Cover_feb07 1/22/07 2:08 PM Page 1 3/C B G R february 2007 | volume 8 | number 2 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40708019 PLUS ZACH BRAFF, MEG RYAN AND OTHER STARS ON THE ART OF SEDUCTION THEHMV highly recommends bothENVELOPE of these stellar films - for Academy Awards and for your personal PLEASE...DVD library. Because your collection is never complete. The Departed Babel Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson Pain is universal… but so is hope. From and Mark Wahlberg lead a star-studded cast in acclaimed Director Alejandro González Iñárritu Martin Scorsese's engrossing new thriller. Set in (Amores Perros, 21 Grams) comes the third film in the streets of South Boston, the state police his trilogy, Babel, a critically celebrated and force is engaged in an all-out war with the emotionally gripping film about the barriers that powerful mob boss Frank Costello (Jack separate humankind. 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See the Element, Pilot, Odyssey, Ridgeline and the all-new CR-V inside, and out, at honda.ca. 4C/0 8” x 10.5” 7.5” x 10” 8.25” x 10.75” 100% 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Colour Trim Live Bleed File built at Element CR-V Pilot Odyssey Ridgeline 34 26 SIGNATURE Ian Mackenzie Eileen Smith FEATURES DEPARTMENTS APPROVAL Proof Reader Producer Print Studio Honda DF Graham Lee David Crichton INSIDE OSCAR 06 EDITORIAL 46 VIDEO AND DVD 16 The Nominees Trailer Park Boys: The Movie scores DATE 18 Critics’ Picks 08 SNAPS on the small screen Client Studio Art Director Copywriter 20 Your Host Tara Reid swims with the fishes; 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 22 Fashion Redux Woody Allen on the beach 48 HOROSCOPE 24 Memory Test Don’t be too honest with a 25 In Memoriam 10 SHORTS friend, Aquarius Felicity Huffman’s dating book; 26 DOUBLE DUTY Angelina Jolie really is a work of art 50 FAMOUS LAST WORDS She stars as a quirky wife in Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, SIGNATURE 4677 Honda All Line Q3 All Line Magazine ad Q3 All Line Magazine The Astronaut Farmer and a terrified 12 SPOTLIGHT Meg Ryan and Zach Braff on the art HON4037_C_REV spouse in The Number 23, which Karine Vanasse explores cybersex of seduction suits the versatile Virginia Madsen just fine I BY EARL DITTMAN 14 THE BIG PICTURE COVER STORY APPROVAL Account Art Director Copywriter Why see a movie? Because I Said So. Reference # Docket # Project Description Ad # 30 HELL BOY 38 THE MUSIC MAN 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Comic book geek Nicolas Cage is 42 STYLE His musical talents are non-existent, 0 COPY DECK # really, really pumped about finally No Teddy Bears Allowed: turning but that didn’t stop Hugh Grant LIMITED GRIP getting to play Ghost Rider’s Valentine’s Day into a hip holiday from stepping up to the mic to play 100% supernatural biker I BY EARL DITTMAN a washed-up ’80s pop star in 0 CHANGE # OUTPUT PRINTED AT SPELL CHECK 44 LINER NOTES Music and Lyrics. Here he reveals AT FIRST & FINAL 34 SPACE CASE Steven Page on Barenaked Ladies how the movie got him off his bored Billy Bob Thornton gets in touch with Are Men behind and back in front of the his inner Jimmy Stewart to play camera I BY EARL DITTMAN The Astronaut Farmer’s determined 45 NAME OF THE GAME COVER: OSCAR IMAGE COURTESY A.M.P.A.S. dreamer I BY BOB STRAUSS Racing to play Fatal Inertia 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 famous 4 | february 2007 Editorial_feb07 1/22/07 2:16 PM Page 6 ML FAMOUS 1/22/07 2:54 PM Page 1 editorial | february 2007 volume 8 number 2 PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR 3/C EDITOR MARNI WEISZ B DEPUTY EDITOR INGRID RANDOJA ART DIRECTOR MATTHEW PICKET G PRODUCTION DIRECTOR SHEILA GREGORY Grant R a good PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ZAC VEGA CONTRIBUTORS EARL DITTMAN SCOTT GARDNER interview SUSAN GRANGER LIZA HERZ t’s a bit of a paradox. The actors who JEAN-FRANÇOIS LÉGARÉ are least comfortable with the press DAN LIEBMAN often give the best interviews. BOB STRAUSS february 2007 | volume 8 | number 2 I Take Hugh Grant. He’d probably like nothing better than to avoid journalists ADVERTISING SALES FOR FAMOUS, FAMOUS QUEBEC AND FAMOUS KIDS IS HANDLED BY CINEPLEX MEDIA. altogether. And who can blame him? He’s had HEAD OFFICE 416.539.8800 several run-ins with members of the VICE PRESIDENT ROBERT BROWN (ext. 232) 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 media over the past few years. There NATIONAL SALES MANAGER JOHN TSIRLIS (ext. 237) was the law suit he and his girlfriend MANAGING DIRECTOR, SALES CINDY FROST (ext. 254) ACCOUNT MANAGERS ZOLTAN TOTH (ext. 233) Jemima Khan filed against London’s JENNA PATERSON (ext. 243) PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40708019 Daily Mail for a story they claimed was BEN MUNGER (ext. 235) PLUS ZACH BRAFF, MEG RYAN AND OTHER STARS ON THE ART OF SEDUCTION largely fabricated; there was the incident BILL LAMMERS (ext. 257) where he called a paparazzo a rude name and then slapped him SALES & MARKETING CAROL BRATHWAITE (ext. 256) over the head with a manila folder; and then there was the frightening CO-ORDINATOR revelation that Grant is one of a slew of celebrities who allegedly had BRITISH COLUMBIA 604.904.8622 their phone calls tapped by a so-called journalist. WESTERN SALES MANAGER DIANE RAJH And yet, you’ll find that our interview with Grant, “Can’t Stop the Music,” page 38, is one of the most candid and interesting we’ve run. ALBERTA 403.266.4412 It’s as if — after a few bad experiences with the media — a veneer is WESTERN SALES MANAGER ELIZABETH D’ARTOIS removed, and instead of staying on message, the actor decides to 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 QUEBEC 514.868.0005 speak his or her mind. DIRECTOR OF SALES SOPHIE JODOIN (ext. 222) Sure, Grant says the requisite nice things about his new movie ACCOUNT MANAGER CHARLES DUMAS (ext. 224) Music and Lyrics and co-star Drew Barrymore, but he also talks about SALES CO-ORDINATOR PATRICIA CARPENTIER (ext. 223) being weary and wary of his status, the panic attacks he’s suffered while acting and why he refuses to do serious roles just to prove something. SPECIAL THANKS MATHIEU CHANTELOIS Nicolas Cage doesn’t seem all that wary of the press right now. He just ANTHONY CUSHING JOAN GRANT wants to talk about his longtime passion project, Ghost Rider. Everybody ELLIS JACOB who knows anything about Cage knows he’s a huge comic book nut JEAN-FRANÇOIS LÉGARÉ (his last name was taken from a comic book character) and has been PAT MARSHALL trying to land a gig in a comic book movie for years. He finally gets his DAN MCGRATH chance playing soulless, avenging motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze, and CATHY PROWSE SUSAN REGINELLI he really wants to tell you about it in “Born to Ride,” page 30. 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Billy Bob Thornton calls his new feel-good film, The Astronaut Farmer, Famous™ magazine is published 12 times a year by Cineplex Entertainment.