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Jackson Orlando Bloom makes a run for is always working, but he’s actually it in Nepal; when Spider Pigs fly; an 50 HOROSCOPE very discerning about choosing his invitation to write for Famous Learn to let go, Aquarius roles. He agreed to star in the sci-fi PHOTO BY TKTKTKTKTKT Jumper because, as he puts it, “I’d 14 SPOTLIGHT COVER STORY pay money to see it with me in it” Shawn Roberts lands Jumper I BY BOB STRAUSS 40 THE SPORTING LIFE 16 THE BIG PICTURE Will Ferrell is the franchise player of Vantage Point keeps you guessing; 36 THE MATCHMAKER sports comedies, making four in four British actor David Morrissey on Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show years. The funnyman’s latest is the his role as a royal matchmaker for comes to your town basketball flick Semi-Pro, and while Scarlett Johansson and Natalie even he admits it’s time to hang up Portman in The Other Boleyn Girl 44 STYLE his movie sneakers, Ferrell says he I BY JIM SLOTEK Valentine’s Day Gift Guide couldn’t help but be drawn to Semi-Pro’s tale of misfit athletes 38 THE ZEN OF ZEGERS 46 LINER NOTES I BY BOB STRAUSS Normal’s Kevin Zegers on acting k.d. lang produces her COVER: PHOTO BY HANS GUTKNECHT/ I BY NATALIA WYSOCKA watershed album WIREIMAGE; OSCAR IMAGE ©A.M.P.A.S.® famous 4 | february 2008 Editorial_feb08:Editorial_April 1/18/08 11:47 AM Page 6 MichaelClaytonSepia_Famous Magazine 1/22/08 4:55 PM Page 1 ® editorial | ACADEMYAWARD february 2008 volume 9 number 2 7 NOMINATIONSINCLUDING PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR BEST PICTURE OUR ISSUE BEST DIRECTOR BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BEST ACTOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR EDITOR MARNI WEISZ TONY GILROY TONY GILROY GEORGE CLOONEY TILDA SWINTON TOM WILKINSON DEPUTY EDITOR INGRID RANDOJA ART DIRECTOR MATTHEW PICKET “THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR.” RICHARD SCHICKEL, TIME HAS ISSUES ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR ALIZA KLEIN PRODUCTION DIRECTOR SHEILA GREGORY s we go to press with this, our PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ZAC VEGA IS BACK IN THEATERS... Oscar issue, we have no idea whether CONTRIBUTORS SCOTT GARDNER february 2008 | volume 9 | number 2 the Oscars will even take place. A LIZA HERZ WHAT’S With the writer’s strike stretching DAN LIEBMAN on, the fate of the 80th annual KEN LINTON WillFerrell’s Academy Awards has become as shaky as JIM SLOTEK GAME PLAN? The star of Semi-Pro BOB STRAUSS tells us why sports movies the plot of a Jerry Bruckheimer film. have his number The program’s producer, Gil Cates, NATALIA WYSOCKA DAVID MORRISSEY GETS BETWEEN THE insists the show will go on — but when ® BOLEYN GIRLS Oscar ADVERTISING SALES FOR FAMOUS, FAMOUS QUEBEC AND FAMOUS KIDS issue: Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees WHY SAM fashion, nominees, asked how that’ll happen should the JACKSON trivia IS HANDLED BY CINEPLEX MEDIA. 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JOAN GRANT Our cover boy Will Ferrell has a new movie that, like most of his ELLIS JACOB PAT MARSHALL films, has no Oscar aspirations whatsoever. And that’s exactly why we DAN MCGRATH love him. In “Good Sport,” page 40, Ferrell swears Semi-Pro, about a CATHY PROWSE ragtag basketball team, will be his last sports movie for a while. SUSAN REGINELLI Samuel L. Jackson is certainly not the type of actor who makes his NATALIA WYSOCKA decisions based on what the Academy will enjoy. He likes to work. Famous™ magazine is published 12 times a year by Cineplex Entertainment. And to have fun. And to have fun working. The latest result of that Subscriptions are $31.50 ($30 + GST) a year in Canada, $45 a year in the U.S. and $55 a year overseas. Single copies are $3. Back issues are $6. positive attitude to making movies is the sci-fi All subscription inquiries, back issue requests and letters to the editor should Jumper. 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