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18 MR. WASHINGTON GOES 06 EDITORIAL 40 NAME OF THE GAME TO WASHINGTON Scoring with Athens 2004 Remakes are risky business 08 SNAPS but that doesn’t seem to bother rides through Calgary 42 VIDEO AND DVD The Manchurian Candidate’s Denzel Bring Hellboy or Starsky & Hutch Washington, who says most people, 10 SHORTS into your home including himself, haven’t seen the Touch of Pink’s Kristen Holden-Reid, original I BY BARRETT HOOPER celebrity baby names and the real 44 FAMOUS LAST WORDS Rick’s Café Antonio Banderas explains romance 24 HALLE CAT Licking the wounds of a failed 14 THE BIG PICTURE 46 HOROSCOPE marriage, Catwoman’s Halle Berry Spend a night at The Village Happy birthday Cancer, but it really unleashed her inner kitty by playing is time to make new friends film’s most famous feline. Here, 22 COMING SOON she talks candidly about surviving a string of personal crises, and the 32 TRIVIA COVERSTORY thinking behind that very revealing Which role did M. Night Shyamalan costume I BY EARL DITTMAN play in The Sixth Sense? 30 HANGING BY A THREAD is back as Spidey 28 GET DUFFED 34 ON THE SLATE in Spider-Man 2. But there was a A Cinderella’s Story’s Hilary Duff time when Maguire’s return was in thinks her updated fairy tale flick 36 THINGS doubt. The reticent star opens will appeal to “old” people, you Your beach survival kit up about the back problems that know, like 30-year-olds. Find out plagued him, the sensational what the reigning teen queen has 38 LINER NOTES sequel and proving, once and to say about her crossover appeal Metallica documentary rocks, for all, that he’s the right man for I BY EARL DITTMAN summer tours continue to roll the role I BY BARRETT HOOPER

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famous 6 | july 2004 snaps | CAUGHT ON FILM THE STA RS W ORK, PLAY AND PROMOTE THEIR MOVIES

<<< Brad Pitt and director Steven Soderbergh share a laugh while on a break from shooting Ocean’s Twelve at Rome’s famed Piazza Navona. The sequel to 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven brought the boys (plus Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones) overseas to pull off three separate heists — one in Paris, one in Amsterdam and one in Rome. The film should hit theatres this December.

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<<< himself who came up with the idea to have him and his Shark Tale co-stars and Angelina Jolie ride around the Bay of Cannes on this giant inflatable shark. The fishy animated mob story —for which all three actors did

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famous 8 | july 2004 PHOTO BY GROSBY GROUP INTERNATIONAL <<< Unlike most beach-going celebs, who run screaming from paparazzi or hide behind enormous hats (not that we blame them), S.W.A.T. star Michelle Rodriguez models the latest in seaweed wigs for a snapper at a Malibu beach. That knee brace is the result of a tumble she took from the rock-wall at her local gym. PHOTO BY IPHOTO

<<< Awww…sleepy little thing. New mom Gwyneth Paltrow goes for a walk with baby Apple near their London home. You just know that the absence of a bulging baby bag slung over Gwynnie’s shoulder means there’s an

assistant or two or three just outside the frame. <<< Heath Ledger takes a ride through the streets of Calgary on his trusty Harley-Davidson. The Aussie hunk was in town shooting ’s controversial . Why controversial, you ask? Because it’s based on a steamy book about a couple of Old West cowboys (Ledger and ) who fall in love. Bad news is Lee will, reportedly, cut out a lot of their kissing scenes. Don’t

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famous 9 | july 2004 shorts | In thePINK risten Holden-Reid can thank back and slaps his thigh when laugh- the penny-pinching Canadian ing, and tells you he talks with an Irish KHeritage Ministry for his acting or Scottish accent when drunk. And career. when it comes to acting, he believes The now-30-year-old actor was you have to perform from the heart. once a promising member of Ask him about working with Liam Canada’s national pentathlon team Neeson and on K-19: — the pentathlon is a single-day The Widowmaker, the sole big-budget, event where athletes compete in Hollywood movie on his resume. fencing, swimming, horseback riding, “I learned a fair amount from that pistol shooting and cross-country experience,” he says. “They are two running events. Sure, it sounds very different actors. Harrison is a prestigious, but try performing this technician and, in many ways, not decidedly upper-class sport while very soulful. Whereas Liam is a from- you’re broke. the-guts kind of actor. I much prefer “There’s basically no funding for Liam’s approach to acting. I think it amateur sports in Canada and I got has more integrity, it’s putting your- myself into humongous debt by self into the craft, whereas Harrison travelling around the world fencing takes a ‘We’re making faces for and riding horses,” explains Holden- money’ approach. He’s very open Reid. “I needed to make money and about it. decided to try acting.” “I think it affected a lot of the guys And while his Olympic dreams on the shoot. There were something have been dashed, his acting aspira- like 20 young actors, and we’re all tions are only now coming into thinking, ‘YES, we’re going to be focus. The lanky, fair-haired actor, working with Harrison Ford and originally from the Ontario farming Liam Neeson and it’s going to be community of Claremont, has been awesome!’ And then to have him working for almost a decade now, behave in that way… I kind of walked mostly in TV movies and small away with a dirty taste in my mouth.” Canadian films. However, that may But making Touch of Pink helped all change when people catch him in wash away that bitter taste and the feel-good, gay romantic comedy Holden-Reid is ready to take the Touch of Pink. next step in his career. He lives in Sitting in a bistro across from the Toronto, but knows he’ll have to University of Toronto athletic cen- head down to L.A. to get bigger and tre, Holden-Reid sips a cup of tea better roles. and talks about his Touch of Pink “It’s sort of a weird waiting game character, Giles, the charming now,” he explains. “When you’re British boyfriend of Alim (Jimi moving into the next echelon of Mistry). Alim, an Indian-Canadian casting, it’s a little slow. People don’t photographer living in London, know me yet, they think ‘Why should England, gets into a messy situation we see this guy?’ when he tries to hide his sexuality “The magic phrase in the industry from his visiting mother. is ‘Well, he’s in…’ and as soon as “Giles is a character I don’t get to someone can say ‘Well, he’s in Touch play very often,” admits Holden- of Pink, he’s the boyfriend,’ it has Reid. “Usually, I’m in a very specific such a remarkable effect in casting. kind of role — Rainy Day Guy #2,” he It’s like the fairy godmother elixir. says with a laugh, “whereas with Giles There are so many people out there I brought something to the character, to choose from that casting agents which is joy. I focused on making and producers get bogged down. him fun, and completely honest.” ‘What’s he’s done, is he recogniza- Having fun seems to come easily to ble?’ That’s what they latch onto.” Holden-Reid. He throws his head —INGRID RANDOJA

famous 10 | july 2004 shorts | Whatever happened to baby Jane? ore North American babies are born in July, August and 2. THE CELEBRITY TREND OF NAMING MSeptember than any other time of the year. And if you’re ONE’S CHILD AFTER A NOUN. about to pop out your own bundle of joy you might want to look In 2003 alone A Knight’s Tale hottie to Hollywood for inspiration when it comes to names. Then welcomed Audio again, maybe not. Everyone was bemused when Gwyneth Science Clayton, Jason Lee’s wife Beth Paltrow and Chris Martin named their daughter Apple. But a Riesgraf gave birth to Pilot Inspektor trends analyst somewhere probably predicted it based on Lee, Six Feet Under’s the following factors: dubbed her son Banjo Patrick Taylor and ER’s lesbian Latina fire-fighter Lisa 1. CELEBRITIES’ NEED TO PROVE THEY ARE MORE CREATIVE Vidal and her ER-producing husband Jay Cohen named their THAN THE REST OF US. daughter Crumpet Cohen. It started in the late ’80s and early ’90s with a string of Bruce Willis/ offspring — Rumer, Scout 3. THE GENERAL PUBLIC’S INCREASING TENDENCY TO and Tallulah Belle. Madonna carried the torch in NAME THEIR CHILDREN AFTER BRANDS. the late-’90s with Lourdes and Rocco. And the A recent study by psychology professor Cleveland trend has only picked up speed with Ving Evans of Nebraska’s Belleview University found Rhames’s Rainbow and Freedom, Gary that in 2000, out of the four-million babies born Oldman’s Gulliver and Elle MacPherson’s in the U.S., there were 55 Chevys, 25 Infinitis, Aurelius. But this quest for originality can back- 21 L’Oreals, seven DelMontes, six Timberlands, 571 fire, as happened earlier this year when Debra Armanis (273 of them boys, 298 girls), 269 Chanels, Messing and both paid homage to numerous Evians and Guinnesses and even two ESPNs, one of history’smost powerful empires by giving birth to named after the sports network. And who said Chris and baby Romans less than three weeks apart —Messing’s Gwyneth named Apple after the fruit? It could have been the Roman Walker on April 7th, Blanchett’s Roman Robert on computer empire. We’ll know for sure if some day Apple has the 23rd. a little brother named Mac. —MW

for the American consulate, giving again, “I have a problem, myself, with Eat at advice to Yanks who want to do some of the political things that are business in the country, has just problems right now.” Rick’s Café opened the first Rick’s Café in When asked how Americans are per- un “Casablanca” through Casablanca. ceived in Morocco, Kriger insists that, as RGoogle and you’ll get far But you’ll notice the “Américain” individuals, they are welcomed. “It’s just more results about Humphrey has been dropped from the restau- that the policies [of the U.S.] are certainly Kathy Kriger Bogart and the 1942 Warner rant’s name. Could it have anything not well-received here,” she says. Brothers classic than about Morocco’s to do with the fact that Morocco is a But, aside from the name, what makes vibrant business centre. Muslim country, and most of the suspects Kriger’s restaurant any more connected to In North America, at least, the movie charged in the Madrid train bombings the film than any other eatery in has supplanted its setting in terms of were Moroccan? Casablanca? After all, more than 50 years recognition, so it comes as no surprise that “Well, first of all I didn’t want to go have passed since the movie’s release, the phrase “Can you direct me to Rick’s overboard drawing attention to…” Kriger meaning the name “Rick’s Café” is in the Café” is commonly uttered in touristy says, then pauses before picking up public domain and Kriger didn’t even areas of the great Moroccan seaport. Of have to get permission to use it. course, Rick’s Café Américain never did Kriger says she watched the movie hun- exist in Casablanca — the movie being dreds of times to get the ambiance just fiction, and filmed entirely in Hollywood. right — the bar is the same shape as in the “People would come here expecting movie, and each table has its own beaded some remnant of the film only to be told lamp, just like in the film. Plus, there’s that, no, there’s not a Rick’s Café,” Issam behind the piano — not Sam, but explains former Portland, Oregon, native Issam. “Someone called and gave me his Kathy Kriger on the line from Casablanca. name and I said, ‘Well, he’s already half- “And then I guess the second line of way into the job because his name is so amazement is the fact that there never has incredible,’” Kriger recalls with a laugh. been one.” Issam Chabaa is scheduled to play “As Until now. From left: Kriger’s Rick’s Café; Humphrey Time Goes By” twice a night, but will play Kriger, who moved to Morocco to work Bogart in front of his original gin joint it again, if requested. —MW

famous 12 | july 2004 MacLaine to Brian Linehan, written on a napkin! Farewell friend • 1995. At a tribute to Janet Leigh that I had organized Leigh leans over Brian Linehan:1946 - 2004 to Brian and asks him about an incident ast month, a true icon of celebrity in her life that she had forgotten. He Ljournalism passed away after a reminds her exactly what it was Alfred two-year battle with non-Hodgkin’s Hitchcock had said about her and who lymphoma. Brian Linehan was 58. else was at the party. She blushes and What follows are a few memories of tells him, “Yes, of course.” Brian would Linehan from Famous magazine’s say that Janet was too modest to publisher Salah Bachir, who knew remember when she was being praised. him well. Brian loved film and, much more so, he • 1984. Chinese food with the loved the people making films. He was renowned New Yorker film critic a true fan in every way. He gushed, he Pauline Kael at her office. Out of the probed and he did his homework. We blue she mentions that each time had known each other for more than Brian Linehan asks her a question it is ROB WAYMEN PHOTO BY: 20 years. He was always happy to lend a so long and involved that she forgets • 1990. A dinner in Los Angeles, a hand for any charitable event I did. He what the question was. “Sometimes he group of us were having a grand time emceed many and, often, if there was asks it and answers it,” she says. Brian when the waiter comes over and asks an honorarium he would return it to would later laugh at the fact that she whether we were from Toronto. the charity. He became a celebrity in also thought he was a “master of the Shocked I said, well, I was. He then his own right. He never embarrassed fluff piece.” “Amazing recall,” she returned and asked if I would take a the people who trusted him and he would add, and asks that I pass along handwritten note back with me. The would be sought out by many. He was her greetings. note turned out to be from Shirley one of a kind, and will truly be missed. the | big | picture | now in theatres Have fun at Sleepover, run screaming from The Village, or let Catwoman, Spider-Man and King Arthur battle for your bucks

KING ARTHUR WHO’S IN IT? , Keira Knightley WHO DIRECTED? Antoine Fuqua (Tears of the Sun) WHAT’S IT ABOUT? When Roman conquerors abandon Britain, reluctant leader Arthur (Owens) stays behind to unite the feuding Celtic tribes and fend off Saxon invaders. The sprightly Keira Knightley plays a gung-ho Guinevere.

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J UNE 30 JULY 9 ANCHORMAN SPIDER-MAN 2 SLEEPOVER WHO’S IN IT? , WHO’S IN IT? Tobey Maguire, WHO’S IN IT? Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem Christina Applegate WHO DIRECTED? (Spider-Man) WHO DIRECTED? Joe Nussbaum (debut) WHO DIRECTED? Adam McKay (debut) WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Peter Parker, a.k.a. WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Four unpopular girls WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Ferrell stars as sexist Spider-Man, is having serious doubts compete in a scavenger hunt against ’70s TV anchorman Ron Burgundy, regarding his career path (superhero, their school’s reigning clique. whose reign as San Diego’s top news dog photographer, superhero...), which allows comes to an end when a qualified well-armed villain Dr. Octopus (Alfred JULY 16 female journalist (Applegate) enters the Molina) the chance to terrorize the city. picture. Look for cameos by Tim See Tobey Maguire interview, page 30. A CINDERELLA STORY Robbins, and Jack Black. WHO’S IN IT? Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge JULY 2 WHO DIRECTED? Mark Rosman (Evolver) HITS THEATRES JULY 9 WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Duff plays a teen who BEFORE SUNSET works in her stepmother’s diner and puts WHO’S IN IT? , Julie Delpy up with the put-downs from her two WHO DIRECTED? Richard Linklater (Tape) stepsisters. But she transforms from WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Ten years ago Linklater frumpy to fabulous when a cute guy gave us Before Sunrise, about an American plans to meet her at the school dance. tourist (Hawke) and a French student See Hilary Duff interview, page 28. (Delpy) who meet on a train then spend a night in Vienna gabbing. Cut to Paris 2004, I, ROBOT where the couple reunite and catch up. WHO’S IN IT? Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan WHO DIRECTED? Alex Proyas (Dark City) THE CLEARING WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This adaptation of WHO’S IN IT? , Helen Mirren Isaac Asimov’s anthology is set in 2035 WHO DIRECTED? Pieter Jan Brugge (debut) and stars Smith as a homicide detective WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A couple’s faltering who believes a robot murdered a human. marriage is put to the test when the hus- But according to a robotics tycoon band (Redford) is kidnapped, and wife (Bruce Greenwood) that’s impossible, (Mirren) is asked to deliver the ransom. since machines can’t hurt humans. � �

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THE BOURNE SUPREMACY THE VILLAGE WHO’S IN IT? , Franka Potente WHO’S IN IT? Judy Greer, WHO DIRECTED? Paul Greengrass (The Fix) WHO DIRECTED? M. Night Shyamalan (Signs) WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This sequel to The WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The inhabitants of Bourne Identity finds former CIA operative a 19th-century Pennsylvanian village Jason Bourne (Damon) framed for the have an implicit peace pact with scary murder of a Chinese diplomat. “creatures” who live in the neighbouring forest. But when that pact is broken, a HITS THEATRES JULY 23 brave villager (Phoenix) tries to pass through the woods to get help from the outside world.

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METALLICA: SOME KIND OF who is brought back to life by a magical MONSTER Egyptian cat that endows her with feline WHO’S IN IT? James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich powers. Sporting a bull whip and a cos- WHO DIRECTED? Joe Berlinger and Bruce tume that looks as if it was ordered from Sinofsky (Paradise Lost) the Victoria’s Secret Superhero catalogue, WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This enthralling docu- Berry’s Catwoman is the year’s most mentary takes a behind-the-scenes look provocative, and pissed off, comic book at Metallica’s two-year struggle to record hero. See Halle Berry interview, page 24. and release their latest album, St. Anger. We observe these headbangers banging JULY 30 heads in group therapy sessions, and dealing with a possible breakup when THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE � � A TOUCH OF PINK WHO’S IN IT? Jimi Mistry, Kristen Holden-Reid lead singer Hetfield goes into rehab. WHO’S IN IT? Denzel Washington, WHO DIRECTED? Ian Iqbal Rashid (debut) Even metal haters will be fascinated by WHO DIRECTED? Jonathan Demme WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Gay photographer Alim this group’s weird working dynamic. (The Truth About Charlie) (Mistry) lives happily with his partner WHAT’S ABOUT? This remake of the 1962 Giles (Holden-Reid) in England. But JULY 23 thriller stars Washington as a Desert when Alim’s mom comes to convince her Storm veteran who remembers that he closeted son to return to Toronto for his CATWOMAN and fellow soldier Raymond Shaw (Liev cousin’s wedding and to find a nice WHO’S IN IT? Halle Berry, Sharon Stone Schreiber) were brainwashed by the Muslim girl of his own, Alim has to WHO DIRECTED? Pidof (Vidocq) enemy. And now he must stop Shaw from decide between mom and boyfriend. See WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Halle Berry plays mur- doing something very scary. See Denzel Kristen Holden-Reid interview, page 10. dered graphic designer Patience Philips, Washington interview, page 18. HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE WHO’S IN IT? John Cho, Kal Penn WHO DIRECTED? Danny Leiner (Dude, Where’s My Car?) WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The mostly self- explanatory title informs us that stoner pals Harold and Kumar spend a night driving around New Jersey searching for the perfect White Castle hamburger.

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famous 16 | july 2004 THUNDERBIRDS WHO’S IN IT? , WHO DIRECTED? Jonathan Frakes (Clockstoppers) WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This live-action remake of the puppet-populated ’60s TV show stars Paxton as billionaire, ex-astronaut Jeff Tracey who, along with his five sons, operates International Rescue, an elite team that battles nefarious baddies. CHECK WWW.FAMOUSPLAYERS.COM FOR SHOWTIMES AND LOCATIONS HITS THEATRES JULY 30 Some films play only in major markets. All release dates subject to change. interview |

enzel Washington works the room like a seasoned politico — warm Dsmiles and handshakes and oodles of charm all around — though he pro- fesses no aspirations for public office. He’d have you believe he’s just a sur- burban dad, after all, who carpools and coaches Little League and likes to bar- becue on the weekends. And he’s almost convincing in his baseball cap and sneakers at this Toronto cocktail party, except for the fact that he also just happens to be a staple of People magazine’s list of the most-beautiful celebrities and makes $20-million per picture. He’s smooth and confident, qualities war less-secure people could mistake for and arrogance. He meets you head-on, eyes locking on yours. And while not uncom- REMEMBRANCE fortable giving interviews — his answers Hollywood’s most-revered conspiracy flick, The Manchurian Candidate, are direct and to the point, occasionally playful and always thoughtful — it’s gets a facelift with Denzel Washington as the war vet struggling for obvious Denzel talking about Denzel is total recall I BY BARRETT HOOPER not Denzel’s favourite way to spend an afternoon. Washington believes his acting speaks louder than words. And with 32 feature films, which have earned $1.1-billion (U.S.) at the box office, and five Academy Award nominations, including two wins (for Glory and Training Day), that’s more decibels than an F-14 on afterburner. Not that it took bamboo shoots under his fingernails or Chinese water torture to get him to open up about his new movie, a remake of the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate. Although, given the film’s corkscrew plot and Washington’s reluc- tance to ruin it for fans, a few drops of sodium pentothal would have come in handy. Now, if you haven’t seen the original, which starred Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, or read the book upon which it was based by author Richard Condon, then consider this a SPOILER WARNING: Skip the next three para- graphs, munch on some popcorn. The 1962 version, directed by the late thrillmeister John Frankenheimer, tells the story of a Korean War veteran (Harvey) who was brainwashed by the Soviets and Chinese as part of a Communist plot to assassinate the President of the United States. And Sinatra, in one of his finest screen Denzel Washington’s case of déjà vu performances, played his platoon leads to something very sinister in leader, who uncovers the conspiracy The Manchurian Candidate and sets out to prevent the assassination. � �

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some chances,” Washington continues. “And it was an opportunity to work with Jonathan again.” Washington, who turns 50 later this year, first worked with Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs, on 1993’s AIDS drama Philadelphia with . So it’s not surprising the actor and director would want to team up again. Besides, more than any other A-list star, Washington has a habit of sticking with directors he trusts, a rarity given that the revolving- door mentality of Hollywood dictates actors go where the money is, and direc- tors where the work is. Washington with Meryl Streep in The Manchurian Candidate Washington has made three films with Spike Lee — Mo’ Better Blues, The remake, or “re-imagining,” as aground on the shores of high expecta- Malcolm X and He Got Game, and three � � Hollywood prefers to call these things, tions and poor execution and the over- more with Ed Zwick, including the updates the story from the Cold War to whelming question of “Why bother?” Civil War epic Glory, which earned the first Persian Gulf War, which They rarely, if ever, work well. For Washington his first Oscar (as Best Washington also fought in 1996’s example, Manchurian Candidate director Supporting Actor) for his portrayal of Courage Under Fire. This time out Jonathan Demme’s last film was an embittered slave-turned-soldier. Washington plays Ben Marco, a career The Truth About Charlie, an abhorrent Those he’s worked with twice include soldier who, along with Raymond Shaw update of the Cary Grant-Audrey Demme, Norman Jewison, who cast (The Sum of All Fears’ ) Hepburn classic Charade. And since the him in one of his earliest screen roles in and the rest of their platoon, is taken original Manchurian Candidate worked A Soldier’s Story, Carl Franklin and Tony captive by the enemy during Operation so well, as a thriller, as an espionage Scott, who helmed Washington’s last Desert Storm. noir, as a political satire of Cold War film, the revenge thriller Man on Fire. Back home years later, with no mem- hysteria, why fix it if it ain’t broke? “It’s about working with people whose ory of what happened, Shaw parlays his “Well, I never saw the original,” says work I respect and who I respect as status as a highly decorated war hero Washington. Sensing the minefield into individuals and who treat me the same into a political career, quickly rising which he’s wandered he chooses his way,” says Washington. in prominence to become a vice-presi- words carefully. “I don’t know that a lot Respect is something highly prized dential candidate. Marco, meanwhile, of people have. So we didn’t approach by Washington, and while he’s now is having trouble adjusting to life away this as a remake at all.” A year after the considered the heir to Sidney Poitier, from the battlefield. He begins to have original was released, Sinatra was so the first actor to demonstrate that an suspicions about what actually hap- devastated by President Kennedy’s assas- African-American could become a pened while they were imprisoned, sination (and the similarities that could heartthrob and a top box-office draw, eventually uncovering the plot he and be drawn to the events in the film) that Washington fought for years to get the Shaw were unwittingly made a part of. he bought the film’s rights and had it respect from Hollywood that he feels is on board as a liberal shelved for more than 20 years. “We had he deserves. senator while Meryl Streep is Shaw’s a great script, an excellent, excellent He was openly bitter after his 1992

power-hungry senator mother, a role script, very contemporary, that took portrayal of Malcolm X lost out in the � � played rather nastily by a pre-Murder She Wrote Angela Lansbury in the original. So what’s it like to follow in the rather intimidating footsteps of Ol’ Blue Eyes? “I don’t see it that way. I just approached the role the same way I do every other role, focused on playing the character my way,” says Washington, subconsciously evoking the Sinatra standard. “This character’s a risk, but that’s where the joy in acting comes from, the chances you take.” And by Hollywood’s standards there are few risks greater than a remake. “It’s dangerous waters,” concedes Washington, where a film can easily run Washington and Liev Schreiber

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Oscar voting to a hoo-hawing Al Pacino, � � and he made no bones about wanting to win coming for playing wrongfully convicted boxer Rubin Carter in The Hurricane. “I know you’re sup- soon posed to say you’re happy to be nominated THE FORGOTTEN >>(September) and all, but the truth is, I wanted to win,” Stars: Julianne Moore, Washington said during an L.A. interview to Director: Joseph Ruben (Return to Paradise) promote his directorial debut, Antwone Fisher, Story: A single mother (Moore) seeks the help of a psychi- two years ago. “And I wanted to win for atrist (Sinise) after her eight-year-old son disappears in a Training Day and every other time I was nom- plane crash. However, instead of the expected support and inated. There’s nothing wrong with saying sympathy, she’s told that her boy was merely a figment of her that, is there?” imagination. But when she meets another psych patient who Born in Mount Vernon, New York, the mid- was told a similar story after his daughter went missing, she dle child of a Pentecostal minister and a realizes there’s something very spooky afoot. beautician, Washington earned a journalism was originally supposed to play Moore’s role. Perhaps she degree in 1977, the same year he landed a dropped out because she’d already covered the whole is-my- small part in a made-for-TV bio-pic of black kid-dead-alive-or-non-existent? genre with The Others. track star Wilma Rudolph, where he met his future wife, Pauletta. After a year of study at WIMBLEDON >>(September) San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater, Washington Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany moved to New York, where he earned acclaim in Charles Director: Richard Loncraine (Richard III) Fuller’s A Soldier’s Play (he reprised his role three years later Story: He’s blond, he’s cute and he landed one of for Jewison’s film adaptation) and When the Chickens Come Hollywood’s hottest leading ladies in Jennifer Connelly. But, Home to Roost, in which he played Malcolm X. Those perform- so far, Paul Bettany has been anything but a romantic leading ances led to a regular role on the hit hospital series man, playing a drunk poet in A Knight’s Tale, a ship’s doctor St. Elsewhere and his big-screen debut as George Segal’s illegit- in Master and Commander and a schizophrenic’s hallucination imate black son in Carbon Copy. in A Beautiful Mind. That may change with this tennis flick Five years later, in 1987, his portrayal of South African polit- from the folks that yanked your heartstrings in Bridget Jones’s ical activist Steve Biko in the searing Cry Freedom brought him Diary and Love, Actually. Bettany plays a washed up, middling his first taste of real stardom in the form of an Oscar nomina- tennis player who, buoyed by a budding romance with a rising tion for Best Supporting Actor. Washington took home the tennis hottie (Dunst), has a chance to bag the biggest prize gold statuette two years later for Glory, and the transition from in his sport. actor to movie star was complete. “When he comes into a movie, even if he’s not the star, he CURSED >>(October) changes it,” says Franklin, who directed Washington in the Stars: , James Brolin ’40s noir Devil in a Blue Dress and last year’s Out of Time. “His Director: Wes Craven (Scream) rhythms are different. He doesn’t play the beats the same as Story: One has to wonder whether the 2000 Canadian indie other actors. He bends the notes like jazz.” hit Ginger Snaps had anything to do with getting this hiply And yet, Washington also brings a banker’s mindset to a cast werewolf pic to screens. This time, instead of lovely B.C. project, considering the chances for box-office success before actor Katharine Isabelle donning the furry face and fangs, it’ll signing on. Because, even though it doesn’t affect his pay- be petite, curvaceous Christina Ricci. Ricci plays one-half of cheque, if a film bombs at the box office, he’s less likely to get a brother/sister combo (in Ginger Snaps it was two sisters) the next big gig. “It’s called show business,” he says. “If some- who bond after a werewolf attack. Other Young Hollywood body came to me and asked for $100-million I want to make my charter members expected to appear include Shannon money back. It’s not philanthropy — it’s business. You want to Elizabeth, Joshua Jackson, Scott Foley and even former get the investment back.” *NSYNC warbler Lance Bass, as himself. And — from that perspective — the prospects for The Manchurian UNCHAIN MY HEART: THE RAY CHARLES STORY Candidate look rosy. Paramount >>(October) Pictures, the studio behind the Stars: , Regina King film, is so confident with the Director: Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman) result that it shifted the film’s Story: Jamie Foxx is making a strong bid to become only release from this fall to July 30 the second In Living Color cast member (after ) to and the heat of the summer make it as a serious actor — a feat even the brilliant Chris blockbuster season. Rock has yet to achieve. In 2001’s Ali, Foxx turned in an “I think we’re all very satisfied impressive performance as Ali-entourage member Drew with the work we’ve done,” says “Bundini” Brown, and now he’s tackling one of the icons of Washington. American R&B, Ray Charles. The film will chronicle the piano man’s success despite his blindness, heroine addiction and Barrett Hooper is a freelance writer fathering of an illegitimate child. based in Toronto.

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Lots, that’s what. HALLE BERRY broke up with her husband and broke her arm this past year. But she channelled all of that pain and anger into creating the most kick-ass Catwoman yet. Here she talks about putting it all behind her and moving on I BY EARL DITTMAN

famous 24 | july 2004 hen you think of Catwoman came on , I watched. She was a around her face with the cat ears. you naturally think of Batman. real cat-diva. I loved her.” That’s the way she hides her identity. I WShe was, after all, conceived in know I make it sound real homemade, the pages of his comic book — first Were you thinking about Kitt while you but it’s actually very stylish. I’m sure it’ll appearing simply as “The Cat” in filmed your scenes as Catwoman? be a big hit this Halloween, especially at Batman #1, back in 1940. So it comes as “Yeah, I was. I couldn’t help it [laughs]. bondage costume parties [laughs].” a bit of a surprise that in the new But I had to resist mimicking Eartha Catwoman movie, Batman is nowhere to Kitt, because her interpretation of Did you have cats before doing Catwoman? be seen. Plus, it doesn’t seem that this Catwoman was so much in my psyche. I “No, but I have one now. I have a cat Catwoman, played by Halle Berry, has had to find my own Catwoman. I finally that was my muse. His name is Fig ever even been to Gotham. did, and she’s a lot more fierce and Newton, he’s one of the cats from the “This ain’t like any Catwoman you’ve dangerous than the character Eartha movie. We have 60 cats that worked in ever met or seen before,” says Berry. played. Eartha played Catwoman for Catwoman, and he’s one of the cats that Dressed in black jeans, a low-cut silk laughs, our Catwoman is a lean, mean belonged to the trainers. He was sup- blouse and heels, the 37-year-old actor is fighting machine.” posed to be a working cat, but now he’s lounging on a couch in her Beverly Hills living with me. He’s just a little tabby, hotel suite. “They didn’t want Catwoman Are audiences going to love Catwoman they got him from a rescue centre and to be beholden to the whole Batman or be afraid of her? trained him to work, but now he’s mythology because they wanted her “Hopefully both, if we did our job and retired already. He didn’t even work a based more in reality, like she’s an actual pulled off the story the way that we envi- single day. We’re just lazy together.” person. It’s tough to believe there’s a sioned it. The good thing about our real Spider-Man or Superman, but with movie is that we acknowledge all of the You did a lot of your own stunts even our movie, you could come away with Catwomen of the past. We believe that though Robert Downey Jr. accidentally the feeling that Catwoman just might there are nine Catwomen, and Patience broke your arm while filming Gothika a few exist in your own hometown.” is just one of them. So I’m my own ver- months before. Didn’t that make it hard? Even the character’s name has been sion who’s a little more urban. I hope “Actually, no, it was kind of the oppo- changed — from Selina Kyle to that audiences will think that she’s site for me. I almost overdid it. Baby, Patience Philips, who is a graphic really sexy and like her. But I also want you should have seen me on the designer at Hedare Beauty, a cosmetics them to be scared to death of her too.” Catwoman set. I was performing my conglomerate on the verge of releasing stunts so balls-to-the-wall Pitof came up a revolutionary anti-aging cream. Your Catwoman outfit is pretty sexy. How to me and asked, ‘Are you sure you’re Trouble ensues when Patience discovers would you describe it? okay? You’re not in any pain? It looks a dark secret being hidden by her boss “Leather pants that are all slashed up, painful to me. You just had a broken (Sharon Stone), and is subsequently with sort of a very bare top that has arm, shouldn’t you take it easy?’ I killed. But an Egyptian Mao cat with a belts that wrap around me. Patience turned around, looked at him and said, debt to Patience brings her back to life, makes it from an outfit that she has at ‘So what if I broke my arm? Let’s go. now armed with the strength, speed, home. So there are belts wrapped all Let’s get this show on the road.’ My agility and ultra-keen senses of a feline. around, and she’s got a bandanna tied adrenaline was out the roof.” � � Catwoman’s plans for revenge, however, are complicated by a budding relation- Halle Berry gets ship with a detective (Benjamin Bratt) mouth-to-mouth who has fallen for Patience but can’t from a furry friend shake his fascination with the mysterious Catwoman who’s being blamed for a string of crimes in the city. The film is directed by one-name French visual- effects expert Pitof, in only his second time at the helm following the 2001 French period-thriller Vidocq.

You’ve said in the past that you never picked up a single comic book as a kid, but did you watch the old Batman TV series and see either Eartha Kitt or Julie Newmar in your role? “Like every other black kid in America, I remember Eartha Kitt playing Catwoman. You have to remember that even in the early ’70s, when Batman was in reruns, there still wasn’t a whole lot of black faces on TV. So when Eartha

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How did you learn to move like a cat? my love life. That’s what life is all about. � � “Believe it or not, there are people who You can be happy even in your most teach you how to move like felines and down moments. Look, I’m happy, I’m other kinds of animals. For instance, alive, I’m healthy. It’s really not that the same people we worked with taught there are so many problems in life. We a lot of the actors who were in The Planet make problems, our society makes all of the Apes to move like monkeys, gorillas these things problematic, but unless and orangutans. They do it for cats, you’re starving and have no food, or tigers and lions, too.… I was sore after unless you have medical problems and classes every day because cats have such have no way to get help, you don’t deliberate, delicate movements. As really have problems.” humans, we’re a lot more sloppy.” Are you just focusing on your career now? Emotionally, how are you doing? Are you “No, I can’t just focus on my career adjusting to the breakup of your marriage because I have a daughter that’s gor- to Eric Benet? geous, that I love and who I want to “Yeah, I really am doing okay. It’s not share my life with. I’m very much about always easy, but you learn to deal with being a mom and having a career at the the problems and the hurt. We’re all same time. The right relationship will the same. We experience the same come one of these days.” emotions when unhappiness makes its way into your life. You know, with life, Did you officially adopt Eric’s daughter you live, you learn, you go through ups while the two of you were married? and downs. And, hopefully, you’re a “I sure did.” better person when it’s all said and done. But I’m doing well.” So you’re still mom and daughter no matter what else happens? Do you think that you’re ever going to “Yep, no matter what else happens. have domestic happiness? We’re together forever.” “I don’t know, but I’m learning to be happy no matter what’s happening in Has Jinx, the movie about your James Bond character, really been shelved? “I don’t know. I’ve got so many real hard decisions to make coming up and Meeeee-ow I can’t be all these women — [X-Men’s] Storm, Catwoman and Jinx. I think that it’s finally dawning on me. You can’t be every woman.... We haven’t really decided what we’re going to do about it.”

What keeps you going through bad times? “There have been moments in this whole process where I thought, ‘Okay, this is it, this is going to be the thing that does me in’ — but nothing has. Knowing that those valleys will come again, I sort of believe that nothing is going to do me in, really, because I’ve survived every time that I thought that I wasn’t. I’m still here. So I’m a lot more confident that that’s really just what life Hey kids, combining leather straps and is all about — it’s about peaks and whips can be fun! Yup, this Catwoman valleys. And those valleys are what I call Barbie doll is for real. When you think the great learning curve. That’s about it, though, it sort of makes sense. because I’ve learned the most about life Both Barbie and Halle Berry dumped and myself in those really dark hours. their long-term mates this year. And But don’t get me wrong, it feels great to what little girl wouldn't want this rubber finally have my time in the sun.” doll dominating her toy collection? Watch out Woody! Earl Dittman is a freelance entertainment writer based in , Texas.

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Duff and her on-screen Prince Charming, Chad Michael Murray

about 50 million times. So I think some of the extras thought it was for real.” Duff says she’s been too busy record- ing a new album to be bothered with dating. And, much like her character, she isn’t interested in guys who are too popular — for instance, her former beau, popster Aaron Carter. “I don’t want to date anyone in this business ever again,” she insists. “Don’t get me wrong, Aaron is such a cool guy. He’s funny and sweet. But it was hard to date someone famous. You say some- thing to a magazine about dating Aaron and girls my age hate you.” Duff’s young fans tell her what they’re thinking via the internet, where she keeps a diary at www.hilaryduff.com. “They usually tell me what I should be doing with my life. If they really want to let me know what’s on their minds, they’ll email me. I must be really dense life or something because, for some reason, Teen princess Hilary Duff on living a fairy tale I BY EARL DITTMAN everybody always figures out my personal Charmed email address, so I end up with 20 ilary Duff has a rather odd way over-the-top you can’t help but laugh at million girls emailing me.” of keeping in touch with the them,” says Duff over lunch at an L.A. Not all of Duff’s fans are teenage Hcommon teen. eatery. “Cinderella is a classic tale, but girls. At an MTV event, Duff discovered “My friends who go to regular school little touches like her crazy family make Aerosmith’s lead singer was a fan. call me up and say, ‘Hilary, this hap- our version so original. I mean, if they “Steven Tyler was like, ‘Hey, dude, I just pened to me today at school,’ and I’ll be aren’t trying to make Sam’s life miser- want to say that I’m so excited to meet like, ‘That’s weird, I filmed that exact able, they’re so wrapped up in their own you,’” Duff recalls. “He shook my hand, thing last week in my new movie.’” world they forget she even exists.” then said, ‘I really liked The Lizzie Keeping it real is tough when you’re Sam’s boring exis- McGuire Movie and my 16 and known around the world as tence becomes com- kids love it, too.’ I was Lizzie McGuire, the junior high student plicated, though, when on cloud nine. Duff played on TV and in a big-screen she meets her Prince “There’s this big version from 2001 until earlier this year. Charming online. But misconception that I But the Texas native is branching out. when she discovers only appeal to teeny- Last year she released the hit album her cyber-soulmate is boppers. I mean, just Metamorphosis, which was actually nomi- the school’s star the other day, I was on nated for a Juno in the category Best quarterback (Freaky a plane and an older International Album. And it’s almost Friday’s Chad Michael couple slipped me a impossible to watch TV without seeing Murray), Sam logs off note that read, ‘We’re her bouncing around in some commer- before he can figure out her identity. 35 years old and just got married. We cial to support her new clothing line. He, however, is determined to find her. don’t have any kids yet, but we loved The summer’s big Duff news is that Despite tabloid rumours, Duff insists your Lizzie movie. Are you doing any she’s taking on one of children’s lit’s that she and Murray did not become other movies that we would like?’ I got most recognizable characters — romantically involved during filming. “I up and told them about A Cinderella Cinderella, in a modernized version of wish we had, because he’s such a cute Story, and they got all excited about it. the fairy tale. Cindy’s name has been guy and awesome actor, but I believe The husband even said, ‘That sounds changed to Sam Montgomery, and now he’s already taken,” Duff says with a like a movie I could even see with my the down-trodden servant girl is a high mock sigh. “I think that rumour came buddies.’” school senior with a plastic surgery- about because of our big kissing scene. Especially if your buddies are 16-year- obsessed stepmother (Jennifer Coolidge, We had to kiss in front of the entire crew old girls. a.k.a. Stifler’s mom from American Pie), and a whole grandstand full of people and two snotty stepsisters. because the scene was outside at a foot- Earl Dittman is an entertainment writer “The stepmom and stepsisters are so ball game. And we had to reshoot it based in Houston, Texas.

famous 28 | july 2004 famous | facts | Wind still number one As terms like “record-breaking box office” and “largest opening-weekend gross” increasingly supplant phrases like “this film is worth seeing” and “this film is not worth seeing” in arts sections and, ahem, entertainment magazines, it seems like a good time to take a step back and put the numbers in perspective. Would you believe that Titanic is the only movie from the past 20 years to make the Top 10 box-office leaders once the dollars have been adjusted for inflation? In terms of just plain spookiness, check out The Exorcist’s numbers — before adjustment the satanic thriller has taken in $232,671,011 (U.S.), but once adjusted that jumps to $666,729,078!

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FILM GROSS (in U.S. $) YEAR FILM ADJUSTED UNADJUSTED GROSS (in U.S. $) GROSS (in U.S. $) YEAR 1 Titanic 600,788,188 1997 1 Gone with the Wind 1,218,328,752 198,655,278 1939 2 Star Wars 460,998,007 1977 2 Star Wars 1,074,061,157 460,998,007 1977 3 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 435,110,554 1982 3 The Sound of Music 858,764,718 158,671,368 1965 4 Star Wars: Episode 1 4 E.T.: - The Phantom Menace 431,088,301 1999 The Extra-Terrestrial 855,764,718 434,974,579 1982 5 Spider-Man 403,706,375 2002 5 The Ten 6 The Lord of the Rings: Commandments 789,930,000 65,500,000 1956 The Return of the King 376,716,328 2003 6 Titanic 779,086,619 600,788,188 1997 7 The Passion of the Christ 368,205,546 2004 7 Jaws 772,315,273 260,000,000 1975 8 Jurassic Park 357,067,947 1993 8 Doctor Zhivago 748,536,797 111,721,910 1965 9 The Lord of the Rings: 9 The Exorcist 666,729,078 232,671,011 1973 The Two Towers 341,786,758 2002 10 and the 10 Finding Nemo 339,714,978 2003 Seven Dwarfs 657,270,000 184,925,486 1937 11 Forrest Gump 329,694,499 1994 11 101 Dalmatians 602,501,023 144,880,014 1961 12 The Lion King 328,541,776 1994 12 The Empire 13 Harry Potter and the Strikes Back 591,573,955 290,475,067 1980 Philosopher’s Stone 317,575,550 2001 13 Ben-Hur 590,940,000 74,000,000 1959 14 The Lord of the Rings: 14 Return of the Jedi 567,178,243 309,306,177 1983 The Fellowship of the Ring 314,776,170 2001 15 The 537, 531,427 156,000,000 1973 15 Star Wars: Episode II 16 Raiders of the - Attack of the Clones 310,676,740 2002 Lost Ark 531,495,386 242,374,454 1981 16 Return of the Jedi 309,306,177 1983 17 Jurassic Park 520,077,229 357,067,947 1993 17 Independence Day 306,169,268 1996 18 The Graduate 515,995,503 104,397,100 1967 18 Pirates of the Caribbean: 19 Star Wars: Episode I The Curse of the Black Pearl 305,413,918 2003 - The Phantom Menace 511,705,203 431,088,297 1999 19 The Sixth Sense 293,506,292 1999 20 Fantasia 500,752,174 76,400,000 1940 20 The Empire Strikes Back 290,475,067 1980

* For movies that have had more than one theatrical release (like most older Disney animated films, E.T. and The Exorcist) the gross represents the earnings from all theatrical showings. ** All numbers taken from boxofficemojo.com.

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famous 30 | july 2004 y comic book standards Tobey Los Angeles where part of his 2003 Molina), to have four robotic tentacles Maguire does not look like a horse drama was filmed. fused to his spine and start trashing Bsuperhero. No sharp features or But it’s Spider-Man 2 that’s top-of- in search of Spider-Man. square jaw. No broad shoulders or mind, as filming on the sequel has just “There definitely seems to be a lot bulging biceps or preposterously wrapped. “Every kid plays cops and more going on this time,” says Maguire, pumped-up pecs. Indeed, on first robbers and superheroes, and then you eager to talk yet reluctant to reveal too impression the 28-year-old comes find yourself at work and you go, ‘I’m much about the film’s plot. “[Peter’s] got across as a rather bland Everydude, getting paid to do this?’” And paid very two jobs, he’s going to school, he’s fighting short and thin with a slight stoop and well, as it turns out. Maguire earned a crime, he’s trying to pay his rent, he’s dull blue eyes that rarely meet yours. reported $17-million for Spider-Man 2. trying to help Aunt May, he’s got stuff Hardly the type to swoop in and save The sequel picks up a couple of years going on with Harry and Mary Jane, and the day. And you think, “Even Howard after the original, with college student then there’s Doc Ock...” Maguire pauses the Duck could kick his ass.” Peter Parker still struggling with the and a mischievous, boyish smile pulls at All of which might make him ideally responsibility that comes with his “gift the corners of his mouth. suited to play the awkward outsider and curse.” He wants to reveal his secret Like Peter Parker, Maguire is some- Peter Parker, if not his wall-crawling thing of an outsider among his fellow alter ego, Spider-Man. Even Maguire actors. With subtle performances in had his doubts when he first signed on The Ice Storm, The Cider House Rules and for the original comic book adventure Wonder Boys — “my art house movies,” he three years ago. “I’m probably not who says — Maguire’s cornered the market a lot of people would imagine as Spider- on playing shy innocents. The apparent Man,” he admits sheepishly, evidence of ease and simplicity with which he hundreds of hours of gym time hidden inhabits these complicated characters, beneath a loose-fitting sweater. as though Maguire himself is uncom- He’s certainly not who Columbia fortable in his own skin and prefers those Pictures had in mind — the studio of his on-screen personae, has earned wanted Wes Bentley or Scott Speedman him consideration as one of today’s or Freddie Prinze Jr., someone with most promising young actors. And he teen appeal. Nor is he who director guards his privacy as fiercely as Peter Sam Raimi initially envisioned in the Parker does his secret identity. He won’t role. “I interviewed every actor you can comment on his personal relationships, think of but it wasn’t until my wife despite often being photographed with showed me Cider House Rules, and I saw his girlfriend Jen Meyer, a Ralph Lauren how very real and powerful and brilliant publicist and daughter of Universal Tobey is, that I knew I had found Peter Studios executive Ron Meyer. Parker,” Raimi said during interviews to What is certain is that Maguire is seri- promote the first Spider-Man movie two ous about being an actor. A nervous kid years ago. “I wanted somebody the who moved around a lot, he developed audience would immediately identify a defence mechanism, a spider sense of with and be carried along by during the his own, to help him adapt — the journey from ordinary teenager to powers of observation. By watching superhero.” Tobey Maguire promotes Spider-Man 2 people and keeping his mouth shut, he The gamble paid off. The original was better able to fit in, and he soon Spider-Man fulfilled every fanboy’s identity to Mary Jane, but fears how discovered he was most comfortable on wildest fantasy (minor quibbles over she’ll react, and besides, she has a new stage. He started taking acting lessons organic web spinners, aside) and netted astronaut-boyfriend. Parker’s friendship when he was 12, after his mom, who more than $800-million (U.S.) world- with Harry Osborn () is had aspirations of being an actor wide. And now Maguire, Raimi and complicated by Osborn’s bitterness herself, paid him $100 to do so. Kirsten Dunst (as love interest Mary over his father’s death (the first film’s Commercials and guest spots on TV Jane Watson) swing back into action Green Goblin) and his growing vendetta shows like Walker, Texas Ranger and this month in a sequel that reportedly against Spider-Man, whom he holds Blossom soon followed and by Grade 9 cost $200-million to make. Spider-Man 3 responsible. Meanwhile, Peter’s beloved he dropped out of school to act full- has already been greenlit and is set for Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) has fallen time. He watched the films of Pacino, release on May 4, 2007. on hard times after the death of Uncle De Niro and Hoffman as sort of home “It’s cool,” Maguire says of suiting up Ben and begins to doubt her nephew. Method tutorials. That Maguire would in red and blue spandex for a second So, sick of worrying about grades, girls eventually turn away from “serious” go-around. He’s seated at a table over- and saving the world, Peter tosses his roles to wear a web-covered unitard and looking the clubhouse turn at Santa spandex superoos in the trash and tries hide his tabula rasa features behind a Anita Park, the art deco mecca of to lead a normal life. Which lasts about mask in a megabudget Hollywood tent thoroughbred racing nestled against as long as it takes mad scientist Dr. Otto pole only makes him that much more the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Octavius, a.k.a. Dr. Octopus (Alfred difficult to figure out. (Although playing � �

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Spider-Man does offer a shiny new Some believed this was merely a ploy to � � webbed skin to crawl inside, providing a get more money, and studio execs were more obvious immersion into a charac- reportedly ready to replace him with ter than his previous roles.) actor Jake Gyllenhaal, Dunst’s real-life famous That he would pursue the role with boyfriend. Asked about it, Maguire’s such vigour is even more mystifying. He back instinctively stiffens, his spider- wasn’t a comic book fan (“I don’t think sense tingling. I ever read a comic book until after I “Basically, I’ve been experiencing TRIVIA was cast,” he says), yet, to convince the some discomfort in my back — and this Will Ferrell, who stars in studio he was right for the part he is something that’s been on and off for this month’s Anchorman, agreed to do something most actors of a few years — and I saw the storyboards 1 also co-wrote the script. his stature would consider beneath and animatics of the stunts I was going Name the only other movie them: he screen-tested — twice — to have to do for Spider-Man 2 and I was co-written by Ferrell. which he hadn’t done since his earliest a little concerned because it was much roles and which often left him physically more complicated and difficult-looking Which sensational 1998 ill on the casting director’s floor. “The than the first movie,” including a bone- indie movie saw The Bourne urge in me to prove people wrong is breaking hand-to-tentacle battle with 2 Supremacy star Franka Potente racing through the streets of Berlin to save her boyfriend?

Which star of A Cinderella Story earned a 2004 Juno 3 nomination for her album Metamorphosis in the cate- gory Best International Album of the Year?

The remake of The Manchurian Candidate 4 comes out this month. During which war did the original version begin?

Halle Berry plays the title pretty strong,” Maguire says now. Doc Ock inside a speeding subway character in the new Batman “Hearing people question the idea of train. “So I went down and worked with 5 spinoff, Catwoman. But my casting in this film did help in getting the stunt guys and got on the wires and which famous singer played me motivated. Any time I felt a little did some of the stunts, just to feel it out the fussy feline in the 1960s tired when I was working out and wanted and see how I felt. I did two or three Batman TV series? to stop I just had to think of them. And days of that down at the soundstages, I also wanted to show that it wasn’t all and after that, it was all good.” As for M. Night Shyamalan, director about what I could do in the costume.” the ploy to renegotiate his payday, of the spooky new period piece The Village, is known To further prove his commitment, Maguire dismisses it, calling it a “weird 6 for making cameos in his Maguire passed up opportunities to story” that had little to do with the facts. films. Who did he play in appear in such films as Gangs of New But Spider-Man 3 is definitely a go, The Sixth Sense? York and Training Day (in the role that with Maguire, Raimi and Dunst all on earned Ethan Hawke an Oscar nomina- board. “I’ve actually seen a timeline for Will Smith stars in this tion). And he began working out four when the script will be written by, when month’s adaptation of the hours a day, six days a week to get into pre-production and production will 7 Isaac Asimov book I, Robot. Spidey shape, combining weight train- start, and Sam has given me a version of Can you name the movie for ing, martial arts and gymnastics with his what he is thinking for the third movie,” which Smith earned a Best usual yoga regimen. (The shot of a pre- Maguire says, but refuses to confirm Actor Oscar nomination? transformation, unbuff Peter Parker is rumours that villain hopefuls include actually a body double.) Venom the Lizard (whose alter-ego Dr.

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ANISTON DOES POST-GRAD WORK, ZETA-JONES TAKES A HOLIDAY AND KEYS LOCKS UP FIRST FILM ROLE | BY INGRID RANDOJA

COO COO CA-CHOO MS. ANISTON It’s a case of art imitating art with set to star in a dramedythat riffs on seminal ’60s pic The Graduate. In the yet-untitled film, Aniston will play a woman who puts her nuptials on hold so she can go home ZETA-JONES GETS HIGH and deal with her wacky clan. There, Catherine Zeta-Jones will be popping pills and snorting some naughty white powder she discovers that the film The Graduate later this summer when she starts shooting Rachel’s Holiday, based on author Marian was inspired by her family, and that her Keyes’s humorous autobiographical novel. The story revolves around fun-loving, grandmother (played by Shirley Dublin-born Rachel Walsh, who accidentally overdoses in her New York City apartment MacLaine) was the real-life role model prompting her da to come from Ireland to take her home and put her in rehab. It looks for the alluring Mrs. Robinson. Not as if Zeta-Jones wants to soften her diva-like public persona with this Bridget Jones- only does she have to deal with that style oops-look-at-me-I’m-a-charming-screw-up role. weird news, but she’s also busy fending off her very own Mr. Robinson, an older lothario who’s trying to seduce her. Word is that is in talks to play the aging Casanova. First-time KEYS STRIKES director Ted Griffin is in charge. RIGHT CHORD When Alicia Keys hosted a swanky yacht party at this year’s Cannes Film Festival she was doing more than sipping Brut, she was BRIEFLY announcing to all that she was ready for her close-up. It was revealed during the festival � will star in that the R&B singer had been cast in the yet- The World’s Fastest Indian, the story untitled Philippa Schuyler bio-pic, a project of Burt Munro, who in his 60s set the Beyoncé was said to covet. Schuyler was an land-speed record aboard a 50-year- African-American child prodigy born to a black old Indian motorcycle. father and white mother in 1931. She started � Clint Eastwood is set to direct playing the piano at age three, and at 13 she Hilary Swank in Rope Burns, focusing composed her first 100-piece orchestral work. on a woman who wants to become a But an abusive home life and the pressure to professional boxer. � live up to her genius made for a tragic life, and beat out Scarlett Johansson for the she was killed in a 1967 helicopter accident female lead in the Heath Ledger pic in Vietnam while airlifting children from the Casanova. � Al Pacino will play a fighting. Keys is well-cast when you consider time-strapped forensic scientist in she’s the daughter of an interracial couple and the thriller 88 Minutes. was also a child pianist.

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BeachYou need more than just a stylish suit to make the most of sun-time I BY LIZA HERZ

s a northern people, Canadians are so easily flummoxed Aby images of sun, sand and surf. Poor us. We instinctively know how to layer for warmth or revive winter-flat hat hair, but when it comes to picking the right look for summer, we fret and fuss the season away. There are just so many choices. Country club chic? Too preppy. And, anyway, should we really encourage the revival of the gender-erasing Lacoste shirt? Then there’s the skateboarder/surfer look with its piercings and tattoos. Probably best to avoid this one, unless you want to end up sharing your beach towel with With its cheery barcode striping some knobby-limbed Dave Navarro clone. and curve-enhancing cut, the For a more accessible fashion template, scan the Baltex Salsa Stripe Bikini tabloids at the supermarket checkout. Beach-casual ($27 each piece) is the perfect reigns supreme there, revealed in the candid paparazzi blend of sporty and sexy. shots of L.A. actresses clasping their soy-lattes-to-go as Available at Sears, The Bay and they trot off to their power yoga classes in cargos and other retailers. ab-revealing baby Ts. On TV, there’s professional newlywed Jessica Simpson slumming around her gated McMansion in Juicy Couture sweats, crop tops and flip flops. For a glammed up St.-Tropez meets South Beach take, we have Jennifer Lopez, all gleaming, tawny skin and bikini-clad curves, photographed splashing around in the Miami surf and drying off with a logo’d Louis Vuitton towel. But summer style shouldn’t be about J.Lo-level bling. Think of beach fashion as an extension of mall fashion, casual enough that it can be pulled-off in a hurry, cheap enough that it doesn’t decimate your budget. If there is a catchword for beach prep, that word should be colour. Summer is a time for exploding out of our proverbial parkas-of- the-soul and reveling in a profusion of pinks, corals and citrus brights. Here, then, is our list of sum- mer beach, and poolside, essen- tials. All you need to add is some- one to do your back.

Not only is the Gap’s luminous Orange Jelly Beach Tote ($29.50) roomy and waterproof, it also has that childhood-nostalgia “new beach ball” smell.

famous 36 | july 2004 The brand new iPod mini ($349) holds up to 1,000 songs so you can create your own per- sonalized summer soundtrack. Post-Beach

Anthelios SPF 45 water-resistant sunscreen by LaRoche-Posay Beauty The sun-kissed goddess look should be ($21.50) contains Meroxyl, light and shimmery; one that says “a day at the the most-effective sunscreen beach,” not “an hour in front of the mirror.” for blocking UVA rays, and is only available in Canada and Lancôme’s new Hypnôse mascara ($27.50) Europe. dramatically defines eyes without the need for eye pencil. Protect your hair from sun, salt, and chlorine with Bobbi Brown’s Shimmer Wash Eye Shadow Neutrogena’s new Triple in Bronze ($26) is a light-reflecting, Moisture Silk Touch Leave-In island-y shade. Cream ($12) or John Frieda’s Life Preserver Revlon Copacabana Nail Enamel Conditioning Oil ($10), in High Beam Tan ($5.50) is the both with UV filters. perfect bronze for tanned toes.

Cargo’s BeachBlush in Coral Beach ($32) blends four colours for a beachy glow.

Clinique Glosswear for Lips Intense Sparkle in Sun Burst ($17.50) is a luscious sparkly melon.

Fructis Surf Hair Texturizing Gum ($ 6.50) creates the look of windswept, salt spray-thickened hair and adds a breezy clean scent.

Down Try a self-tanner like L’Oreal Sublime and Bronze ($16) for natural colour or Dirty Clarins After Sun Shimmer Oil Pictures by Spray ($36) for a more subtle glow. Peter Biskind ($40, Simon & Schuster Books), which chronicles the rise of the Sundance Film Festival and Miramax Films, had publicly regretting that he talked to the author when the book came out. Juicy.

When they’re not in their Ugg boots, Angelinos go casual in Havaianas Flip-Flops ($20) in tangy summer shades like tangerine or fuchsia. See www.havaianas.com for Canadian retailers.

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METALLICA GETS ITS HEADS SHRUNK, AND MADONNA, PRINCE AND STING ROLL ACROSS CANADA | BY INGRID RANDOJA BAND AID n 2001, Metallica — a band that’s been together I20 years and sold more than 80 million albums worldwide — was on the brink of breaking up. When you sell that many records there are a lot of people — from managers, lawyers, right down to the mullet-haired guys selling T-shirts in stadium parking lots — who have a vested interest in you not breaking up. So, in a final effort to keep these lucrative metal gods together, a therapist was brought in to help them salvage their working relationships and guide them through the recording of a new album. But the real surprise here was the fact that the notori- Directors Joe Berlinger (standing left) and Bruce ously guarded band also allowed noted documentary Sinofsky (standing right) film a Metallica meeting. filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky That’s front man James Hetfield in the plaid (Brother’s Keeper and Paradise Lost) to set up their cameras and film the process. grown Phil, but Phil hadn’t outgrown them. I don’t think he was The result is the fascinating, funny doc Metallica: Some Kind of ready to give them up and you see it in the film; there’s James and Monster, which showcases a group of men mired in petty jeal- the band on one side of the table, united, and Phil on the other ousies who mature just enough to stay together and complete their side. And that’s why I’m glad that James thanks Phil in the film hit album St. Anger. for giving the band the tools to help itself.” “There are laughs in the film,” says co-director Bruce Sinofsky So, could this film be used to help other bands in the same on the line from his New Jersey home.” When you hear [drummer] situation — and let’s be honest, doesn’t every band eventually get Lars Ulrich say ‘What I hear you saying…’ to [singer] James to the “I hate you, man!” stage? Hetfield, you can’t help but laugh because here they are using the “We’d love that,” says Sinofsky. “Joe and I thought, wow, imagine language of therapy.” if the Beatles had gone into therapy in 1970 and managed to We see Ulrich trying to overcome his pain at feeling snubbed by make, say, two more albums before breaking up — what music we front man Hetfield, who himself takes off, enters rehab and leaves would have!” the band hanging for almost a year. And then there’s guitarist Kirk Hammett, who wisely keeps his mouth shut and rarely enters the emotional fray. Overseeing it all is Phil Towle, the calm therapist ON TOUR who obviously enjoys his $40,000 a month assignment. That is, etallica won’t be until the band members decide they don’t need him anymore. Mmaking any stops “You have to understand that everyone likes to be let into the in Canada during its inner sanctum and Phil was no different, he enjoyed hanging with current world tour. the band,” says Sinofsky. “Ultimately the band felt they had out- However, a few notable rockers are stopping by our home and native OUT THIS MONTH land this month. Madonna dons fatigues THE ROOTS and undergoes a faux The Tipping Point >> July 13 electrocution at Toronto’s The groundbreaking hip-hop sextet from Philly unveils their Air Canada Centre on Jessica Simpson packs her bags for B.C. latest, featuring the single “Don’t Say Nuthin’.” July 18th, 19th and 21st, while funkmeister Prince hits the same venue on July 27th B.G. and 28th. Tantric babe Sting sizzles at Montreal’s Bell Centre Life After Cash Money >> July 13 July 13th, while newlywed Jessica Simpson sashays across The New Orleans hip-hopper (whose 1999 song “Bling Vancouver’s G.M. Place stage July 23rd. And those in Calgary Bling” created a stir and a new term that made its way into may want to stop thinking about tomorrow and get Fleetwood the Oxford English dictionary), continues to make waves with Mac tickets for the group’s July 6th gig at the Pengrowth this new disc of hard-hitting ditties. Saddledome.

famous 38 | july 2004 name I of I the I game I OLYMPIC TITLE Run, jump and swim your heart out a month before the torch gets to Athens I BY SCOTT GARDNER

ATHENS 2004 (PS2) With school out and everyone thinking vacation, July is traditionally the time when we Canadians seek out more wholesome, rustic pleas- ures. But if you’re more about PlayStation than playing coureur de bois — or if it’s raining — there are still some ways to take a break from electronic shooting, stabbing, sabotage and general mayhem. At the top of the list is Eurocom’s Athens 2004, which offers a wide variety of classic Olympic sports. The only current console game licensed by the International Olympic Committee, Athens 2004 features 25 events, including discus, javelin, shot put and archery, plus various gymnastic, swimming and track-racing events. For added variety, the game ships with 800 different characters hailing from 64 countries, from traditional powerhouses like the U.S. and Russia, to I-had-no-idea-they-had-a-team states like Fiji and the Bahamas. The different game modes allow up to four players to practice, enter a single event or run a long-term competition. Individual sports games have been around forever, and, with its dependence on old- fashioned button-tapping and split-second timing, Athens isn’t looking to reinvent the genre. However, given the PS2’s brainpower, the athletes’ movements promise to be mighty realistic. And, while given the recent international scandals involving judging, doping and bribery, idealizing the “swifter, higher, stronger” Olympic principles might be a bit naïve — it’s still more uplifting than blowing your opponent’s brains out in the latest extreme war title.

This time, the game serves up a living, breathing version of New York City that Spidey can explore at his leisure, from street-level fruit stands up to the top of the Chrysler Building, all rendered in meticulous proportion. The missions are triggered by events or characters you encounter, and range from nabbing a purse snatcher to foiling Doc Ock’s big bad scheme. And with improved web-slinging, targeting and camera work, Spidey can finally WAY OF THE SAMURAI 2 (PS2) swing through in This action-adventure game sends you back to 16th-century an appropriately go-anywhere, Japan to roam the countryside, fight for honour and glory, help gravity-defying style. the innocent and destroy the corrupt. And that whole honour thing is the real kicker. TALES OF SYMPHONIA (GC) Like the original, Way of the Samurai 2 features realistic sword A big hit in Japan, Tales of Symphonia is an unusual little role- fighting with katana, twin sword, quick slash and acrobatic ninja playing game that’s been retooled for North American gamers. styles. But as a samurai, you must be controlled, avoid confronta- The plot is pretty standard Dungeons & Dragons stuff, some- tion and gradually earn the trust of the villagers. thing about a Chosen One who must be protected and a scary land A nifty upgrade lets you sheath and draw your sword at will. In full of mean-spirited spiders, raccoons and walking plants all trying fact, the good-hearted citizenry — who’d normally ignore you — to enslave, sauté or fillet the heroes. will start to attack if you run around the village with your sword What is of note, however, is drawn. And if you succumb to weakness and fall in with a gang of Symphonia’s lush and painterly thugs, the way of your samurai will lead to chaos, random killing anime-style graphics rendered sprees, lynching and…oh yes…dishonour. in bright colours and now punched up to three dimen- SPIDER-MAN 2 (GC, PC, XBOX, PS2) sions. Additionally, the real- As we’ve noted before, tie-in games based on blockbuster movies time battle system bridges the don’t tend to represent the pinnacle of the gaming experience, gap between the usual RPG but with impressive upgrades to its story, scenery and controls, turn-based options and a true Spider-Man 2 looks like an exception. action title.

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famous 42 | july 2004 STARSKY & JULY 27 HUTCH NEWtoDVD Stars: Owen HELLBOY Wilson, Ben Stiller Stars: Ron FANTASTIC MONTH FOR Director: Todd Perlman, Selma FANS OF FILM NOIR Phillips (Old Blair School) Director: Guillermo With racks of Story: The crime- del Toro (Blade 2) DVDs now selling fighting odd couple Story: A gleefully in corner stores, will need their eccentric pizza joints and canniest under- comic/action/sci- probably funeral cover skills, hard-core street smarts and fi/horror flick homes, it seems striking good looks to solve the crime following the like every B-list and make sure the Big Bad does the supernatural adventures of Hellboy movie ever time. Because as David Starsky says, (Perlman), a regular lunchbucket kinda filmed is getting "In Bay City, when you cross the line, guy who also happens to be a bright the "Very Extra your n*ts are mine!" DVD Extras: direc- red, cigar-chomping, demon-with-a-heart Special Edition" treat- tor's commentary, a spoof documentary, raised to fight the forces of darkness. ment. This month, however, brings two Snoop Dogg's "Fashion Fa Shizzle Wit DVD Extras: del Toro's commentary, four collections from the 1940s and '50s Huggy Bizzle" featurette, deleted featurettes, deleted and alternate with a big difference — the movies are scenes, outtakes, a "Vince's Bit for the scenes, outtakes, concept art good! And some are even honest-to- Kids" Easter egg goodness "classics." THE WHOLE On July 6, murder is for keeps and THE BIG TEN YARDS happy endings are for saps when BOUNCE Stars: Bruce Warner Brothers unveils The Film Noir Stars: Owen Willis, Matthew Collection: Volume 1, featuring Wilson, Morgan Perry The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Gun Crazy Freeman Director: (1950), Murder, My Sweet (1944), Director: George Howard Deutch Out of the Past (1947) and The Set-Up Armitage (Grosse (Grumpier Old (1949), available individually or as a Pointe Blank) Men) box set. And on the same day, Story: A comic Story: A hit- Universal is releasing single discs of noir film about man, a nerdy The Big Clock (1948), Black Angel an everydude dentist, (1946), This Gun for Hire (1942) and (Wilson) who finds trouble in the form Hungarian gangsters and some sort of Touch of Evil (1958) as part of its "Film of a beautiful blonde on a Hawaiian "comic" mayhem. Give yourself a hand Noir Promo." Each movie has been beach. Other shady characters in on — your profound indifference toward remastered and most have a few extras, the scams and counter-scams include this limp sequel to 2001's sorta-hit including trailers and a variety of Charlie Sheen, Gary Sinise, Bebe The Whole Nine Yards has saved us all commentaries or featurettes by film Neuwirth, Harry Dean Stanton, Kris from the nightmare of an "Eleven historians. Kristofferson and Mr. Willie Nelson. Yards" (10.058m). Film noir (for those readers whose cinematic memories start at Titanic) is a highly original and sophisticated style of TVonDVD American filmmaking that first evolved Without doubt, this month's TV on DVD highlight is July in the 1940s. The term "noir" was coined 6th's release of Six Feet Under: The Complete Second by French film critics who noticed how Season, 13 more dark, comic episodes about life — and dark — in both look and theme — many death — at the Fisher & Sons Funeral Home. crime and detective films from this era Season Two continues to chronicle the gloriously were. The setting was most oftena messed-up personal lives of the Fisher clan: prodigal son shadowy, smoky Nate, uptight good son David, teen rebel Claire and underworld popu- repressed matriarch Ruth, who grapple with everything from coming out of the closet lated by morally to serious illness, all while comforting a parade of grieving customers. Watch for ambiguous Lili Taylor to make an appearance toward the end of the season as Nate’s earthy ex. tough-guy anti- Special features include commentary on selected episodes by creator Alan Ball, heroes,beautiful, featurettes and a Season One recap — which you'll need since it's been a three-year manipulative and wait for Season Two. deadly femmes fatales and the regular Joes who GO TO WWW.BLOCKBUSTER.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION fell for them.

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july| BY DAN LIEBMAN SMIRNOVA KATIA Cancer Scorpio Pisces June 22 >>July 22 October 23 >>November 21 February 20 >>March 20 It’s an excellent time to evaluate existing Following a slump, your self-confidence There’s something old-fashioned and friendships and expand your circle. As the soars. As far as you’re concerned now, formal about the month. You could, for second half of the year gets underway, nobody is out of your league. Fashion example, be attending an elegant party. review your recent accomplishments, then sense is strong, and it’s a good month to This is also a good time for correcting prepare for growth and change, and con- show your flamboyant side. past lapses — sending out overdue sider learning a new skill. replies or repaying debts. Late month is Sagittarius ideal for solitude and reflection. Leo November 22 >>December 22 July 23 >>August 22 Bonds strengthen with an older relative. Aries This month is a blend of hard work and Try to take a more ambitious approach to March 21>>April 20 pure relaxation. The trick is to avoid letting your career. You may hear from someone You generally take the lead, but this month the former intrude on the latter. For anyone who’s been in your thoughts. There’s a you assume a supporting role. Your partner interested in the performing arts, this is an late-month tendency to write impulsively, is more willing to share your interests. You excellent time to make a debut — or at so reread email messages before hitting can make a name for yourself in a field least to take a singing or acting lesson. the send button. that involves ingenuity and originality. Virgo Capricorn Taurus August 23 >>September 22 December 23 >>January 20 April 21 >>May 22 Your partner is alternately laidback and Your sign is identified with ambition and Before committing yourself to an egotistical. In fact, it’s hard to keep track drive, but you also have a humanitarian arrangement, be sure you know what the of everyone’s moods. Fortunately, your side — and that’s what’s emphasized this deal includes. This is a good month to own disposition remains even, though you month. You’re also flirtatious, and may join organizations or clubs. A complex tend to be outspoken around the 15th. attract a new friend around the 20th. If relationship becomes easier to deal with. You may finally be able to purchase a travelling with others, be sure to handle Look for new destinations, even if high-end item. the finances. travelling close to home. Libra Aquarius Gemini September 23 >>October 22 January 21 >>February 19 May 23 >>June 21 Hospitality is a theme this month. Plan Expect communications snags around the July has two full moons — one on the on a reunion, and expect to supply the new moon of the 17th. Back up computer 2nd, the other on the 31st. In the weeks glue that holds folks together. You could files and be sure phone messages are between them, you show great persever- be misinterpreting a loved one’s motives, getting through. Your sense of humour is ance and make major advances in a especially around the middle of the one of your best qualities. July is a great personal or professional area. It’s a good month. Late July sees you renewing month for writing something funny or month for fitness, as long as you don’t important agreements. doing stand-up comedy. get carried away. JULYBIRTHDAYS 1st Dan Aykroyd 12th Bill Cosby 23rd Marlon Wayans 2nd Lindsay Lohan 13th Harrison Ford 24th Jennifer Lopez 3rd 14th Matthew Fox 25th Matt LeBlanc 4th Neil Simon 15th 26th Kate Beckinsale 5th Huey Lewis 16th Corey Feldman 27th Maya Rudolph 6th 17th Phyllis Diller 28th Sally Struthers 7th Ringo Starr 18th Vin Diesel 29th Peter Jennings 8th Anjelica Huston 19th Anthony Edwards 30th Lisa Kudrow 9th Tom Hanks 20th Diana Rigg 31st J.K. Rowling 10th Jessica Simpson 21st Norman Jewison 11th Lil’ Kim 22nd Danny Glover

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