,000 forthat, that’s a greatdeal.’ And then yougo home and go,‘No, I’m just a littleperson trying tomake a living,$2,000, what

the…’ It’s crazy.”



3 p.m. Off to find funky lighting. Alexxstops by Koma Designs to pick up seven

large, round lights that look like they came from a1970s rec room. They’ll look perfect in that drugdealer’s mansion. Koma sales assistant MattCalvert takes Alexx to the basement to pick outthe lights that will be rented for a week at a costof $300 to $400 each.

The Koma guys are great to work with. “Weonly work with people we like,” says Alexx. “If Ihave a bad experience somewhere I won’t goback because there are enough places in townto get stuff. Nothing is so rare that you can’tfind it somewhere else, and rather than dealingwith some sexist bastard, I’ll have it flown in if Ihave to,” she says with a laugh.

Last year, when Toronto’s film industry wassluggish, Alexx contemplated going into

another line of work — interior design — butquickly figured out it wasn’t for her.

“I realized I’d hate it because we do things ata pace that no one else in the world does. Tojust stand beside someone as they go, ‘Hmmm, Idon’t know which colour…’ I would have itpicked out in three seconds and have alreadygone to the store and bought it by the time theydecided. I don’t think I could stand that. It’s likepeople plan their big Italian wedding in a year, Ican do one in four days.”

1:45 p.m.Back to the

studio to drop thepainting off at the artdepartment. On the wayto grab a quick biteAlexx runs into scenicartist Janice Cormack,who is busy sprayingthe studio’s concretefloor black so it willlook like asphalt.Notice the matte painting behind her.Although the paintedstreet and houses lookodd from this angle,the brothers’ house isacross the street, andlooking at it from thatperspective, the painted backgroundflows seamlessly intothe street.

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She’s cute, she’snever been morepopular and shelooks great in

spandex, so the last thing you’d want todo with Jessica Alba is make her invisible— unless, of course she’s playing

Fantastic Four’s The Invisible Woman I BY BOB THOMPSON


Pretending to be all things to all people is an occupational hazard in Hollywood. But JessicaAlba is learning that to get ahead she has to be

herself. She has been lately. And it’s about to pay off ina big way.TV’s former Dark Angel is ready to embark on a bright

future with a role that will make her as rich as it willfamous if the movie spawns a franchise. The 24-year-oldportrays Sue Storm, a.k.a. The Invisible Woman, in the

film version of the Marvel comic book about the first family of crime fighting, Fantastic Four.

For those who don’t read comics, the four superheroesevolved after an accident. On a secret space mission, scientistSue Storm, her younger brother pilot Johnny (Cellular’sChris Evans), physicist and inventor Reed Richards (KingArthur’s Iaon Gruffudd), Reed’s childhood protector BenGrimm (Michael Chiklis, TV’s The Shield) and billionaireVictor Von Doom (Julian McMahon, TV’s Nip/Tuck) havetheir lives changed forever when their spaceship veers wildlyoff course and inadvertently travels through a cosmic storm.They return to Earth having barely survived, only to discoverthat all five have been altered dramatically, the storm havingtriggered mutagenic changes to their minds and bodies.

Sue has transformed into The Invisible Woman, Reed, nowMr. Fantastic, can bend and stretch into unbelievable shapesand forms, hot-headed Johnny is The Human Torch and BenGrimm becomes The Thing, a grotesque but incrediblystrong and protective creature of force.

The four unite their superpowers to battle the forces of evil,and particularly Von Doom whose space-makeover turnedhim into Dr. Doom, a horribly twisted mass of confusion dedicated to destroying Earth and the Fantastic Four while

hiding behind a frightening mask and suit of armour.Directed by Tim Story, the man behind 2002’s surprise hit

Barbershop and last year’s terrible flop Taxi, the special-effectsblockbuster was shot in and around Vancouver last year. It’sa straight-ahead action-adventure pic with a few life lessonsthrown in for good comic book measure.

A mainstream family film, it’s certainly a stark contrast toAlba’s last movie, Robert Rodriguez’s dark, bloody Sin City, inwhich she played a lasso-wielding stripper.

“Yeah, Fantastic Four couldn’t be more different,” says asmiling Alba at a Beverly Hills Hotel. “From a wild stripper toa scientist who has a problem expressing her emotions sowhen her DNA’s altered she expresses her feelings then goesinvisible.”

How odd is that? Let Alba countthe ways. “When she screams she goesinvisible,” she says. “When she’s havinga meltdown and completely frustrated,she goes invisible. And when she’s inlove but gets completely ignored, shegoes invisible.”

Alba, who is often self-deprecating,admits she’s not sure that she pulledoff the daunting task of playing acharacter with an alter ego. But shesays she did enjoy the early screeningsof the movie.

“I like everybody else in it, but I’mso critical of myself,” Alba says. “SoI’m always waiting for my part to beover so that I can get on with enjoyingthe film. It’s just the way I am and theway I’ve always been.”

Plus, there’s the added pressure ofkicking off what could turn into amajor film franchise.

“We all understand that pressure,”admits Chris Evans in an interview afew months before Alba’s. “It makesyou work just a little harder and a little longer each day, which is basically what we did.”

“It is a very big deal,” agrees Alba. “Not just for the mainactors, but for everybody involved. So sure there’s a lot ofpressure.”

But preparation helps her handle the stress. She rehearsedher lines as often as she trained at the gym, and the physicaldemands of the Fantastic Four shoot encouraged her to beeven more focused. But as Alba says, “I work out anywaybecause it’s healthy and because women in my family havehealth problems.”

Born in Pomona, California, in 1981, Alba was obsessedwith acting by the time she was five. And while her Mexican-American Air Force dad moved the family from Californiato Biloxi, Mississippi, to Del Rio, Texas, then back toSouthern California within 10 years, Alba continued toobsess over acting.

She was finally allowed to take acting classes when sheturned 11, then quickly made her film debut in 1993’s Camp Nowhere, although it wasn’t until she played the snob on Nickelodeon’s The Secret World of Alex Mack that she caught the entertainment industry’s attention. That

“I like everybodyelse in it, but I’malways so criticalof myself,” saysAlba. “I’m alwayswaiting for my partto be over so that Ican get on withenjoying the film”


Chris Evans as The Human Torch

Michael Chiklis as The Thing

Iaon Gruffudd as Reed Richards

performance led to her role on the syndicated series Flipper from 1995 to 1996.

And then to underscore how devotedshe was, Alba enrolled in David Mamet’sAtlantic Theater Company. “And that’s all Idid for a summer,” recalls Alba, “go onthese little stages and imagine things, and Iloved it.”

For the next two years Alba bided her timein such forgettable productions as Love Boat:The Next Wave, a two-part episode of BeverlyHills 90210 and the comedy dud P.U.N.K.S.

As it turned out, Robert Rodriguez remem-bered Alba from a series of auditions he hadconducted in the mid-1990s, when he wasimpressed but with reservations. “She was kindof dorky,” recalls the director while doing pressfor Sin City. “But there was something about her, so I waswatching her from then on and hoping that she would still bearound when the time was right.”

In 1999, Alba also caught director James Cameron’s attention playing a snotty high school student in the Drew Barrymore film Never Been Kissed. A year later Alba’scareer kicked into high gear when she was cast as geneticallyperfect Max on Cameron’s highly stylized series Dark Angel,which earned her a Golden Globe nomination and the

TV Guide Award for Breakout Star of the Yearbefore the series was cancelled in 2002.

“Dark Angel was very important to me,” saysAlba. “I’ve always thought that we’re all justpeople living in this society, and I neverthought about being Latino until some peoplemade me think about it — and this industrydefinitely made me think about me being aLatin girl up until I was 18,” she says.

“And then I did Dark Angel and Jim[Cameron] basically said, ‘You’re notLatino, you’re the future.’ And what hemeant was I’m a mixture, a human beinggoing through the struggle of whatevercomes my way.”

Since then, movies like Sin City and Fantastic Fourhave given her the chance to play roles that have absolutelynothing to do with her ethnic background.

“Yeah, it’s a whole lot different these days, and very liberating,” Alba says. “I only used to get called for the role ofMaria, the janitor’s daughter messing around with the whitekid. It was such a classist, bizarre kind of thing, because,y’know, I grew up in the United States.”

Apparently, as she says, the film industry is slowly learning.

Bob Thompson writes about movies for the National Post.

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Hollywood rarely comes up withgood, original ideas these days.But some of its retro notions can

be inspired. Billy Bob Thornton in theold Walter Matthau role of The BadNews Bears’ inappropriate Little Leaguecoach sounds like one of them.

“I’m not usually big on remakes, butwhen they approached me with this, itwas like, me, The Bad News Bears and thewriters from Bad Santa made sense tome,” says Thornton, casually deckedout in an unbuttoned shirt, offering aview of several necklaces and chest tattoos. “I think we made a very funnymovie that’s updated but still keeps thespirit of the old movie.”

Thornton brings more than just aproven ability to behave badly on camera to the project, which is directedby the eclectic Richard Linklater (Schoolof Rock, Before Sunset). The new coach isa former Major League player and a lotsexier than Matthau’s cranky drunkfrom the 1976 version, and five-times

married Thornton (most recently —and humorously, in its Goth eccentricway — to Angelina Jolie) has the real-life athletic and romantic experience toput that across the plate.

But there are other, more sensitive,facets to the Thornton mystique.

Every bit the down-to-earth Arkansan,he’s also a serious, often sensitive artist.That’s been evident since his break-through film, Sling Blade, for which hedirected, starred and wrote the Oscar-winning script. And before his criminalKris Kringle act made him an unlikelybox-office draw, critics were praisingthe varied and challenging perform-ances Thornton gave in films rangingfrom Primary Colors and A Simple Planto The Man Who Wasn’t There andMonster’s Ball.

You don’t have to spend much timewith Thornton to realize that he doesn’t need to act bad to be hilariouslyfunny, often at his own, self-deprecatingexpense.

Your dad was a high school basketballcoach. You played a high school footballcoach in your last movie, Friday Night Lights,you’re a Little League coach in Bad NewsBears and you’ll be a sadistic gym teacher inyour next movie, Mr. Woodcock. Should webe consulting a therapist about this, or what?“It’s so wild. I started thinking, wow, I’mplaying all these coaches after never having played one in my life. But thething is, Bad News Bears is, obviously, veryirreverent. I’m basically playing the guy Idid in Bad Santa, only with baseball. AndMr. Woodcock is another comedy.”

Sports must have been a very important partof your relationship with your father.“That was really the only place that weconnected, in sports. If I didn’t talkabout sports with him, there was nothingelse for us to talk about. But my dad wasa good coach. And in these roles I’vedeveloped a kind of a sense of pride,like I admire my dad some. It’s beenvery cool.”

But you didn’t play hoops.“I was a baseball player, actually kind ofa local baseball hero, a pitcher.”

You wanted to throw pro, right?“They had tryouts for the Kansas CityRoyals. I went to that camp, was therefor just a few minutes, just trying towarm up, and I got hit with a ball thatbroke my collarbone. That was it. WhenI was recuperating I ended up workingas a roadie and never played again. I stillthrow, just with my friends and stuff. Butyeah, I was an athlete, it was what I wasgonna do. Really, all I wanted to do wasto pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals.”

That injury must have been devastating. Wasthat what made you turn to the arts?“I was 18 or 19 years old and I was like,‘Oh well, I’m injured for a while and I’lldo this later.’ I didn’t think my careerwas over as a baseball player. I’d alwaysbeen into music and my band was play-ing more, and then I got an opportunity

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“I’m basically playing the guy I did in Bad Santa,”says Thornton, “only with baseball”

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to work as a roadie for a lot of famouspeople. So by the time I recuperated, Istill loved baseball but I thought, ‘Well,I don’t want to cut my hair anyway andyou’ve gotta go to bed early and stuff.’So I ended up on the road with therock band, and working for the NittyGritty Dirt Band and a lot of people likethat. And that’s a whole other story!”

Just how raunchy is the Bears remake goingto be, compared to the original?“In its time, The Bad News Bears was pretty racy, you know? And you knowwhat’s ironic? These days, life is waymore wide open than it was when theymade The Bad News Bears. But in thearts, you could get by with more backthen. There were lines the kids saidback then — at the time that we heardthat, it was just a line in a movie. Now,we would be killed for some of thoselines, there’s just no way you could sayit. In Bad Santa, we could say whateverwe wanted, but that was a different typeof thing. Here, we’re dealing with ateam of kids and it’s a PG-13 movie. Sothere’s so much that you can’t do nowthat you could back in ’76, and it seemslike it should be the other way around.”

You became a father again last year. Has thatchanged you very much?“This is a girl, and I think I was a littlemore nervous this time. You have tosort of rethink the whole dad thing a little bit. But my sons are so happy it’s a

girl. They just didn’t want the competi-tion around.”

Any plans to marry the girl’s mother [specialeffects artist Connie Angland]?“No, no. Not marrying again, notgonna do that again. A lot of it is I justdon’t want to see it in print: NUMBERSIX! I just don’t want to see it.”

Happy together, though?“Oh absolutely. Everything’s great. She’sa regular person. She’s not, like, anactress or anything like that. She’s just agirl and a really, really good person. Forme, it’s not what I’m used to. She’s stableand normal, and that’s what I need.”

What’s up next? Not another sports movie...“Next I do a movie called Fade Outwhich is about a schizophrenic screen-writer who’s married to an actress. Nota lot of research there, y’know what Imean? [Laughs.]”

So, when are we going to see another moviewritten by Billy Bob Thornton?“I’d like to, but I get lazier as a writer allthe time. I mean, with every momentthat I don’t write, I get lazier. My prob-lem is not once I’ve started writing; myproblem is getting kicked off. I just sitaround . . . I’ll find any excuse in theworld not to write.”

Bob Strauss is a Los Angeles-based entertainment writer.


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THEDISABLEDLISTBilly Bob Thornton isn’t the only starto have his athletic aspirationsderailed due to injury. Here’s a lookat some of Hollywood’s most famousex-jocks.

ACTOR: BURT REYNOLDSSPORT: FOOTBALLINJURY: Reynolds was a second-year,all-star halfback playing for FloridaState University when a serious kneeinjury and a car accident put him onthe sidelines. The NFL’s Baltimore Coltsdrafted him anyway, but by then he haddropped out of school to pursue acting.

ACTOR: KURT RUSSELLSPORT: BASEBALLINJURY: Playing second base for theAA El Paso Angels (the farm team ofthe California Angels) Russell wasturning a double play when he collidedwith the runner coming to second andtore his rotator cuff. He retired frompro ball in 1973 and returned toHollywood.

ACTOR: LIAM NEESONSPORT: BOXINGINJURY: Liam started boxing at theage of nine and by 16 had won theYouth Heavyweight Championship ofIreland three years in a row. But thephysical punishment was taking itstoll with Liam experiencing memoryloss and blacking out after one of hisfights. At 17 he stepped out of thering and hooked up with a local amateur theatre troupe.

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In his breakthrough movie, 1996’sSwingers, Vince Vaughn played ahyperactive lounge lizard awkwardly

trying to nurse his best friend througha bad breakup. It’s an unlikable role, his character treats women like conquests and forces his friend (playedby the film’s writer, Jon Favreau) intopainful situations. But Vaughn played itwith such style that Steven Spielbergdeclared him “a new movie star — anAmerican icon to be.”

After receiving the gold seal ofapproval from Hollywood’s most pow-erful filmmaker, Vaughn could havecaved under the pressure to prove itwas no fluke. But the Minnesota-bornactor refused to believe the hype.

“When you’re 25, and you have some-one of Spielberg’s calibre calling you amovie star on the strength of this littleindie movie you made, you kind of gointo this shock,” the 35-year-old recallswith a laugh as he sprawls out on thecouch of his Los Angeles hotel suite.

“I did magazine covers and late-nighttalk shows when Swingers broke becausethe studios and everyone else thoughtthey had another Brad Pitt on theirhands. But that’s not the way I wantedto move ahead in the business.”

Instead, Vaughn was determined to

build a solid career by turning in stand-out performances in art house filmslike Clay Pigeons, in which he played acowboy serial killer, Return to Paradise,an ethical drama in which his charactergoes to prison to help a friend, andMade, Favreau’s follow-up to Swingers.And when he did do more mainstreampictures like The Lost World: JurassicPark, Old School, Anchorman, Dodgeball,Starsky & Hutch and Be Cool, he oftengave so-so movies a much-needed shotof charisma.

“Even when I did Swingers, I had beenaround Hollywood long enough toknow that there are a ton of potentialflavours-of-the-month in town, and Iwasn’t going to be one of them,” the6’5” actor recalls, taking a slug from alitre of mineral water.

“The biggest mistake you can makewhen you are put in that position is totry and make every big studio moviethat comes your way — without evenreading the script — and ignore thereally small, touching indie picturesyou really want to make.

“In the beginning, I did The Lost World,and that was about the only gigantic studio picture I did for a while,” he continues. “I did the films I wanted,regardless of how big they were. I mean,

I didn’t start out in this business planning to be an icon-in-training orwhatever, I just wanted to do the bestmovies I could so I could become a better actor. I’m not the richest guy inHollywood, but I’m one of the happiestbecause I love everything I do.”

“Vince is one of the smartest guys Iknow and have had the privilege towork with,” Owen Wilson told me in anearlier interview. Wilson, who co-starswith Vaughn in this month’s WeddingCrashers, also shared the screen with thebig guy in last year’s Starsky & Hutch.

“He’s one of the few actors I knowwho doesn’t let their ego rule their acting decisions,” says Wilson. “Vincedoesn’t always have to star in the leading-man role or have his name on top ofthe movie poster, he just wants the role

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“[They] are two desperate guys who’ll do anything to get into these wedding receptions, and in bed with a couple of fine chicks,” says Vaughn

It’s been 10 years since Swingers, but in many hearts Vince Vaughn is still predatory ladies’ man Trent. Vaughn tries to

tap into that old sleazy magic one more time as a relentless skirt chaser in Wedding Crashers I BY EARL DITTMAN

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that intrigues and challenges him themost. Look at his work in Starsky &Hutch and Be Cool. They were supportingroles, but you probably remember hisperformances in both movies morethan those of the stars — and I was oneof them in Starsky & Hutch! With Vince,it’s all about the movie and making itbetter and making himself better.”

Wilson says the desire to “make themovie better” led to some experimenta-tion on the set of Wedding Crashers.“Instead of sticking to the script theentire time, we tried some improvisationto see what we could come up with. Andwe came up with some great stuff,” hesays. “When Vince or I would come upwith some great improv lines, he’d getthis big smile on his face, and go, ‘Thatwas pretty cool, wasn’t it?’”

A bawdy comedy directed by DavidDobkin (who helmed Shanghai Knightswith Wilson and Clay Pigeons withVaughn) and filmed in Los Angeles andWashington, D.C., Wedding Crashers isthe story of two late-thirtysomethingD.C. divorce mediators who spend theirweekends sneaking into wedding receptions in search of free food, freebooze and, most importantly, free, non-committal sex.

“[They] are two desperate guyswho’ll do anything to get into thesewedding receptions, and in bed with acouple of fine chicks,” Vaughnexplains. “They’ll even pretend to berelated to someone next to them, justso they can meet some girls…. The lastthing that Jeremy, my character, wantsis to be committed to any one woman,he just wants to be a playboy the rest ofhis life, and John is a great partner togo to these weddings with because he

feels the same way. But then Jeremy’sworst nightmare comes true — Johnstarts to have feelings for a gal he meetsat a reception.”

The woman John falls for (RachelMcAdams) happens to be the daughterof the very conservative U.S. TreasurySecretary (played by ChristopherWalken) and an old-fashioned mom(Jane Seymour). Worse, she has a sister(Isla Fisher) who’s in love with Jeremyand demands they all double date.

“It’s a hilarious story, you’ll laugh theentire time,” Vaughn promises. “Butmore than that, it’s a moral tale aboutgrowing up and learning to takeresponsibility and the real meaning ofloyalty to your best friends.”

The wedding reception scenes werewhere director Dobkin really encouraged

Vaughn and Wilson to let loose and justbe funny. In fact, Wilson says one of thereasons he was anxious to do the moviewas the chance to act in a film thatrelied partly on improvisation.

“I liked the idea of doing a moviewhere we just ‘winged’ part of it,”Wilson says. “But you have to have confidence in the people you work within order to feel comfortable even tryingit. I was the first person to sign ontoWedding Crashers, and I signed on hoping that Vince was going to play theother guy. That was sort of important tome. Then, once he signed on, his rolekind of became bigger because we werekind of playing off of each other, andthe ideas that we had grew directly fromworking with each other. It was one ofthe most interesting and exciting actingexperiences I’ve ever had.”

Vaughn agrees that you can’t impro-vise with just anyone. “Since David haddirected both me and Owen in othermovies, and the two of us had workedtogether, we really trusted each other tocome up with some great stuff,” he says.“We were all extremely collaborativewhen we were trying to get the scriptright. It’s fun to do comedy with otherpeople I respect doing comedies with.The writers had a funny story, and thenwe just added more personal, funnierstuff, and hopefully improved on whatwas there.”

Earl Dittman is an entertainment writerbased in Houston, Texas.


Tag team: Owen Wilson (left) and Vince Vaughn

If you think you’d look good in that argyle sweater worn by Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers then go ahead,treat yourself, buy it.

At the New Line Cinema Auction site(www.auction.newline.com)you can bid on clothes,props and jewellery used inthe studio’s various films.From the green elf costumeworn by Will Ferrell in Elf tothe 1965 Corvette Convertibledriven by Felicity Shagwell

(Heather Graham) in Austin Powers:The Spy Who Shagged Me, there’s aplethora of items available.

“People just want to touch Hollywood,they want a piece of Hollywood,” says CarrieWilliams, New Line’s Director of OnlineAuctions on the line from her L.A. office.It’s her job to go see a movie before it’sreleased and make note of items she thinkspeople would be interested in buying.Surprisingly, they are not always the mostobvious things.

“There is this piece of paper fromMonster-in-Law that Michael Vartan leaveson a pillow for Jennifer Lopez that says, ‘I can’t wait to marry you!’ I just thought itwas cute, and it was used in a cute part ofthe movie, and women are romantic inthat sort of way, so I picked it out. It soldfor $47 (U.S.).”

The site was started in 1999 during the dotcom boom and was

initially envisioned as anonline marketing tool for the studio.However, it quicklygrew into it’s ownentity and a money-maker for New Line(although a portion of the proceeds aredistributed betweenthree charities).

For Williams, thefun part is seeing what

items sell and why.

“You never know what an item’s going togo for,” she says. “Like Hilary Duff, her stuff from Raise Your Voice has done reallywell, and Rachel McAdams’ things from The Notebook are hugely popular. She’s anup-and-coming actress and if people thinkthat an actor is going to stay around a whilethey see their purchase as an investment.”

You have to wonderwhether Williams herselfhas snapped up a fewitems here andthere.

“I have not,”she says a littleproudly. “It wasexciting at first, it waslike Christmas all thetime, going throughthe boxes, looking atstuff and maybe tryingon a jacket, like,‘Wow, it’s a Guccijacket!’ But now it’sa job. I’ve beendoing it for five yearsand I’m just like arobot. I pull stuff,photograph it, steamit, inventory it andsend it out.” —IR

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Rosario Dawsonwill star as a traumatizedwoman out for revenge

in Descent. In The Gilmores of

Beverly Hills, Chris Rockplays a limo driver who

moves his family into themoneyed neighbourhood. Paul Walker will play a

released convict masquerading as a deaddrug dealer in The Death

and Life of Bobby Z. A whole new genera-tion of babysitters will

be traumatized when theremake of When a

Stranger Calls, starringCamilla Belle (The Ballad

of Jack and Rose), isreleased later this year.

Winslet does desperate housewifeKate Winslet continues to mix edgy roles with conventional parts, acareer path that’s working like a charm for the four-time Oscar-nominated actor. The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind andFinding Neverland star will be seen later this year in the heavyweightdrama All the King’s Men opposite Sean Penn, but then she’ll push theenvelope as a feminist wife and mother dealing with a toddler, a porn-addicted hubby and a lover in the suburbs-bashing drama Little Children, based on the novel by Tom Perrotta. The film, due out next year, will be helmed by In the Bedroom’s Todd Field.

BRIEFLYSLY GETS ARTY, THEN GOES RAMBOStars hate the term “comeback,” butwhat else can you call SylvesterStallone’s creative surge? First hehelped create the reality show The Contender, and later this fall he’lldirect Poe, based on his own script,which recounts the final days in the lifeof famed 19th-centrury horror writerEdgar Allan Poe. And then, as if in an

effort not to get tooartsy-fartsy, Stallonetravels to Bulgaria inJanuary 2006 tobegin work onRambo IV. Thenewest Rambo flick(also penned byStallone) finds JohnRambo moving to thecountry to avoidwork pressure, andwouldn’t you know

it, white supremacists kidnap his familyand he has to rescue them.

on | the | slate |DICAPRIO UNCOVERS GOVERNMENT SECRETS, STALLONE REVS UPFOR RAMBO, AND WINSLET STEWS IN THE SUBURBS | BY INGRID RANDOJA

LEO SIGNS OFF ON MANUSCRIPTEvery so often The Pelican Brief, based on the John Grisham book, pops up on the tube and youcan’t help but get sucked in. And why not, you’ve gotJulia Roberts fighting for her life ’cause she knowsabout a document that reveals government secrets.Hey, if it’s good enough for Julia, it’s good enough forLeo. Leonardo DiCaprio has agreed to star in the similarly themed The Chancellor Manuscript, basedon a 1977 bestseller by another purveyor of pulp,Robert Ludlum. The story revolves around a novelist(DiCaprio) whose soon-to-be-published thriller aboutU.S. politicians being blackmailed into supportingofficial policies (and the government agents who setout to silence him) hits very close to home. The late Ludlum — who passed away in 2001 — is finding much success in Hollywood after his death(the Bourne flicks are based on his books),Paramount Pictures paid a whopping $4-million forthe rights to the 28-year-old Manuscript. No word yeton a director or other cast members.


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Actor Johnny Depp teams with director Tim Burton for thismonth’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They’ve workedtogether five times now, including the upcoming animatedfilm The Corpse Bride. Name their first joint project.

Which star of the military thriller Stealth is also a noted playwright, having won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize forBuried Child?

Terry Gilliam directs Matt Damon in the upcoming fantasyfilm The Brothers Grimm. Which famous British comedytroupe was Gilliam a member of?

Diane Lane, who plays a single gal looking for love in thismonth’s Must Love Dogs, has been nominated for an Oscaronly once. Name the film.

Billy Bob Thornton stars as Coach Buttermaker in the Bad News Bears remake. Who played Buttermaker in the1976 original?

Which star of Wedding Crashers is Canadian, hailing fromSt. Thomas, Ontario (just outside of London)?

Since 2000, Marvel Comics writer Stan Lee has had cameosin five movies adapted from his comic books, including oneas a mailman in this month’s Fantastic Four. Name the 2000movie in which he made his first cameo.

Martin Lawrence hopes to get his careerback on track with the basketball comedyRebound. Do you remember the name ofLawrence’s early-’90s sitcom?

Name the movie that War of the Worldsdirector Steven Spielberg executive pro-duced under the name Steven Spielrock.

Which star of the superhero comedy Sky High appeared in the Elvis movie It Happened at the World’s Fair when hewas just 10 years old?

One of the stars of the new thriller The Island shot 1999’s Eye of the Beholder in Montreal, where he wouldpass his free time playing guitar in a Crescent Street pub. Name that actor.

This month’s horror-thriller Dark Water is based on the Japanese filmHonogurai mizu no soko kara. Which one of the following films released inthe past few years was not based on a Japanese movie — The Grudge,Collateral, Shall We Dance, The Ring?

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Sales of Pinot Noir went through theroof last year after novice winelovers developed a taste for the dry

red while watching Sideways. Similarly, we’re betting the chocolate

river, candy trees and everlasting gobstop-pers in Tim Burton’s Charlie and theChocolate Factory will leave you with a

wicked craving for something sweet.So, we offer this recipe for Chocolate

Mousse Cake with Blueberry Sauce courtesy of Dufflet Rosenberg, one ofCanada’s foremost cake makers. The blueberry sauce is, of course, in honour ofbratty gumaholic Veruca Salt, who turnsinto a giant blueberry after chomping

down on a piece of gum that’s still in theexperimental phase.

Dubbed the “Queen of Cake,” Rosenberghas two retail shops in Toronto, suppliesmore than 500 restaurants and shops withher sinful desserts, and has even prepareda birthday cake for Mick Jagger.

She says this flourless chocolate moussecake is easy to make because the cake andthe mousse are all one recipe, and offersthis crucial advice: “Make sure you serve itat room temperature because it brings outall the flavour of the chocolate.”

For more information on Rosenberg’sstores and products go to www.dufflet.com.

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INGREDIENTS1lb premium bittersweet chocolate, chopped1lb unsalted butter, cut into cubes16 egg yolks1 cup granulated sugar10 egg whites1/2 to 1lb semi-sweet chocolate, melted and formed into

rectangular block 1/2” thick2 tbsp icing sugar to dust

METHOD:1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 2. Grease and flour 10” baking pan or springform pan. Line

with a parchment paper circle. 3. Melt the bittersweet chocolate and butter over a double

boiler. Stir until melted and remove from heat. 4. Combine the egg yolks and sugar in the bowl of an electric

mixer. Whip on medium speed until the mixture is light andlemon coloured.

5. Add the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture by hand, stirring to blend thoroughly.

6. In a separate bowl, whip the egg whites until stiff but not dry. 7. Add some of the whites to the chocolate mixture and

blend thoroughly. 8. Fold in the remaining whites gently. 9. Pour 3/4 of the mixture into the prepared pan. Set the

remaining mixture aside to set in a cool place. 10. Bake cake for one hour until it is set and puffed up. 10. Remove from oven and let cool. Cake will sink

in the middle. Remove from pan. 11. Place cake on serving platter. Ice the

cake with the reserved chocolatemousse. Scoop the remaining mousseon top of the cake and mound in thecentre to create a smooth surface.

12. Using a vegetable peeler, peel theroom temperature semi-sweet chocolateblock to make a curl. If the chocolateis too cold, place in a warm placebefore peeling or microwave for a fewseconds. Refrigerate curls until firm.

Cover the top and sides of the cake with the curls and dustlightly with icing sugar.

13. Store refrigerated; bring to room temperature before servingwith a spoonful of blueberry sauce.

Blueberry Sauce:INGREDIENTS1lb frozen blueberries2 tbsp fresh lemon juice1/2 cup sugar

METHOD:1. Combine the ingredients in a saucepan. 2. Cover and cook over medium heat until berry juices are

released, about one to two minutes. 3. Stir to moisten all of the berries, cover and cook three more

minutes. 4. Uncover and bring to a boil for one minute. Cool. Adjust

flavours if necessary. Store refrigerated.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory inspires this simple recipe forChocolate Mousse Cake with Blueberry Sauce I BY MARNI WEISZ

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FOUR POWERS ARE BETTER THAN ONE

GEORGE ROMERO’S CITY OF THE DEAD PC, PS2, XBOX

Presented by the horror auteur who inventedthe modern zombie movie (Night of theLiving Dead, 1978’s Dawn of the Dead),this first-person shooter keeps it simple —kill a lot of zombies, preferably as messilyas possible.

Like the monsters in George Romero’smovies these zombies are slow and stupid,but they attack relentlessly and only adirect shot in the head will kill them.

As well as the story mode, City of theDead features bonus “one-shot” levelsthat give the shooter just one bullet totake out as many zombies as possible.The challenge is to shoot something inthe environment that starts a cadaver-crunching chain reaction. Rubber bootsand raincoat not included.

COLOSSEUM: ROAD TOFREEDOM PS2Borrowing the basic story arc from 2000’sbig-screen Gladiator (minus the tear-jerkingcharacter stuff) Colosseum is anaction/role-playing game that plops youinto dusty arenas filled with burly warriorsor hungry tigers.

As the game begins you’re sold intoslavery, and the only way to win your free-dom is to buy it back from your masterwith your winnings in the colosseum.Before you earn any silver, however, youhave to pick weapons and armour andtrain, train, train or it’ll be curtains onyour first outing.

Once you’ve finally built up yourstrength and skill in tutorials and mini-games it’s on to the main events: teambattles, battles royal (where you have tosingle-handedly kill a whole pack of gladi-ators), hunting games that pit you against

viciousbeasts, andduels, whichsee you goingtoe-to-toewith yourmost vexing,top-rankedopponents.

25 TO LIFE PC, PS2, XBOXThis gritty, third-person shooter is set inthe heart of a modern city and features aHollywood-style storyline populated bynarcs, informers, thugs and drug lords.The twist: you can play as either a gangsteror as one of the cops who’s trying to takehim down.

In addition to the single-player game,both the PS2 and Xbox versions supportup to 16 players online, each with aunique character.

Written and co-produced by the formerexecutive editor of hip-hop magazine The Source, 25 to Life is serious about itsurban stylings, and the soundtrack featuresGhostface, DMX and other hip-hop artists.

You’ll have to stretch, scorch, smash and disappear if you want to save the day in Fantastic Four I BY SCOTT GARDNER


FANTASTIC FOURGC, PC, PS2, XBOXThis third-person action game puts you in the blue spandex of comicdom’sfirst family. Based on the new big-screen adaptation (opening July 8), thegame follows the general storyline of the movie, but is rounded out withadditional locations, battles and baddies.

For the uninitiated, the Fantastic Four have been around in comic bookform since 1961. The team consists of Mr. Fantastic, who can elongate hisbody like a rubber band; his main squeeze The Invisible Woman, who canalso shoot force fields; The Human Torch, who flies and manipulates fire;and The Thing, a super-strong and nearly indestructible rock-like fella.

Over the course of the game you must develop the skills of all four teammembers. Once you master each superhero’s individual power you graduateto the real donnybrooks where you have to switch between players on thefly or combine their abilities to launch more powerful attacks. Each character is capable of 40 moves, and you need them all to take on classiccomic book rivals like Dr. Doom, Annihilus, Diablo and Puppet Master.

You’ll also need all of the characters’ skills to navigate through the environments, solve puzzles and play mini-games. In fact, the majorityof the game is played with two, three or all four heroes working together.

Besides the single-player game, there are several multiplayer options. A two-player co-op mode lets you replay the entire game with a partneror, if you’re in a less cooperative mood, there are a number of head-to-head arena fights.

And no matter how well-adjusted you think you are, nothing compares to the joy of stretching your arm into a giant ball-peen hammer andbashing your best friend in the choppers before he can activate his force field.

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Emmy-winning The Daily Show with JonStewart finally makes its DVD debut withIndecision 2004 (June 28), a three-disc collection of the best damn fake news you’llsee anywhere. Highlights include the team’slive election night coverage, StephenColbert’s ultra-exclusive “Interviews I Could

Get” and reports from2004’s variousdebates and politicalconventions.

The less politicallyinclined can indulgein the guilty pleasureof 3rd Rock from theSun: Season One(July 26), and presumably some-one will enjoy

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BRIDE &PREJUDICE Stars: Aishwarya Rai,Martin HendersonDirector: Gurinder Chadha(Bend it Like Beckham)Story: Bollywood-stylespectacle merges with

Jane Austen’s classic tale in this livelymusical. Will the witty young Lalita (Rai)and the handsome Mr. Darcy (Henderson)fall in love or be defeated by pride, preju-dice and a comedy of errors? DVD Extras:director’s commentary, deleted scenes,extended songs

DANIEL AND THE SUPERDOGS Stars: Matthew Harbour, Jan RubesDirector: André Mélançon (Asbestos)Story: In this family tale, lonely 11-year-oldDaniel (Harbour) adopts a stray dognamed Gypsy. Now he has to keep hisfour-legged pal out of the pound whiletraining him for the big Superdogs show.

DEAR FRANKIE Stars: Emily Mortimer,Gerard ButlerDirector: Shona Auerbach(debut)Story: For years Frankie’ssingle mum (Mortimer)has been sending him

letters from a make-believe father away atsea. But when his “father’s” ship docksin their Scottish town, she must choosebetween telling Frankie the truth or findingsomeone to play Frankie’s father for justone day.

HIDE AND SEEKStars: Robert De Niro,Dakota FanningDirector: John Polson(Swimfan)Story: After her motherdies, a young girl(Fanning) adopts

“Charlie,” an imaginary friend. But asCharlie gets less and less friendly herfather (De Niro) wonders just who

— or what — he is. DVD Extras: four alternate endings, 14 deleted or extendedscenes, making-of featurette

IN MY COUNTRYStars: Juliette Binoche,Samuel L. JacksonDirector: John Boorman(Hope and Glory)Story: A pair of journalists— one American(Jackson) and one

Afrikaner (Binoche) — fall in love whilereporting stories of courage and compas-sion from South Africa’s Truth andReconciliation Commission.

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MILLION DOLLAR BABYStars: Hilary Swank, Morgan FreemanDirector: Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven)Story: In 2004’s most honoured film,Eastwood stars as a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager who takes on onelast fighter, a confident young woman

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TVonDVDThe Nanny: The Complete First Season (July12). And before Pierce Brosnan was issuedhis license to kill as the impossibly handsome007, he was an impossibly handsome conartist turned private investigator in 1982’sRemington Steele: Season One (July 26).

On a bittersweetnote, there’s alsothe second andfinal season of theclever black com-edy Dead Like Me(July 5), and thecomplete collec-tion of two moredeceased shows,Cleopatra 2525and Earth 2(both July 19).


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(Swank). As she risesthrough the ranks, theunlikely duo form atouching bond that willeventually face a terribletest. DVD Extras:Roundtable withEastwood, Swank and

Freeman, behind-the-scenes featurette,the Eastwood-composed CD soundtrack

A VERY LONGENGAGEMENT Stars: Audrey Tautou,Gaspard UllielDirector: Jean-PierreJeunet (Amelie)Story: As World WarOne draws to anend, Mathilde

(Tautou) receives word that her fiancé ismissing in no-man’s land. But certain heis still alive, she embarks on an incrediblejourney to find him.

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CONSTANTINE Stars: Keanu Reeves,Rachel WeiszDirector: FrancesLawrence (debut)Story: Based on thecomic book seriesHellblazer, JohnConstantine (Reeves)

is a supernatural agent who patrols theEarthly border between Heaven and Hell.Together with a skeptical police officer(Weisz) he investigates a demonic plotbeing hatched in contemporary L.A. DVD Extras: 18 minutes of deleted scenes,commentary by the director, producer andscreenwriters, four featurettes, an alternateending

ICE PRINCESSStars: MichelleTrachtenberg, Kim Cattrall Director: Tim Fywell (I Capture the Castle)Story: A brainy, misfithigh school student(Trachtenberg) discov-

ers her hidden passion for salchows,axels, toe loops and lutzes in this figureskating comedy from Disney. DVD Extras:cast commentary, alternate opening,deleted scenes, two music videos

MAN OF THE HOUSEStars: Tommy Lee Jones,Cedric the EntertainerDirector: Stephen Herek(101 Dalmatians)Story: A tough TexasRanger (Jones) has tobabysit a squadron of

college cheerleaders after they inadver-tently witness a gangster’s murder. Andbelieve it or not, his no-nonsense waysclash with their fun-filled lifestyle!

SPACE STATIONNarrator: Tom Cruise Director: Toni Myers (L5: First City in Space)Story: Narrated byCruise, this stunningIMAX movie follows dualmissions to the

International Space Station: one fromFlorida’s Kennedy Space Center, and asecond from Russia’s BaikonurCosmodrome. DVD Extras: director andastronaut commentary, featurette aboutmovie-making in space, astronaut-guidedtour, photo gallery

THE UPSIDE OFANGERStars: Joan Allen, Kevin CostnerDirector: Mike Binder(Indian Summer)Story: In this snappycomedic drama, a

suddenly single mother (Allen) clasheswith her four teenage daughters whiledeveloping an offbeat relationship withher neighbour and drinking buddy(Costner), a former baseball star.

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XXX: STATE OF THEUNION Stars: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson Director: Lee Tamahori(Die Another Day) Story: With the U.S.government under

threat, NSA agent Augustus Gibbons(Jackson) activates a new XXX “outsider”agent: Darius Stone (Cube). A thrill-seekingtroublemaker and former Navy SEAL,he’s just the man to land a speeding boaton a bridge, fight a tank battle on an aircraft carrier or race a bullet train.

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Rockin’ ’n’ rollin’ onto DVD for the very firsttime, this send-up of 1950s teen melodramasis one of cult director John Waters’ mostmainstream movies. Of course, when theauteur behind Pink Flamingos and Peckerdoes mainstream it’s still pretty offbeat.

Johnny Depp stars as Wade “Cry-Baby”Walker — the coolest, toughest hood inhis Baltimore high school and leader of theDrapes. His ability to shed one single, glistening tear drives all the girls wild,especially Allison Vernon-Williams (AmyLocane), a beautiful, rich “Square” fromthe right side of the tracks.

Soon Allison is eagerly inhaling the evilinfluences of rockabilly music and fastcars, but her star-crossed romance withCry-Baby sets off a rumble between theDrapes and the Squares that lands ourpretty hero (Depp, that is) in reform school.

Like 1988’s Hairspray, Waters’ otherstab at a sorta-normal movie, Cry-Baby ischock full of musical numbers, and thesupporting ranks are packed with his usualparade of eccentrics, including PattyHearst, Mink Stole, Iggy Pop and formerporn star Traci Lords.

For its DVD premiere, Waters has addedseven minutes of never-before-seenfootage, and the bonus material includes“It Came from Baltimore,” an in-depthmaking-of doc with new interviews fromJohn Waters and cast.

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CancerJune 22 July 22You don’t need a compass to know whichdirection a relationship is headed. Thismonth you learn just where things stand.July also involves training sessions,assorted visitors and an opportunity toregain some of the self-respect yourecently lost.

LeoJuly 23 August 22You’ll meet people from all walks of lifeand may connect with someone who’snever before been your type. July marksthe start of an extended period of efficiency. If handling family finances orarranging an event, you tackle the jobwith vigour.

VirgoAugust 23 September 22There’s a tendency to drop a project rightbefore it’s finished — but try to see itthrough. With increased assertivenesscomes a gain in self-confidence. A deepdesire for knowledge can be fulfilled bymonth’s end.

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ScorpioOctober 23 November 21Guests — invited or unexpected — arrivethroughout July. If dealing with newlawyers or other professionals, be sure tocheck their qualifications. Enhance yourwardrobe with bright hues.

SagittariusNovember 22 December 22It’s an intellectually stimulating time.You’ll explore different cultures throughtravel or discussions with people from various backgrounds. Be skeptical aboutclaims made by “experts.” Look forward torenewing a friendship on or after the 20th.

CapricornDecember 23 January 20This is a month of coincidences and unexpected travel opportunities. You’requite persuasive, so expect to take thelead in family discussions. You may befaced with an ethical dilemma — and nowis your chance to learn from past mistakes.

AquariusJanuary 21 February 19 July marks the end of a drought. Long-

awaited apologies, invitations and kudosfinally come your way. Avoid taking sidesin a late-month dispute between two goodfriends. Be ready to adopt a more conser-vative approach to practical matters suchas finance.

PiscesFebruary 20 March 20It’s a good month for communicating.Catch up on correspondence, ask forfavours and start a personal journal.Someone who’s hard to reach is accessiblearound the middle of July. Friends showtheir generosity in both tangible andintangible ways.

AriesMarch 21 April 20 You’re less impulsive and less extravagantthan usual. It’s an excellent month tomake decisions that involve a thoughtfulweighing of pros against cons. A slow-starting relationship builds momentum.You finally figure out someone who’s beenhard to read.

TaurusApril 21 May 22Don’t rush to any conclusions — as themonth develops, you’ll hear several versionsof the same story. New acquaintancesmay be able to provide important clues toa mystery. A rocky family situation beginsto show signs of stability.

GeminiMay 23 June 21Tempers may flare early in the month, butthings calm down by the 31st — andnobody’s the worse for the fireworks. Youfinally resume work on a stalled project.It’s a good month to take up photography,drawing or another hobby that involvesvisual expression.

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1st: Pamela Anderson2nd: Lindsay Lohan3rd: Tom Cruise4th: Neil Simon5th: Edie Falco6th: Geoffrey Rush7th: Shelley Duvall8th: Kevin Bacon9th: Tom Hanks10th: Jessica Simpson11th: Sela Ward

12th: Bill Cosby13th: Harrison Ford14th: Harry Dean Stanton15th: Forest Whitaker16th: Will Ferrell17th: Molly Parker18th: Vin Diesel19th: Anthony Edwards20th: Frank Whaley21st: Robin Williams22nd: Danny Glover

23rd: Daniel Radcliffe24th: Jennifer Lopez25th: Matt LeBlanc26th: Sandra Bullock27th: Maya Rudolph28th: Sally Struthers29th: Geddy Lee30th: Lisa Kudrow31st: Wesley Snipes

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famous | last | wordsSEAN CONNERY “I met my wife in a golftournament in Morocco many years ago. Shewon the women’s and I won the men’s.”

CELINE DION “It’s bizarre. You hit a ball.You run after it. You hit it again. You run afterit. But, to me, it’s like show business. It’s like focusing, and you are not in competitionwith the world. You are only in competitionwith yourself. You want to beat your last performance, your last score.”

MICHAEL DOUGLAS “I’m a golf fanatic. I started playing several years ago but I’m so gone that it’s ridiculous. Catherine [Zeta-Jones] is now playing too. Her dad’s agolfer so she had played a bit before. She’sdoing so good now. It’s a sport we can dotogether. That’s important.”

CLINT EASTWOOD “Those who want, canplay. And those who don’t are candy asses.”

SAMUEL L. JACKSON “It’s my new drug ofchoice. I’m nuts about golf, and I’m gettingreally good. I get invitations to play at somegreat courses. My handicap is that my moviejobs get in the way of my golf game.”

KEVIN COSTNER “I learned the gamewhen I played a golf pro in Tin Cup. Now Ilove it and I realize I play better when Ifocus. That’s helped me win tournaments.”

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY “I’ve playedgolf all my life, it’s the greatest. The bestthing about having money is I can lose golfballs and not care. I can buy Titleist Balata100s in the pro shop.”

EWAN MCGREGOR “I love golf. I’ve alwaysplayed when I had nothing else to do, but I’vestarted watching golf on television recently,and I really enjoy it.”

JACK NICHOLSON “Golf is my obsession. Idon’t play the [senior] yellow tees yet. I raninto Sidney Poitier on the course and he saidyou get a huge burst of energy at 70, so I’mwaiting for that, hanging on by my fingernails.”

WILL SMITH “Love it? I have my own golfhole! I get to play against the most fiercecompetition on the planet — and that’smyself. There’s no place I’d rather be than ona golf course. I keep a book of golf anecdoteson the coffee table.”

MARK WAHLBERG “I play golf very seriously. I’m addicted — in fact, 90 percentof my wardrobe is golf attire.”

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BILL MURRAY “I worked as a caddie growing up andthat paid my tuition to Loyola — unlike Kevin Costner,Randy Quaid and Joe Pesci — actors who have hadenough time off to take lessons. Now I am golf royalty!”

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