53. cineplex magazine may 2004

$3.00

may 2004 | volume 5 | number 5

PLUS SALMA HAYEK, ANTHONY HOPKINS AND OTHER STARS DIG IN THE DIRT

THE LATEST

Video&DVDPAGE 42

ONE-ON-ONE WITHLENNY KRAVITZSPOTLIGHT ON JAKE GYLLENHAAL

ORLANDO BLOOMTALKS TROY

RAISING HELEN’S

KATE HUDSON

DELIVERS

THE ELEGANT STAR ON THE INS AND OUTS OF HUNTINGEVIL BADDIES IN VAN HELSING

PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40708019

famous 4 | may 2004

contents

14 SIZZLING SUMMER PREVIEW You’re not sweating just yet, butvery soon you’ll be craving therelief of an air-conditioned movietheatre. Read all about the coolcinematic treats that await you,including the icy actioner The DayAfter Tomorrow, the chilling dramaThe Stepford Wives and the spine-tingling Spider-Man 2I BY INGRID RANDOJA

26 KIDS’ STUFFKate Hudson tells us how playing awoman suddenly saddled with threekids in her new pic Raising Helenhelped prepare her for her real-liferole of new mom I BY EARL DITTMAN

30 TAKE MY WIFE, PLEASEOrlando Bloom stirs up troublewhen he makes off with the alreadymarried Helen in Troy. Here he talksabout his latest sword-swinging roleand his meteoric rise to fameI BY INGRID RANDOJA

30

26

F E A T U R E S

06 EDITORIAL

08 SNAPSSee Gwynnie preggers, Scarlett vampit up, and Billy Bob shed his shirt

10 SHORTS Angela Vint mulls love in 19 Months,and Shrek! the book vs. the movies

22 SPOTLIGHTGetting to know Jake Gyllenhaal

28 TRIVIAWho was born Ilynea Mironoff?

36 THINGSGive yourself a fresh outlook by harnessing some flower power

38 LINER NOTESLenny Kravitz speaks, and MelissaAuf Der Maur’s solo effort

40 NAME OF THE GAMECramming Van Helsing, Shrek andHarry Potter into your console

42 VIDEO AND DVDThe Last Samurai, Peter Pan, The Return of the King, CalendarGirls and Girl with a Pearl Earring

44 HOROSCOPETaurus has spring fever, Aries isgood at telling a joke

46 FAMOUS LAST WORDSThe stars talk gardening joy

32 MONSTER MASHER It’s a tough job but… HughJackman stars as a highly trainedmonster killer in this month’saction/horror hybrid Van Helsing.Find out how the debonair Aussiefelt about liquidating the undead,and how he managed to sneak astarring role on Broadway into hisbusy scheduleI BY BARRETT HOOPER

COVER PHOTO BY GREG GORMAN/ICON INT’L

C O V E R S T O R Y

D E P A R T M E N T S

32

Famous | volume 5 | number 5

A N N U A L S U B S C R I P T I O N R A T E S :Canada..................$32.10 ($30 + GST) � C H E Q U E � V I S Acard#__________________________________________________ expi ry date_______________

name_____________________________________________________________________________add ress____________________________________________________ c i t y________________prov ince____________________________________________ posta l code___________________phone number_____________________________________________________________________

Please send subscription orders to Famous magazine, 102 Atlantic Ave., Suite 100, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 1X9

U.S...........................$45.00 Other Countries.............$55.00

canada’s #1 movie magazine in canada’s #1 theatres

GET YOUR MOVIE INFO, CELEBRITY SCOOPS, IN-DEPTH

INTERVIEWS, V IDEO RELEASES, AND COLUMNS EVERY MONTH!

GET YOUR MOVIE INFO, CELEBRITY SCOOPS, IN-DEPTH

INTERVIEWS, V IDEO RELEASES, AND COLUMNS EVERY MONTH!

Have t he magaz i ne you know and l o ve f r om Famous P l a ye r s t hea t r e s

de l i v e red t o you r doo r

know allit

D O N ’ T M I S S A N I S S U E !

100

25

2550

7595

9810

02

525

5075

9598

100

25

2550

7595

9810

02

525

5075

9598

RG

B3/

C

subscription2003 7/9/03 2:51 PM Page x2

famous 6 | may 2004

editorial |

ive yourself a hand. You deserve it.You changed Hollywood.

Last summer, movie theatres wereoverrun with sequels, most of them sad-dled with ridiculously long names likeTerminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Charlie’sAngels: Full Throttle, Legally Blonde: Red,White and Blonde, or my personal favouriteLara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.

There were 13 sequels (or prequels —let’s not forget Dumb and Dumberer: When

Harry Met Lloyd) from the beginning of May until the end of August,compared to six the year before. And most of them were little morethan thin extensions of the storylines that made their predecessorssuccessful. All of the above-mentioned movies made significantlyless than their predecessors with Dumb and Dumberer being thedumbest idea, dropping from the original movie’s $127-million(U.S.) at the box office to $26-million, despite costing $2-millionmore to make.

There were some sequel success stories — like X2: X-Men United,which jumped from X-Men’s $157-million to $215-million. But, bymost accounts (including my own), that sequel was actually a bettermovie than the first, for which you justly rewarded the filmmakerswhile saving much of your cash for unique flicks like Finding Nemoand Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

The happy result? This summer we’re back down to a more manageable six sequels/prequels — Shrek 2, The Chronicles ofRiddick (Pitch Black’s follow-up), Spider-Man 2, The Princess Diaries 2:Royal Engagement, Alien vs. Predator and Exorcist: The Beginning).Filling the void you’ll see a heap of original stuff like Sky Captainand the World of Tomorrow, a film noir created entirely with CGIexcept for it’s stars, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law and Angelina Jolie,and The Terminal, the Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks pictureinspired by the bizarre, but true, story of a man who’s been living in Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport for 16 years. Turn to page 14 for the scoop on all the season’s releases in our annualSummer Preview.

One of the first of those original new movies to hit screens will bethis month’s dark Hugh Jackman thriller Van Helsing. Although thefilm’s title character has been shoving stakes through undead heartssince he was created by Dracula author Bram Stoker in 1897, Van Helsing has usually been a sidekick, rather than the star. For“Dressed to Kill,” page 32, Hugh Jackman told Barrett Hooper whythis slick, special effects-laden fantasy will actually remind you a lotof the old Errol Fynn movies.

On page 26 we’ve got “Baby Talk,” Earl Dittman’s question andanswer session with new mom Kate Hudson. In one of her first interviews since giving birth to her baby boy, Ryder, the star ofRaising Helen explains why she thinks raising Ryder on movie setsand tour buses is going to work out just fine.

And for “Orlando’s Odyssey,” page 30, Troy’s Orlando Bloom satdown with our deputy editor Ingrid Randoja to talk about why hejust can’t seem to get away from grand-scale swordfight pics, and themuch smaller — but equally compelling — film he’d love to donext. —Marni Weisz

PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR

EDITOR MARNI WEISZ

DEPUTY EDITOR INGRID RANDOJACREATIVE DIRECTOR DANIEL CULLEN

PRODUCTION MANAGER SHEILA GREGORYPRODUCTION ASSISTANT ZAC VEGA

CONTRIBUTORS EARL DITTMANSCOTT GARDNERSUSAN GRANGERBARRETT HOOPERDAN LIEBMAN ZENYA SIRANT

ADVERTISING SALES FOR FAMOUS, FAMOUS QUEBEC AND FAMOUS KIDS IS HANDLED BY FAMOUS PLAYERS MEDIA INC.

HEAD OFFICE 416.539.8800GENERAL MANAGER ROBERT BROWN (ext. 232)

NATIONAL SALES MANAGER JOHN TSIRLIS (ext. 237)DIRECTOR OF SALES ANTON KIM (ext. 238)

ACCOUNT MANAGERS JAMIE CRUVER (ext. 224)ZOLTAN TOTH (ext. 233) JENNA PATERSON (ext. 243)TAP CHAUHAN (ext. 235)

SALES & MARKETING CAROL BRATHWAITE (ext. 256)COORDINATOR

BRITISH COLUMBIA 604.904.8622WESTERN SALES MANAGER DIANE RAJH

ALBERTA 403.266.4412WESTERN SALES MANAGER ELIZABETH D’ARTOIS

QUEBEC 514.868.0005ADVERTISING & SALES MANAGER NATHALIE RHO (ext. 223)

ACCOUNT MANAGER MICHAEL KALLAUR (ext. 222)

SPECIAL THANKS CAROLINE BURGHERMATHIEU CHANTELOISROBB CHASEJOAN GRANTCATHY PROWSESUSAN REGINELLIJEFF RUSH

Famous™ magazine is published 12 times a year by 1371327 Ontario Ltd.Subscriptions are $32.10 ($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. All subscription inquiries, back issue requests and

letters to the editor should be directed to Famous magazine at 102 Atlantic Ave., Ste. 100, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 1X9;

or 416.539.8800; or [email protected]

Publications Mail Agreement No. 40708019Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to:

Famous magazine, 102 Atlantic Ave., Suite 100, Toronto, Ont., M6K 1X9

500,000 copies of Famous magazine are distributed through Famous Players and Alliance Atlantis cinemas, and other outlets. Famous magazine is not responsible

for the return of unsolicited manuscripts, artwork or other materials. No material in this magazine may be reprinted without the express written

consent of the publisher. © 1371327 Ontario Ltd. 2002.

CCAB/BPA International Membership applied for January 2004.

May 2004 volume 5 number 5WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER

G

N41-553_1411A ZELLERS MOSSIMO MAGAZINE _ SUMMER COLLECTION_ENGLISHPublications: Flare, Fashion, People, Elle, and Famous

Bleed: 8.75" x 11.375" Trim: 7.875" x 10.5" Live: 7" x 10"

4/C • Printout @100% • Print Prod: Kim B. • Artist: Graham B. • March 4/04

bleed

trim

live

S U M M E R 2 0 0 4C O L L E C T I O N

847855_N41_553_1411A

snaps |

famous 8 | may 2004

CAUGHT ON FILMT H E S T A R S W O R K , P L A Y A N D P R O M O T E T H E I R M O V I E S

PH

OTO

BY

JOH

N S

HE

AR

ER

/WIR

EIM

AG

E

Scarlett Johansson becomes the latest star to be a guest performerwith Carmen Electra’s raunchy girl band The Pussycat Dolls. The

19-year-old follows in the painfully pointy-toed footsteps of CharlizeTheron, Christina Applegate and Brittany Murphy, all of whom havevamped it up with the Dolls at Johnny Depp’s Viper Room in L.A.

A cynic would say it’s Hollywood marketing gone wild. Billy BobThornton peels off his shirt to show a journalist his new “Alamo” tattooat the San Antonio premiere of The Alamo. The new bit of body art depictsa battle-worn Texas flag flanked by the words “Remember the Alamo.”Thornton got it at an Austin tattoo parlour while shooting the film.

Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche greet the crowd during the openingnight curtain call for the Broadway remount of Twentieth Century.

The play, which first hit the stage in 1932 and was later turned into amovie starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard, tells of a pair ofHollywood lovers — she the star, and he the Machiavellian producerwho created her.

PH

OTO

BY

JEFF

ER

Y W

AS

HIN

GTO

N/K

RT

PH

OTO

BY

EZI

O P

ETE

RS

EN

/UP

I P

HO

TO S

ER

VIC

E

<<<

<<<

<<<

famous 9 | may 2004

PH

OTO

BY

SP

LAS

H N

EW

SP

HO

TO B

Y D

AVE

RO

SS

MA

N/W

IRE

IMA

GE

PH

OTO

BY

DIM

ITR

IOS

KA

MB

OU

RIS

/WIR

EIM

AG

E

Quirky Helena Bonham Carter wears a quirky outfit while strollingthrough London with the baby boy she and her quirky boyfriend

director Tim Burton welcomed last fall.

Gwyneth Paltrow should have used a stunt double to wear thoseheels while pregnant. The actor has been trying to hide from the prying paparazzi since she began to show a few months ago, but hadto go public here at ShoWest, the Vegas movie conference where shewas given the Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film Award.

Okay, so it looks a bit funny to see Beyoncé, swaddle in lamé, atthe Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo — but it is actually the

largest livestock show and rodeo in the world, and the actor/pop staris a proud Houston native. Yeah, you’re right, it still looks weird.

<<<

<<<

<<<

shorts |

famous 10 | may 2004

If you know Angela Vint — and we mean know her person-ally, not just through her role as Ziggy the receptionist onTV’s Traders — then we’ve got some surprising news.She’s married. Or, she should be, if all went according to

plan. “When does this magazine come out,” the delicateblonde asks, then mulls the dates to decide if it’s safe to sharethat she and her boyfriend plan to elope at the end of April.

“We’re going to Mexico, a nice private ceremony, just thetwo of us. We’ve been engaged for about a year and we’re notreally much for fuss,” Vint explains. Her betrothed is a portraitartist she met at York University while studying drama there10 years ago. They’ve been together ever since and theOshawa, Ont.-raised actor smiles sweetly as she says, “He givesme butterflies in my tummy every day.”

And so it comes as no surprise when Vint admits she had abit of trouble relating to the content of her latest movie, 19 Months. The funny faux documentary involves a youngcouple, Rob (Last Wedding’s Benjamin Ratner) and Melanie(Vint), who buy into the research that says love never lastsmore than 19 months, so plan to break up amicably at thattime. Of course, that plan fails miserably. Shot in 2002, thefilm has been bumping around the festival circuit for the pasttwo years but finally gets a theatrical release this month.

“It was hard to do a breakup [film] because I’ve been in ahappy relationship,” says Vint, “But then I realized it’s allabout feeling unworthy, feelings anyone can relate to.”

And Vint has had her share of those feelings. The role on Traders was her first paying job after graduating

from York. It was supposed to be a one-episode gig, but by thetime Vint got to her first read-through that had changed.“They’re introducing everyone around the table and theyintroduce me and my character, Ziggy, as a ‘new recurringcharacter,’” Vint recalls. “And I leaned over to the guy besideme and said, ‘Did they just say recurring?’”

“Recurring” quickly turned into “regular” and Ziggyeven had a love interest by the time Vint’s four-yearstint came to an end. That was when she got her firsttaste of reality in the small Canadian film and televi-sion market. “When I first started on Traders Ithought, ‘Well, I’m going to the top,’” she recalls,“and then I got off the show and nobody wantedto see me because I had too much exposure, andI was right at the back of the line.”

Since filming 19 Months, Vint has spent timein New Zealand playing a Canadian doctor on that country’s biggest nighttime drama, Mercy Peak (which aired on WTN last year). “Itwas fantastic. I got to live in New Zealand forfive months, and work on a TV show and travel.It was exactly what I was looking for,” she says.But since then she’s also spent time waitingtables because those five months overseas tookher out of the audition loop. “I hate it, it’s veryhumbling,” she admits. “It’s hard to go from

All about Angelabeing on TV to saying ‘Would you like salad or fries with that?’”

And so Vint has come up with a theory about fame thatseems to help. “I’m kind of realistic, I don’t believe in fame,”she says bluntly. “There’s a moment where you’re in the spot-light, and you get to have a voice, but then you kind of driftback and you’re trying to get to that point again…. So I don’tfeel like that anymore. I have to think about the quality of thework, and if something comes of it, great.” —MARNI WEISZ

shorts |


FAMOUS FOR HAVINGA BIG HEARTEach year, the city of Las Vegas hosts the movie industry’s

largest convention, ShoWest. And don’t let the word “convention”fool you, this gathering of executives and business types alsoattracts major star power. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Jack Blackand Nicole Kidman were just a few of the big names in attendancethis year, most of them lured to the desert by the promise of a fancyaward handed out at a swanky gala.

But this year, a brand new award was presented to none otherthan Canada’s Famous Players. The Gold Heart Award forOutstanding Philanthropy was created to honour the theatricaldistributor deemed to have made the most exceptional contribu-tion to charity. Famous Players beat out entrants from acrossNorth America thanks to its Gold Heart Campaign, which raisedmore than $517,000 for Variety: The Children’s Charity. FamousPlayers has been raising money for the charity for years, but anintensified advertising push in 2003 saw proceeds shoot up 300 percent.

Accepting the award on behalf of Famous Players wereRobb Chase, Famous Players’ president and CEO (seen right) andAndrew Sherbin, manager of corporate affairs (left).

Congratulations to Robb, Andrew and everyone across thecountry who bought a gold heart at a Famous Players theatre lastyear. —MW

Proud to be putridShrek 2 comes out this month, the

continuing saga of the green ogrewhose first movie was a big hit thanksto its satirical take on Disney-esquefairy tales and anthropomorphizedwoodland critters.

Much of that take came straightfrom the author of the children’s bookon which Shrek was based, Bronx-raisedWilliam Steig. Steig, who passed awaylast October at age 95, was a sharp-witted New Yorker cartoonistwho took up drawingonly to save his familyduring the Depression— he wanted to be asailor and live in Tahiti— and didn’t write hisfirst children’s bookuntil 1968, at age 61.

Steig’s Shrek!, pub-lished in 1990 when the author was already 83, conjures an evensmellier, more vile andunapologetically repug-nant character than the

Mike Myers-voiced ogre of the movie,and Steig’s princess was an equally vileogre from the moment they met, noneof this ogre-in-a-beauty-queen’s-bodytwistiness.

One of the book’s icky exchangesbetween Shrek and the princess goeslike this — Shrek: “Your horny warts,your rosy wens, like slimy bogs andfusty fens, thrill me.” Princess: “Yourlumpy nose, your pointy head, yourwicked eyes, so livid red, just kill me.”

Unfortunately, Steig died before thesequel was finished, but he did see thefirst movie.

The author’s New York agent HollyMcGhee says Steig was terrified beforesitting down to watch Shrek, positivethat DreamWorks had messed it up(he had worked on some ideas for thefilm which were never used). But,according to McGhee, even thoughSteig’s wart-ridden giant had beenconsiderably cleaned up, his exact

words after thescreening were: “It’svulgar, disgusting andI love it.”

Still, fans of theShrek! book (checkout the glowing usercomments at yourfavourite online book-seller) insist there’sno comparison, and ifyou want to experi-ence the real ogre,you should find your-self a copy of Shrek!by William Steig.

—MWLeft: The ogre as illustrated by William Steig; right: As he appears in the film

<<<

PH

OTO

BY

DIM

ITR

IOS

KA

MB

OU

RIS

/WIR

EIM

AG

E

the | big | picture |


M A Y 7

NEW YORK MINUTEWHO’S IN IT? Mary-Kate and Ashley OlsenWHO DIRECTED? Dennie Gordon (What aGirl Wants) WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Twin sisters — smartypants Jane (Ashley Olsen) and wannaberocker Roxy (Mary-Kate Olsen) — ditchschool to spend a day in the Big Appletrying to make their dreams come true.

VAN HELSINGWHO’S IN IT? Hugh Jackman, Kate BeckinsaleWHO DIRECTED? Stephen Sommers (The Mummy Returns)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Jackman (sportingdashing hair extensions) stars as GabrielVan Helsing, a monster hunter who travels

SPEND TIME IN ANCIENT GREECE WITH BRAD PITT, STUCK IN AN AIRPORT WITH TOM HANKS, IN CREEPY STEPFORD WITH NICOLE KIDMAN, IN OLD ENGLAND WITH KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, IN THE’70S WITH WILL FERRELL, IN THE FUTURE WITH WILL SMITH, IN GOTHAM WITH HALLE BERRY,

OR IN A CAB WITH TOM CRUISE I BY INGRID RANDOJA

TROYWHO’S IN IT? Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom WHO DIRECTED? Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? When the prettyPrince of Troy (Bloom) sails away withGreek hottie Helen (Diane Kruger), theGreeks send a huge army led by thealmost invincible warrior Achilles (no,not the strappy sandals!) to get her back.See Orlando Bloom interview, page 30.

HITS THEATRES MAY 14


to Transylvania to take on Count Dracula,the Wolfman and Frankenstein’s monster.He gets some help from his comely side-kick Anna Valerious (Beckinsale). SeeHugh Jackman interview, page 32.

M A Y 1 4

BREAKIN’ ALL THE RULESWHO’S IN IT? Jamie Foxx, Morris ChestnutWHO DIRECTED? Dan Taplitz(Commandments)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? When Quincy’s (Foxx)girlfriend dumps him, he pens a breakupmanual that becomes a bestseller, turninghim into a Dr. Phil with dreads.

M A Y 2 1

SHREK 2VOICES: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz WHO DIRECTED? Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad VernonWHAT’S IT ABOUT? Newlyweds Shrek(Myers) and Fiona (Diaz) travel to herhomeland of Far, Far Away so her parents(John Cleese and Julie Andrews) canmeet their big, green son-in-law for thefirst time. Listen for Antonio Banderas as

the hot-tempered kitty Puss-in-Boots,AbFab’s Jennifer Saunders as The FairyGodmother and CNN’s Larry King as TheUgly Stepsister.

M A Y 2 8

RAISING HELENWHO’S IN IT? Kate Hudson, John Corbett WHO DIRECTED? Garry Marshall (The Princess Diaries)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A modeling agencyexecutive (Hudson) suddenly finds herselfraising her deceased sister’s three kids.Corbett chimes in as the cuddly pastorwho falls for Hudson. See Kate Hudsoninterview, page 26.

SOUL PLANEWHO’S IN IT? Kevin Hart, Tom ArnoldWHO DIRECTED? Jessy Terrero (debut)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? After winning $600-million in a lawsuit against an airline,Dakwon (Hart) starts his own airlinespecifically targeted to African-Americans. Snoop Dogg plays the high-flying pilot, while Arnold pops up as thehead of a white family that’s mistakenlyre-routed onto the airline.

THE DAY AFTER TOMORROWWHO’S IN IT? Dennis Quaid, Jake GyllenhaalWHO DIRECTED? Roland Emmerich (Godzilla)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? If you salivate whenyou see buildings collapse, cars flip overand people fleeing for their lives, thencheck out this special effects extravaganzastarring Quaid as a paleoclimatologist

(say that three times fast), who sets outto save his son (Gyllenhaal), who’strapped in frozen Manhattan after globalwarming sends the planet into a new Ice Age.

J U N E 4

MINDHUNTERSWHO’S IN IT? Val Kilmer, LL Cool JWHO DIRECTED? Renny Harlin (Driven)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? FBI trainees areshipped off to a remote island to fine-tune their profiling skills, and can youbelieve it, one of them is a killer. Thisthriller has been sitting on the shelflonger than that half-empty bottle of soysauce in your pantry, which doesn’t bodewell for the final product.

J U N E 1 1

THE STEPFORD WIVESWHO’S IN IT? Nicole Kidman, Matthew BroderickWHO DIRECTED? Frank Oz (The Score)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This remake of the chilling ’70s feminist cautionary tale findsa married couple (Kidman, Broderick) moving to the small town of Stepford,Connecticut, where all the men’s wives are perfectly coiffed and suspiciously sub-servient. Look for less feminist rhetoric andmore sly humour this time around.

THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK WHO’S IN IT? Vin Diesel, Judi DenchWHO DIRECTED? David Twohy (Below)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Diesel reprises

HARRY POTTER AND THEPRISONER OF AZKABANWHO’S IN IT? Daniel Radcliffe, Gary OldmanWHO DIRECTED? Alfonso Cuarón (Y tu Mamá También)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Poor Harry, Hermioneand Ron, not only are they hitting thatawkward age where voices crack and hormones start to rage, they’ve got todeal with escaped convict Sirius Black(Oldman), who is out to get our scarredhero. Look for Cuarón to add just a smattering of sexual tension between ouradolescent wizards and witches.

HITS THEATRES JUNE 4

� �

GARFIELD: THE MOVIEWHO’S IN IT? Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love HewittWHO DIRECTED? Peter Hewitt (The Borrowers)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Bill Murray providesthe voice of CGI kitty Garfield, whocomes to the rescue when his ownerJon’s (Meyer) other pet, nitwit poochOdie, is kidnapped.




his role from the underrated sci-fiflick Pitch Black, escaped convictRiddick, who finds himself caughtbetween two feuding galactic forces —the Necromongers (led by Canada’s ownColm Feore) and the Elemental race (governed by Dame Dench).

J U N E 1 8

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYSWHO’S IN IT? Steve Coogan, Jackie ChanWHO DIRECTED? Frank Coraci (The Waterboy)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Jules Verne’s globe-trotting tale returns to the big screenwith Coogan (24 Hour Party People) portraying 19th-century British inventorPhileas Fogg, who bets he can traversethe planet in the aforementioned timeframe. Chan plays his thieving sidekickPassepartout. Keep your eyes peeled forall-star cameos by Kathy Bates, JohnCleese and the governor himself, ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

DARKNESSWHO’S IN IT? Anna Paquin, Lena OlinWHO DIRECTED? Jaume Balagueró (The Nameless Sin)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Lots of very scarythings start to happen when a teenage

girl (Paquin) and her family move into agloomy house in the Spanish countryside.This Spanish-produced, English languagefilm has been playing throughout Europesince 2002, and the international reviewsclaim we North Americans are about tobe spooked silly.

J U N E 2 5

SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROWWHO’S IN IT? Jude Law, Gwyneth PaltrowWHO DIRECTED? Kerry Conran (debut)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Why bother withextras, locations or even sets when youcan digitally insert everything, exceptyour lead actors, into the action? DirectorConran wrote a computer program thatdoes just that, and the resulting look isretro cool. Paltrow plays a ’30s reporterwho discovers the world’s scientists aredisappearing, and Law is the swashbuck-ling pilot who helps her save the day.

DE-LOVELYWHO’S IN IT? Kevin Kline, Ashley JuddWHO DIRECTED? Irwin Winkler (Life as a House)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Such pop stars asRobbie Williams, Alanis Morissette, ElvisCostello and Sheryl Crow lend their

THE TERMINAL WHO’S IN IT? Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-JonesWHO DIRECTED? Steven Spielberg (A.I.)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? When his homeland isinvaded during his flight, an EasternEuropean traveler (Hanks) arrives at aNew York City airport with an invalidpassport, thereby forcing him to stay put and make the terminal his home.Zeta-Jones plays the female love interestin this tale inspired by the real-life travails of Merhan Karimi Nasseri, anIranian man who has been living insideParis’s Charles de Gaulle airport for the last 16 years.


DODGEBALL: A TRUEUNDERDOG STORYWHO’S IN IT? Vince Vaughn, Ben StillerWHO DIRECTED? Rawson MarshallThurber (debut)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? From the director ofthe hilarious short film Terry Tate, OfficeLinebacker, comes a comedy about agroup of misfits who enter a dodgeballtournament to win the cash needed tosave their grotty gym from being turnedinto a fitness studio. This movie couldspawn an entirely new genre of sportsfilms, such as Tetherball Hell, or Pick-Up Sticks: A Personal Odyssey.


� �

WHITE CHICKSWHO’S IN IT? Shawn Wayans, Marlon WayansWHO DIRECTED? Keenen Ivory Wayans(Scary Movie 2)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Two FBI agents (theWayans brothers) disguise themselves aswhite girls in order to act as bait and stopthe kidnapping of a couple of hotelheiresses (any similarity to the Hilton sis-ters is, of course, completely coincidental).


THE NOTEBOOKWHO’S IN IT? Rachel McAdams, Ryan GoslingWHO DIRECTED? Nick Cassavetes (John Q)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? An elderly man (JamesGarner) recounts the romance betweentwo lovers (London, Ontario, nativesMcAdams and Gosling) to a woman in anursing home (Gena Rowlands, who alsohappens to be the director’s mother).


� �

vocal talents to this musicalrecounting of the complex life of legendaryAmerican composer Cole Porter (Kline).

TWO BROTHERSWHO’S IN IT? Guy Pearce, Christian ClavierWHO DIRECTED? Jean-Jacques Annaud(Enemy at the Gates)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? From the director ofThe Bear comes another heartrending animal tale. Set in the Cambodian coun-tryside during the ’20s, the film followstwo brother tigers who are separated ascubs, but reunited as enemies when they

reach maturity. Pearce plays the hunterwho captures the striped siblings.

J U L Y 7

KING ARTHURWHO’S IN IT? Clive Owen, Keira Knightley WHO DIRECTED? Antoine Fuqua (Tears ofthe Sun)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The Arthurian legend isgiven a historically accurate spin with Owenplaying the 5th-century King as an ordinarybloke who unites lawless Celtic tribes afterthe collapse of the Roman Empire.

J U L Y 9

SLEEPOVERWHO’S IN IT? Alexa Vega, Mika BooremWHO DIRECTED? Joe Nussbaum (debut)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Four unpopular girlscompete in a scavenger hunt against theirschool’s reigning clique. The winner getsdibs on the cafeteria’s best table.

J U L Y 1 6

A CINDERELLA STORYWHO’S IN IT? Hilary Duff, Chad Michael MurrayWHO DIRECTED? Mark Rosman (Evolver)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The Cinderella fairy taleis recycled yet again, and this time Duffplays the downtrodden gal whose miserableexistence is transformed when a cute guypicks up her lost cellphone and plans tomeet her at the school dance.

I, ROBOTWHO’S IN IT? Will Smith, Bridget MoynahanWHO DIRECTED? Alex Proyas (Dark City)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? It’s the year 2035 androbots are programmed to serve humanity.However, when a man is murdered, detec-tive Spooner (Smith) suspects a glorifiedcan opener may by the killer. An awesomeart department transformed Vancouver’strendy Gastown district, and other neigh-bourhoods, into futuristic Chicago.

J U L Y 2 3

THE BOURNE SUPREMACYWHO’S IN IT? Matt Damon, Franka PotenteWHO DIRECTED? Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This sequel to TheBourne Identity finds CIA operative JasonBourne (Damon) framed for the murder of aChinese diplomat. It’s up to the real Bourneto find the masquerading murderer.

J U L Y 3 0

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATEWHO’S IN IT? Denzel Washington, Meryl StreepWHO DIRECTED? Jonathan Demme (The Truth About Charlie)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Ten years after servingin Desert Storm, soldier Marco Bennett(Washington) remembers both he and hispal Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber) werebrainwashed by the enemy. Now, he must



SPIDER-MAN 2WHO’S IN IT? Tobey Maguire, Kirsten DunstWHO DIRECTED? Sam Raimi (Spider-Man)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spidey, is now a college student who pines forlost love Mary-Jane (Dunst) while having to do battle with the tentacled DoctorOctopus (Alfred Molina). The budget for this sequel nudged over the $200-millionmark, but when you consider the first movie made $114-million over its three-dayopening weekend, it’s likely the producers will recoup their investment.


� �

THE CLEARINGWHO’S IN IT? Robert Redford, Helen MirrenWHO DIRECTED? Pieter Jan Brugge(debut)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A wealthy industrialist(Redford) is kidnapped and it’s up to hiswife (Mirren) to deliver the ransom.Through a series of flashbacks we seehow this golden couple’s marriage hasfloundered, and learn why the kidnapper(Willem Dafoe) chose his unsuspectingvictim.

HITS THEATRES JULY 2


stop Shaw from carrying out his instruc-tions. Frank Sinatra, who starred in andowned the rights to the original 1962film, believed his film may have been acontributing factor in JFK’s assassinationone year after its release. It was onlyshortly before his death that he relentedand gave permission for a remake.

THE VILLAGEWHO’S IN IT? Judy Greer, Joaquin Phoenix WHO DIRECTED? M. Night Shyamalan (Signs)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A 19th-centuryPennsylvanian village is surrounded bywoods and the “creatures” who live with-in its borders. Suddenly, the creatureshave decided to come out of the forest toattack the village. Count on Shyamalanto deliver quality jumps and jolts (man,our fingernails are already digging intothe armrest).

HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TOWHITE CASTLEWHO’S IN IT? John Cho, Kal PennWHO DIRECTED? Danny Leiner (Dude, Where’s My Car?)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The mostly self-explanatory title informs us that stonerpals Harold and Kumar spend a nightdriving around New Jersey searching forthe perfect White Castle hamburger.

A U G U S T 6

COLLATERALWHO’S IN IT? Tom Cruise, Jamie FoxxWHO DIRECTED? Michael Mann (Ali)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? An L.A. cabbie (Foxx)realizes that the fare he’s been shuttlingaround town is a contract killer (Cruise),and unless he can come up with a planhe’s going to wind up as the killer’s finalvictim. The big news here — 41-year-oldTom Cruise plays his first gray-hairedcharacter.

THUNDERBIRDSWHO’S IN IT? Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley WHO DIRECTED? Jonathan Frakes(Clockstoppers)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The Tracey boys, led bytheir father (Bill Paxton), operateInternational Rescue, an elite

ANCHORMANWHO’S IN IT? Will Ferrell, Christina ApplegateWHO DIRECTED? Adam McKay (debut)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Ferrell stars as sexist ’70s TV anchorman Ron Burgundy, whosereign as San Diego’s top news dog comes to an end when a qualified female journalist(Applegate) enters the picture. Hopes run high for this comedy, although the filmmakershave been tweaking it after it had a poor test screening.


� �



team that stops nefarious baddiesfrom taking over the world. Turning thecult ’60s British show that featured mari-onettes into a live-action affair falls intothe hands of Frakes, former Star Trek:TNG’s Number One, Will Riker.

AUGUST 11

THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYALENGAGEMENTWHO’S IN IT? Anne Hathaway, Julie AndrewsWHO DIRECTED? Garry Marshall (The Princess Diaries)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Newly installedprincess Mia (Hathaway) relocates to thetiny nation of Genovia and gets word thatshe is engaged to marry an English nobleman. Hmmm, this summer we’vegot movies featuring robotic women, afemale action hero outfitted in a strip-per’s costume and now a teen comedy

featuring an arranged marriage. Do youfeel empowered ladies, do you?

AUGUST 13

YU-GI-OH!: THE MOVIEVOICES: Dan Green, Wayne GraysonWHAT’S IT ABOUT? Seeing as most adultswould rather have their eyes poked outwith red-hot skewers than sit through anincomprehensible anime flick, we’ll giveyou the 411 — spiky-haired Yugi hasmastered the rules of an ancient cardgame that can unleash powerful forces.

CODE 46WHO’S IN IT? Tim Robbins, Samantha MortonWHO DIRECTED? Michael Winterbottom (In This World)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? In the near-future,humanity has been divided into thosewho live in tightly controlled city states,

and those who live outside in the desert-like wild regions. Robbins plays a bureau-crat who falls for Morton, a woman whohelps people sneak into the cities.

ALIEN VS PREDATORWHO’S IN IT? Sanaa Lathan, Lance HenriksenWHO DIRECTED? Paul W.S. Anderson(Resident Evil)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? It’s the battle betweennasty movie aliens when a gaggle ofPredators arrive from outer space just ashuman scientists are unearthing a batchof slumbering Aliens in Antarctica.

AUGUST 20

EXORCIST: THE BEGINNINGWHO’S IN IT? Stellan SkarsgaardWHO DIRECTED? Renny Harlin (Driven)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? It looked as if this filmwould never get released since its firstdirector, John Frankenheimer, died beforeshooting began, and his successor, PaulSchrader, was let go when the studiodecided they didn’t like the cerebralthriller he turned in. It’s now a complete-ly new film, still starring Skarsgaard as ayoung Father Merrin who gets his firsttaste of exorcism action while working ona possessed African boy.

CELLULARWHO’S IN IT? Kim Basinger, Chris EvansWHO DIRECTED? David R. Ellis (FinalDestination 2)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A young man (Evans)gets a call on his cellphone from a woman(Basinger) who says she’s been kid-napped, but doesn’t know her location.Remember how the CB crept into moviesin the ’70s? Look for the same thing tohappen with cellphones this decade.

AUGUST 27

VENOMWHO’S IN IT? Morris Chestnut, Nicholas Hope WHO DIRECTED? Dwight H. Little (Deep Blue)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A scientific expeditionheads to Borneo to find the rare BlackOrchid, but runs into a few rather largesnakes along the way. Campy fun roundsout the silly summer season at themovies.

SHALL WE DANCE?WHO’S IN IT? Jennifer Lopez, Richard GereWHO DIRECTED? Peter Chelsom(Serendipity)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This remake of the 1996Japanese film stars Gere as a depressedaccountant who signs up for dance lessonsafter spying the good-looking instructor(Lopez). Will his growing love of dancesave his troubled marriage and inspire hisbored wife (Susan Sarandon)?

HITS THEATRES AUGUST 6

CATWOMANWHO’S IN IT? Halle Berry, Sharon Stone WHO DIRECTED? Pitof (Vidocq)WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Mee-oow, the fur’sbeen flying since early snaps of Berry inher saucy midriff-baring costume werereleased — it seems Catwoman fans arehating her slutty look. The comic bookCatwoman was named Selina Kyle, but inthe film she’s graphic designer PatiencePrice (Berry) who is killed by an evil cos-metics tycoon (Stone) and brought backto life by a magical Egyptian cat.


� �

Some films play only in major markets. All release dates subject to change.

CHECK WWW.FAMOUSPLAYERS.COM FOR SHOWTIMES AND LOCATIONS

actu |

A Dangerous Woman. Instead, his folks kept the emphasis on his education early on, letting Jake learn the trade in school playsrather than Hollywood.

Gyllenhaal did spend a lot of time on sets with his parents,though, and close family friends include actors like Ted Dansonand Mary Steenburgen. In fact, in a 2003 Interview article inwhich Chelsea Clinton interviewed Gyllenhaal the pair recalled thetime they sat together at her dad’s 51st birthday party, which washosted by the Danson-Steenburgens on Martha’s Vineyard.

In 2002, Gyllenhaal made his professional stage debut as a richkid on a bender in a production of Kenneth Lonergan’s This is Our Youth in London’s West End. Hayden Christensen and AnnaPaquin co-starred, but it was Gyllenhaal who took home theEvening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer.

Next up for Gyllenhaal is Proof, in which he plays a math studentwho develops a relationship with the daughter (Gwyneth Paltrow)of his dying math professor (Anthony Hopkins).

INTERESTING TIDBITS: He lists several causes that are important tohim on his official website (www.jakegyllenhaal.com), includingthe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and College Summit, agroup that aids low-income students. • Was one of the celebritieswho joined the “Artists United to Win Without War” movement. • Dropped out of Columbia University after two years to concen-trate on acting. • Made it to the final three actors vying for EwanMcGregor’s part in Moulin Rouge! — the third was Heath Ledger.

SELECT FILMOGRAPHY: Joe in Moonlight Mile (2002), Holden inThe Good Girl (2002), Jordan in Lovely & Amazing (2001), Jimmyin Bubble Boy (2001), Donnie in Donnie Darko (2001), Homer inOctober Sky (1999), Leon in Josh and S.A.M. (1993), Edward inA Dangerous Woman (1993), Danny in City Slickers (1991)

LOVE LIFE: His sister Maggie introduced him to her Mona Lisa Smileco-star Kirsten Dunst. The pair have been dating ever since.

ON LEARNING FROM HIS PARENTS’ EXPERIENCES: “You watch peopledo well and not do well, and people pay attention and don’t payattention. My mom won a Golden Globe and got nominated for anOscar, and my dad won an Emmy, and everyone adorned them with praise. Then their next movie comes out, and it’s not as successful, and everyone ignores them.” [San FranciscoChronicle, September 25, 2002] —MW

NOW APPEARING IN…the apocalyptic action flick The Day AfterTomorrow as the son of a scientist (Dennis Quaid) trying to savethe world after the greenhouse effect causes a catastrophic storm.

BIO BITS: He was named “Most on the Verge” in a Movieline poll;along with girlfriend Kirsten Dunst, he’s part of one of Hollywood’shottest couples; and he has a rabid fan club that calls itself theGyllenhaalics. Not bad for a skinny, gravely voiced 23-year-oldwith a cockeyed smile.

But this kid had some help. His dad, Stephen Gyllenhaal (pronounced “Jill-en-hall” — it’s Swedish), is an established director (Felicity, Everwood, an episode of Twin Peaks), and momNaomi Foner is the screenwriter behind the Oscar-nominated,Golden Globe-winning Running on Empty and two films that weredirected by her husband, A Dangerous Woman and Losing Isaiah.

Of course, lots of kids grow up in Los Angeles with a couple ofsemi-famous parents and never make it in show biz. And you needlook no further than Gyllenhaal’s breakout role, rocketry enthusiastHomer Hickam in 1999’s October Sky, to see that he has talent —the same talent that filtered through the gene pool to his actor-sister Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary, Mona Lisa Smile).

Jake’s parents let him make only small forays into the world ofchild acting — he played Billy Crystal’s son in 1991’s City Slickers,Robin Williams’ kid in a 1994 episode of Homicide, and had apart in mom and dad’s 1993 big-screen adaptation of the novel

GYLLENHAALJake

spotlight |


Gyllenhaal in The Day After Tomorrow

abytalkinterview |

In a funny way, Kate Hudson under-stands her character in Raising Helena lot better now than she did when

she spent all day in her shoes whileshooting the film.

In director Garry Marshall’s latest,Hudson plays Helen, a free-spiritedmodeling agency assistant who suddenlyfinds herself the legal guardian of hernephew and two nieces after her sisterdies in a car crash. But it wasn’t untilafter filming had wrapped that the 25-year-old actor became a mom forreal, giving birth to a boy named Ryderthis past January. The baby’s dad — forthose who haven’t walked past a Peoplemagazine in the last four years — isBlack Crowes singer Chris Robinson.

“When you’re babysitting your broth-

ers, you always know that mom and dadwill be home later and will take over —your responsibility is pretty limited, youcan still go out with your friends and letthem worry about the kids. But whenyou have a child of your own, that babyis dependent on you for eating, beingchanged and for love and care…. Youhave to grow up really quickly, andthat’s what Helen has to do. But itmakes her a better person. I know itmade me one,” says Hudson, who wasraised by two actors, mom Goldie Hawnand stepdad Kurt Russell.


It’s hard to believe that sweet,sensuous, young Kate Hudson is now someone’s mom. But it’strue. At least filming her latestmovie, Raising Helen, openedher eyes to the realities of motherhood I BY EARL DITTMAN

Raising Helen’s Kate Hudson mothers Abigail Breslin

B

“In every film I’ve done, from AlmostFamous to The Four Feathers to How toLose a Guy in 10 Days, there was a littlepart of me in each of the characters,”continues Hudson, casually dressed in apair of worn jeans and a white, lacy cotton blouse. “But, with Helen, the oldsaying, ‘film often imitates life,’ reallyapplies…. Of course, I wanted to have achild. I love being a mom. It just takesHelen a little longer to figure out howgreat they really are.”

This movie covers some pretty emotionalterritory. What tone did Garry Marshalltake?“A lot of people have asked me if it’s acomedy or a drama, and it’s neitherand it’s both. The best way I candescribe it to you is to say it’s a dramaticcomedy — a dramedy. It’s more of aslice of life kind of movie…. It still hasan important message about family andlove, but it’s a heartwarmer. Now thatI’m a mom and getting older, I’ve got tostart making movies my son can see. Nomore nude scenes for me.”

Of all the scripts you must have beenoffered, why this one?“It’s a story about a woman who isforced to grow up and act like an adultfor a change. I’ve had to mature a lotwithin the past three or four years,especially within the past 12 months. SoI know exactly how Helen is feeling.”

What do you have in common with Helenbeyond just being moms?“At its core, the story is about the lovebetween family members. And my realfamily members are so close. I wantedto show what that kind of care and loveis like. And, in the film, through theresponsibility of taking care of our deadsister’s children, me and my older sister[Joan Cusack] discover there was alwaysa deep bond between us that we neverknew was there.”

Did you rush to film Raising Helen beforeyour pregnancy began to show?“No, I didn’t have to because RaisingHelen was actually filmed somewhere in-between Alex & Emma and How to Losea Guy in 10 Days. We did a lot of How toLose a Guy in New York, so Garry said,‘Why not just film it here?’ It’s not home,but I love New York. With mom and dadtemporarily moving to Vancouver with[half-brother] Wyatt for him to pursue

his hockey ambitions, our family is kindof all spread out at the moment. But, forme, home is where Chris and Ryder, mysweet baby boy, are.”

I have to say, even when you were closeto your due date, you still looked sexyand radiant. Did you ever think youwouldn’t look good pregnant?“I was never worried about getting fator anything. I just thought, ‘It comeswith the territory.’ [Laughs.] Anyway, Ialways think women look their bestwhen they are going to have a baby.”

Have you had to say no to any projectsbecause of the baby?“No, I just started back to work — asplanned before I got pregnant — onThe Skeleton Key, a psychological thrillerwith director Iain Softley.”

Will you take Ryder to the set?“Definitely, if he’s not at home with hisdaddy, Chris, he will be at work withme. That’s one of the great thingsabout being an actress, you’re able tobring your baby to work with you everyday. Not all mothers have that luxury.I’m pretty lucky that way. Plus, his

mama has got to start saving money forcollege.”

Was Goldie happy about becoming agrandmother?“She was really excited, but I think Kurtwas even more excited about being agrandfather. That’s why the baby’s mid-dle name is Russell. I thought it was theleast I could do to honour one of themost important men in my life. He doesn’t always show a lot of emotion, butwhen we told Kurt that the baby’s middlename was Russell, he cried. It was anincredible moment in all our lives.”

Do you hang out with a lot of othercelebrities?“No, not really, just a few. I mean, Igrew up with Liv Tyler, we were alwaystogether. I count her as a best friend.But that’s about it for me.”

When did you figure out that Chris wasthe man for you?“I don’t know, we just met and it hap-pened. We were both very happy andcouldn’t really live or be apart fromeach other and just went with it insteadof freaking each other out about it.


� �

Hudson gets cuddly with John Corbett’ssympathetic pastor in Raising Helen

interview |Because we could’ve gone the otherdirection and gone, ‘This is all happen-ing way too fast,’ and Chris could’vegone, ‘Well, she’s too young,’ and Icould’ve gone, ‘Well, he’s 12 yearsolder than me, and rock ’n’ roll is akind of lifestyle which I was not raisedaround.’ But both of our lives changeddrastically when we met each other. Itjust sort of happened.”

Did you help Chris give up some of thebad habits that come with a rock ’n’ rolllifestyle?“I think we helped each other…. Hehad to give up a lot to be with me, buthe wanted to. It wasn’t tough for himbecause he knew that was the only wayto make our marriage work. But I wasthere for him all the time. I mean, I hadto change a lot of things in my life too.And he helped with that.”

Like what?“Just to believe in myself and my talentsmore. I mean, I’ve always been prettyfearless, but sometimes I get insecureabout my abilities, and he’s always beenthere to remind me I can do anything Iwant to do.”

Do you and Chris have “a song?”“Yeah, believe it or not, it’s ‘Lay LadyLay’ by Bob Dylan. We’re big Bob Dylan

fans. He’s always in our lives, every-where, Bob. Everywhere he’s playing,we’re there. Yeah, we’ve actually seenhim in a lot of different countries and alot of different cities, and Bob doessomething to me that I don’t think thatanyone else, as far as musically, youknow, no one else can do.”

Do you want more kids?“Oh yeah, I love kids. I don’t think we’lltry for a ton of them [laughs]. I defi-nitely would like two or three — at thevery least.”

Isn’t it tough to balance motherhood withthe kind of job you have?“Oh, I have a feeling that I’ll do a finejob. With us women, we can grab a littlehandkerchief, throw it on our back andwalk through airports with our babies.We’ll be fine. We’ll be the kind of parentslike mine were, where you’re strappedto their backs and wherever they are,you are. If that means that our kids aregoing to be living on a tour bus, they’regoing to be with us. If I’m working andhe’s working it’s hard, but you find yourtimes together. But, you know, I havenothing to complain about. I mean, wehave got great jobs.”

Earl Dittman is an entertainment writerbased in Houston, Texas.


answers

23

1

1.Full House2.Seven Years in Tibet

3.sports(TheBest Damn Sports Show Period)

4.Chris Farley5.Helen Mirren6.Innerspace

Name the sitcom on whichNew York Minute starsMary-Kate and Ashley Olsenshared the dual role ofMichelle Tanner.

Which of his movies led toTroy star Brad Pitt beingbanned from China?

Soul Plane’s Tom Arnoldhas a regular gig hostingwhat sort of program on Fox TV — sports, gameshow, political commentaryor celebrity dating?

Shrek 2 is released thismonth with Mike Myersonce again voicing thegrumpy ogre. But whichcomic was slated to provideShrek’s voice until he diedsuddenly in 1997?

Which British star of RaisingHelen and The Clearing(both out this month) wasborn Ilynea Mironoff?

Dennis Quaid, who has ason named Jack, plays pro-fessor Jack Hall in The DayAfter Tomorrow. In which ofthe following movies wasQuaid’s character not namedJack — Any Given Sunday,Postcards from the Edge,Innerspace or Come See theParadise?

TRIVIAfamous

4

56

Kate Hudson experiences a bring-your-child-to-work moment

� �

You may think Orlando Bloom isthe luckiest guy in the world.After all, he was just 22 when

director Peter Jackson plucked him outof drama school to play heartthrob elfLegolas Greenleaf in the globally popu-lar Lord of the Rings trilogy. He then wenton to co-star alongside Johhny Depp inthe another worldwide hit, Pirates of theCaribbean, and he’s popping up again inthis month’s huge action flick Troy. Oh,and he’s dating Kate Bosworth.

But this lucky chap has also suffereda fractured skull (on two separate occa-sions as a baby), a crushed toe, brokenleg, nose, finger, wrist, ribs and back. Itwas the back-breaking incident — animpetuous 21-year-old Bloom climbedup a drainpipe but lost hold and fellthree floors — that almost killed himand left him temporarily paralyzed.

Emotionally, he’s also had his fairshare of bumps. As a child growing up inCanterbury, England, he struggled withdyslexia, and when he was 13 he wasshocked to discover the man who hethought was his father, the late SouthAfrican human rights activist Harry

Bloom, wasn’t his biological dad. Thathonour belonged to a family friendnamed Colin Stone. It’s been a roughride for the seemingly blithe actor.

“I’m just grateful to be able to do anyof this stuff,” says Bloom at a New Yorkpress junket.

The “stuff” to which he’s referring isthe swashbuckling heroics that haveturned him into the planet’s hottestyoung action star, a pretty boy phenomwho seemed to materialize out of thin air.

“I feel really, really lucky,” he saysearnestly. “I’d like to have done somesmaller movies, but I sort of started big,which is a different way to approachthings…but it wasn’t intentional, it justhappened that way.”

His latest “big” movie is directorWolfgang Petersen’s period epic Troy,which casts Bloom as Paris, the Trojanprince whose romance with, and sub-sequent kidnapping of, Greek galHelen (Diane Kruger) starts a decade-long war between Troy and Greece.Brad Pitt plays Greek warrior Achillesin this retelling of the legend which

was made famous in Homer’s epicpoem The Odyssey.

“I’m the guy who creates all themess,” says Bloom with a smirk.

Seated amongst a throng of journal-ists, the star is wearing a hoodie andsporting a pair of low-rise jeans whichallow both the waistband of his boxersand his tattooed tummy (he’s got a sunetched on his flat stomach) to peek out.

Asked about the whirlwind that hasbeen his career up to this point, the 27-year-old is able to put his success inperspective. “I think there’s a rite ofpassage for a young actor, and justbecause you’ve done one role in a bigmovie doesn’t mean you suddenly haveaccess to all the great character roles inthe world, ’cause you don’t,” he saysemphatically.

“I’m being offered more work thanI’ve ever been offered before, but it’sstill in a certain frame. I have to provemyself as more than just an ‘action-reaction-action’ guy. It’s a gradualprocess for me, and I feel Paris is agood step in the right directionbecause he’s really a lover not a fighter,although I do have a fight sequence,but it’s more like an acting scenebecause I’m getting my ass kicked allover the floor [laughs].”

Bloom has made two smaller films,the British drama The Calcium Kid, inwhich he plays a milkman-turned-boxer, and the Australian period pieceNed Kelly, alongside Heath Ledger.They didn’t garner the attention of hisbig-budget work, but did give him theopportunity to flex a different set of acting muscles and inspired him tothink about some personal projects.

“I want to get a film about Dan Eldonmade. He was a young Reuters photog-rapher who got stoned to death inSomalia in 1993. He left behind theseletters that are incredibly beautiful,which his mother published as a book.And I have a couple of other pet projects,we’ll see,” he says, smiling.

Until then, Bloom will continue tothrust and parry his way across thescreen. He’s committed to a Pirates of theCaribbean sequel (and possibly a thirdfilm), and he’s signed on to play a crusading knight in Kingdom of Heaven.

“I want to do something that doesn’tinvolve a sword, I really do, but I doenjoy stepping back in time and playingcharacters that have a weight aboutthem.”


interview |

ORLANDO’SODYSSEY

How British heartthrob Orlando Bloom went from accident-pronedyslexic to dashing prince of Troy I BY INGRID RANDOJA

Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger in Troy

cover | story |

Hugh Jackman’s wife used to have acrush on Lorenzo Lamas. Ofcourse, this was back before she

met Jackman on the set of the Aussieprison drama Correlli. And before helanded on People magazine’s “50 MostBeautiful” list thanks to starring roles inX-Men, Kate & Leopold and Swordfish.Even so, it comes as a bit of a surprisewhen Jackman shows up for our inter-view looking like, well, Lorenzo Lamasback in his Falcon Crest days.

Humming a Rodgers and Hammersteintune when he enters the Pasadenahotel room, Jackman quickly sets therecord straight on his current appear-ance. It seems everyone’s favourite X-Man still has a couple of weeks offilming remaining on Van Helsing,which casts him as a leaner and meaner(“and younger,” the 35-year-old pointsout) version of the legendary vampireslayer from the pages of Bram Stoker’sDracula. “Some of the crew joke thatI’m the fourth Charlie’s Angel,” he says,tugging playfully at a ridiculously longhair extension. “But my wife loves it.”

Van Helsing, which aims to raise thestakes on monster movies when it hitstheatres this month, pits the crossbow-wielding hero in a CGI showdown withDracula, the Wolfman and Frankenstein’smonster in what has to be the biggestbig-screen monster mash since Abbottand Costello lampooned their waythrough Universal’s menacing menageriemore than 50 years ago.

This major re-teaming of those classiccreatures came about thanks to writer-director Stephen Sommers, the manbehind The Mummy and The MummyReturns, in which Brendan Fraser starredas a goofy Indiana Jones clone battling


DRESSED to KILLTake dishy leading man Hugh Jackman, put him in a flowingleather coat, give him some throwing-blades, send him toTransylvania and see what happens I BY BARRETT HOOPER

Elena Anaya asDracula’s Bride

Egyptian undead. And, like those twofilms, Van Helsing promises to deliver anew action-oriented twist on the type ofhorror films that made stars of BelaLugosi, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr.

But unlike The Mummy films,Sommers is hoping for a more serioustone. Call it more vamp, less camp.

A step in the right direction is thecasting of Jackman in the role madefamous by Peter Cushing in the oldHammer Dracula movies, which shouldknock some of the stuffiness out of Van Helsing’s stiff British upper lip.

“It’s a big, swashbuckling kind of role,”says Jackman excitedly, arms flailing.

While Jackman’s performance asWolverine, the mutant with the anger-management issues in the two X-Menmovies, drew comparisons to ClintEastwood (“He looks just like DirtyHarry,” observed X-Men director BryanSinger), and his gentleman charmer inthe time-travel rom-com Kate & Leopoldled to Cary Grant’s name beingbandied about, Van Helsing is likely todraw yet another comparison, this timeto Tasmanian devil Errol Flynn. Andthat couldn’t please Jackman more.

“The feel of this movie is very muchlike those classic Errol Flynn movies,”he says, flashing the brightest smile thisside of a Donny and Marie lunchbox.

“There’s a kind of heroic look aboutVan Helsing that you could imagineErrol Flynn starring as him. It’s a funmovie — hopefully — and you have tohave a little twinkle in your eye whileyou’re doing it. That’s the kind of thingErrol would have done — he was a lov-able rogue, shall we say.”

And while Jackman calls Van Helsing“an old-fashioned, epic, Indiana Jones

type of movie,” it still has its roots inclassic horror.

“It has its dark side, sure,” saysJackman.

While the main story involves VanHelsing’s hunt for Dracula, he has morethan vampires on his undead agenda.“Van Helsing is basically a mercenaryfor the Catholic church hired to killpossessed souls,” Jackman explains.“It’s kind of like 19th-century black ops[super-secret government operations],so any possessed soul that is out there,Van Helsing’s job is to go out there and

exterminate them.” For example, at thebeginning of the film he must trackdown Dr. Jekyll. Or is that Mr. Hyde?“All these mythological creatures areon the loose and Van Helsing is sent totake care of them,” he continues. “He’sa warrior. And because of the nature ofthe job, he’s a loner. And rather lonely.He’s a very conflicted character, notreally happy with what he does.”

But because Van Helsing is so myste-rious and enigmatic, not to mentionlaconic, not unlike Wolverine, it actuallymakes the character more of a challenge

to play, says Jackman. “Those roles aredeceptively difficult to do because youhave to feel the inner life of the char-acter in order to make relatively little dialogue [convey] the heart of thecharacter.”

Joining the fight is Kate Beckinsale,who knows her way around the undeadthanks to her role as a vampire in herlast film, Underworld.

“I wasn’t too sure about makinganother movie with vampires, but work-ing with Hugh has been wonderful,”Beckinsale told me during interviews topromote Underworld. “He’s such a gen-tleman and such a great spirit to haveon the set, especially during some ofthose long shooting days in Prague,fighting monsters, hanging upside-down by wires.”

In Van Helsing, Beckinsale plays agypsy princess named Anna, who enlistsVan Helsing to track down her missingbrother, who has been turned into awerewolf. Their Transylvanian questeventually leads them to Frankenstein’scastle. “What we don’t realize is thatDracula is using the Wolf Man to do hisdirty work,” says the actor.

At this point Jackman pauses, andconsiders what he’s said.

“Am I giving too much away?”Perhaps it’s time to move on to

another topic, like Jackman’s latestdiversion, musical theatre.

A self-described “song-and-danceman at heart,” he was performing in aLondon production of Oklahoma! whenSinger cast him as Wolverine afterMission: Impossible 2’s Dougray Scottbacked out. “There was somethingabout him that seemed to fit Wolverine— that no matter how dangerous and


� �

“It’s a fun movie —hopefully — and

you have to have atwinkle in your eyewhile you’re doingit,” says Jackman

From left: David Wenham, Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale Shuler Hensley as Frankenstein’s monster

cover | story |rampaging he gets, you can trust himwith your kids,” Singer says of Jackman.

And while that role established theAustralian actor in Hollywood, theresulting film career has kept him offthe stage.

Until now. Jackman has traded Wolverine’s

adamantium claws for polished finger-nails, currently appearing as the latePeter Allen in the Broadway productionof The Boy From Oz. He’s committed him-self to the role for an almost unheard of15 months, “which probably doesn’tmake my agent very happy,” he cracks.

He had turned down the role of theAustralian-born Allen in the originalAussie stage produc-tion to do a couple ofless-than-spectacularmovies — Swordfishand Someone Like You— and had alwayshoped to get anotheropportunity. “It was a huge success inAustralia, and [is] the first Australian musical ever on

Broadway,” he says, bubbling withenthusiasm.

A cabaret performer, Allen was oncea protégé of Judy Garland’s and waseven briefly married to Garland’sdaughter Liza Minnelli in the ’60s. “Hehad a very complicated sex life,”Jackman says. “But it’s about so muchmore than that. Peter was just so” —Jackman pauses dramatically —“wickedly funny and irreverent.’’

What’s more, Jackman clearly relishesthe opportunity to play someone hedescribes as “the polar opposite” of acharacter like Wolverine. “There’s defi-nitely none of the slicing and dicingand testosterone that X-Men fans might

expect.” Instead, fans will

find Jackman in goldlamé pants, singingand dancing onpianos, “and about 25minutes into the play,I kiss a guy,” saysJackman, who willhost the Tony Awardsfor the second yearin a row on June 6.

Of course, given the critical and box-office success of X2: X-Men United,X-Men 3 can’t be too far off. Andalthough Jackman’s not signed for athird film yet, it’s difficult to imaginethe series continuing without him.

“I love this character. He’s a gift,”Jackman says of Wolverine. “It’s rare fora summer blockbuster to have a charac-ter with so much meat on his bones.”

The role also made Jackman a hotproperty in a market where he was previously unknown. “From themoment the first X-Men opened untilthe following Monday, my phonewouldn’t stop ringing with job offers.It’s more than you could ever hope toget out of a movie like this.”

As for the further adventures of Van Helsing, Jackman is signed for asequel. So it just comes down to whetherthe audience wants to see more of thecharacter. “If it does well at the boxoffice I’m sure the studio will wantanother one,” he says. “Besides, thereare plenty more monsters out there.”

Barrett Hooper is a freelance writer based in Toronto.


Hugh Jackman isn’t the first to play Professor Van Helsing, thevampire-slayer made famous in author Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

More than a dozen others have taken a crack at the hunter of theundead. Here are some of the more interesting:

PETER CUSHING: You remember him as Grand Moff Tarkin, DarthVader’s boss who gets blowed up good at the end of Star Wars, butPeter Cushing also played Prof. Van Helsing in six vampire movies— from 1958’s Dracula opposite Christopher Lee’s blood-suckingCount, right up to 1974’s The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, akung fu — yes, kung fu — vampire movie in which Van Helsing ridsa remote Chinese village of it’s thirsty rabble.

NEHEMIAH PERSOFF: You’ve probably never heard of this Americancharacter actor who played Van Helsing in a 1973 CBC version ofDracula, but he does have one trivial claimto fame: He was the uncredited cabbiecarting Marlon Brando and Rob Steigeraround in On the Waterfront when Brandomused “I coulda been a contender….”

SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER: A year after appearing in The Boys from Brazil, and ayear before doing The Jazz Singer, theShakespearean genius played Van Helsing

to Frank Langella’s Count in 1979’s Dracula. Olivier was 72 at thetime and there’s a rumour that impressionist Rich Little wasbrought in to dub some of his lines because Olivier spoke so softly.

RICHARD BENJAMIN: 1979 was the year. Love at First Bite was themovie. George Hamilton gave Count Dracula an orangey-brown huethat he couldn’t possibly have picked up in Transylvania. Andcomic actor Richard Benjamin played Dr. Jeffrey Rosenberg, abumbling modern-day distant relation of Van Helsing’s who tries tooff the Count before he can sink his teeth into Rosenberg’s girlfriend.

SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS: The second Sir to play Van Helsing did soin 1992, when Francis Ford Coppola took his overblown stab (so tospeak) at the Count with Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The first thingmost people remember about this version was Gary Oldman’s reallybad wig, the second is usually Keanu Reeves’ really bad acting, butthe third might be the deliciously droll edge Anthony Hopkinsbrought to Prof. Van Helsing — like when he explained to a char-acter whose girlfriend had just succumbed to the Count that he

didn’t want to perform an autopsy: “No, no.Not exactly. I just want to cut off her headand take out her heart.”

MEL BROOKS: Not only did Brooks direct thecampy 1995 spoof Dracula: Dead andLoving It, the king of shlock also played Van Helsing so he could hunt down his ownpointy-fanged creation played by — anyone,anyone? — Leslie Nielsen. —MW

KEEPINGCOUNT

� �

Mel Brooks (centre) as Van Helsing

Beckinsale and Jackman spysomething spooky

Bold BouquetPaired with a pretty full skirt or plain ol’ jeans,

this Linen Tank from Old Navy ($27) is a versatileway of staying — and looking — cool.

things |things |


BloomUp your floral quotient thissummer by introducing a little— or a lot — of this hot-againprint. Jumble your patterns or keep it simple, but movebeyond memories of yourgrandma’s chintz-covered sofa,and add bold, sassy, saturatedblossoms to your hot-weatherwardrobe I BY ZENYA SIRANT

town

Rosy GlowFor a feminine change fromthe season’s must-have trench,this Sateen Rose-Print Topperfrom Banana Republic ($300)is an instant way to cultivate a ladylike look.

Garden To-Go-GoModern and retro at the same

time, this Floral Print Totefrom Jeanne Lottie ($100) is

the perfect summer carry-all.Visit www.jeannelottie.com

for availability.

Flower HourStep out in botanical style with these fuchsia, low-heeled, Appliquéd Mary Janes from Aldo ($70).

Perennial PendantFreshen up your jewellerybox with this 14k-GoldPendant from Winners($150).

Petal PusherLapels never looked

so good! Go for a bighit of floral dash by

clipping on one ofthese Velvet Rose

Pins from Le Chateau($10 each).


liner | notes |

OUT THIS MONTHK.D. LANG Hymns From the 49th Parallel >> May 4Lang pays tribute to Canadian songwriters with this album comprised of tunes written by such talented Canucks as NeilYoung, Joni Mitchell, Jane Siberry and Leonard Cohen.

MORRISSEY You Are the Quarry >> May 18Morrissey claims his first CD since 1997 “is a much brightersounding album than much of my previous work.” Let’s hope themaudlin musician from Manchester is right.

AVRIL LAVIGNEUnder My Skin >> May 25Lavigne’s follow-up album to her breakthrough debut effort, Let Go, offers an assortment of equally catchy grrrl tunes.

LENNY ON LIFE AT 40, AND MELISSA AUF DER MAURGOES SOLO | BY INGRID RANDOJA

Lenny Kravitz turns 40 thismonth, and like many peoplewho hit that mark he’s reflecting

on his life. However, the differencebetween Kravitz and other 40-year-olds is that he gets to share histhoughts publicly, specifically onhis new album, Baptism (in storesMay 18).

“I called the album Baptismbecause I feel reborn — musically,spiritually — in every way,” says thedeep-voiced one on the line fromMiami where he makes his home.“It’s such a blessing to be in the game 15 years and still have theinspiration to make music.”

Born in Brooklyn to TV-executive father Sy Kravitz and actressRoxie Roker, Kravitz moved to California when he was 10 and followed his musical aspirations by earning a spot in the CaliforniaBoys Choir. He first came to the world’s attention not for hismusic, but for his marriage to Cosby Show star Lisa Bonet in1987. Then in 1989, his debut album, Let Love Rule, rocketed upthe charts and Kravitz was getting attention for his tunes as wellas his sexy Bob Marley-meets-Jimi Hendrix looks.

But fame has taken a toll on Kravitz. Yeah, there’s a string of hitrecords, but there has also been a divorce from Bonet and a lot oflady admirers (you’re thinking of Nicole Kidman, aren’t you?) who

haven’t been able to settle his restless heart.

On Baptism’s second track, “I Don’t Want to Be a Star,” Kravitzsings about getting high with MickJagger, partying and having “toomany distractions running throughmy brain.”

“That song is about the simplelife I used to have before I madeit,” says Kravitz. “When you’restruggling to make it, there’s abeautiful energy that comes withthe power in believing in yourself.But then things change and youmiss your simple life, where youused to be able to walk down thestreet, get a coffee and look at people.“

Kravitz’s lifestyle may havechanged, but he’s remained true to

his guitar-based roots and his famous riffs that conjure up imagesof Hendrix and Sly Stone. And the man has always been willing toshare his pain with listeners.

“I believe in being vulnerable and exposing things. It takes astrong person to show their vulnerable side and not be ashamed ofit. That’s what’s missing in today’s music, everyone is so damnmacho. Man, everyone is so ‘Ugh, Ugh,’ ya know?

“When you listen to Marvin Gaye or Stevie Wonder, their musicisn’t just about what they feel, but about things that make themweak, or things they have to get through. You get no dynamicstoday. Everything is formulated. Where’s the soul, where’s the spirit, where’s the passion, where’s the vulnerability? Where’s allthat? I miss that.”

AUF DER MAUR ALL ALONEMontreal’s Melissa Auf Der Maur earned her rock ’n’ roll

education playing bass for Courtney Love’s band Hole andBilly Corrigan’s Smashing Pumpkins. Now, she’s out on her own

with her debut soloalbum, Auf Der Maur(in stores May 18).This metal maiden siz-zles with a ’70s flair,and the album is full ofchoice cuts that let herrip, including the open-ing track “Lightning isMy Girl.” But she alsotraipses through a few tender tunes, such as“Would if I Could” and“Overpower Thee.”

KRAVITZCRAVES

SIMPLE LIFE

name I of I the I game I


Ah…May — the month Canadians welcome our 2-4 long weekend, the summer’s first blockbustermovies and, apparently, blockbuster videogame tie-ins. And while licensed-from-the-movie gameshave a well-deserved rep for mediocrity, this spring’s crop actually seems pretty promising.

SHREK 2: THE GAME (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC)Starting things off with a grumble and a belch is Shrek 2: The Game. As in the new Shrekmovie, the big guy and his bride, Princess Fiona, are journeying to Far, Far Away to meetthe in-laws…and reveal their true ogrish selves.

Featuring a family-friendly mix of puzzle solving and enemy bashing, players control oneof four characters and swap between them at any time. Plus, each character has a specialability: Donkey has his ominous “Burro Blast,” Shrek can chuck heavy objects around, andFiona — in a nod to her fight scene in the first movie — can slow down time, Matrix-style.

VAN HELSING (XBOX, PS2)The monster-infested Van Helsing is based on the Hugh Jackman blockbuster of the same name.In this third-person action/combat game, the roguish Van Helsing traipses through the appropri-ately gritty castles and foreboding forests of Transylvania, crossing swords with Dracula, theWolf Man, Frankenstein’s Monster and a whack of original fiends.

Early reports suggest this actioner is not the most original of its ilk but it does offer slick, fastcombat and delightfully gruesome skirmishes. And for an 1890s swashbuckler, Van Helsing hassome nifty weapons, including a crossbow, buzz saw, Gatling gun and his trademark grapplinghook for dicing the demons and Tarzan-like swings. And let’s face it, this is as close as any ofus regular guys are ever going to get to being Hugh Jackman.

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (PC, XBOX, PS2, GBA, GC)May’s third high-profile movie tie-in, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, features anew twist on the series’ mix of platforming, exploring, puzzles, combat and Quidditch. Forthe first time, players will be able to control Ron and Hermione as well as Harry, alternatingbetween the characters to take advantage of each kid’s unique abilities.

In keeping with the book, Harry is a Quidditch prodigy who can also conjure a Patruonuscharm to fend off Dementors. Ron is a bit clumsy with his magic, but has a handy sixthsense for puzzles, and Hermione, ever the keener, uses magic to repair stuff, freeze enemiesand transfigure books into mice and statues into dragons. Gamers will also face plenty ofnew characters and creatures, engage in a variety of sub-quests, fly on a Hippogriff, revealthe secrets of the Marauder’s Map and engage in multiple two-player challenges. Happily,the planned spelling bees and algebra challenges did not make it to the final version.

PLAYING THE HOLLYWOOD GAMEMovie tie-ins put your favourite characters in the palm of your hand I BY SCOTT GARDNER

MEGA MAN ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION (PS2, GC)In celebration of Mega Man’s 15th birthday, Capcom is releasingthe Mega Man Anniversary Collection — an anthology set collectingthe 2-D action titles Mega Man 1 through 8 in a single package.The set also includes Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man:The Power Fighters, two titles previously only available in Japanese

arcades.Old school fans of

the little blue robot boywill also find a cache ofbonus features includ-ing updated sound-tracks, additional art-work, original televisioncommercials, animesegments, producerinterviews and a historyof the series.

THIEF: DEADLY SHADOWS (PC, XBOX)In Thief: Deadly Shadows, gamers once again take on the role ofGarrett, a master thief who’s rarely seen, never caught and capableof breaking into the most ingeniously secured places.

Back in the late ’90s, the original Thief helped bring the “first-person sneaker” style of stealth gameplay into the main-stream. In Deadly Shadows — also known as Thief III — Garrettcontinues to steal from the rich and give to himself, but he hasinadvertently roused an ancient evil that threatens to destroy hiscity, and bring on a new Dark Age.

Garrett has also picked up a fewnew tricks, including improvedlock-picking and the ability toscale virtually any wall. And withimproved A.I. powering the guards,he’ll need to think on his feet andimprovise — just lurking, stabbingand grabbing won’t cut it this time.

new


releasesGO HOME WITH PETER PAN, CALENDAR GIRLS OR THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE

M A Y 4

KART RACER Stars: WillRothhaar, RandyQuaidDirector: StuartGillard (RocketMan)Story: After a greatloss, a gifted 14-

year-old driver and his dad rekindle theirrelationship through the challenge andteamwork of go-kart racing.

CALENDARGIRLS Stars: HelenMirren, JulieWaltersDirector: Nigel Cole(Saving Grace) Story: The true-ishstory of a group ofmiddle-aged

English women who spice up their charitycalendar by dropping everything for thecause. It’s this year’s feel-good comedyabout naked British people. DVD Extras:deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes features

GIRL WITH APEARL EARRING Stars: ScarlettJohansson, ColinFirthDirector: PeterWebber (debut)Story: Delft,Holland, 1665.

Seventeen-year-old Griet (Johansson)becomes a maid in the house of painterJohannes Vermeer (Firth). Though worldsapart in upbringing, education and socialstanding, the Master recognizes herintelligence and insight, and a clandes-tine relationship slowly develops.

THE LASTSAMURAI Stars: Tom Cruise,Ken WatanabeDirector: EdwardZwick (Glory)Story: Tom Cruisestabs, slices andsoul-searches as aburned-out

Civil War-era soldier who embraces theSamurai culture he was hired to destroy.DVD Extras: director’s commentary, aHistory Channel doc, five featurettes,deleted scenes, trailers, ROM goodies

PETER PAN Stars: JasonIssacs, JeremySumpterDirector: P.J.Hogan (My BestFriend’s Wedding)Story: In the first

live-action movie based on the J.M.Barrie story since the silent era, Peter(Sumpter) leads Wendy and her brothersto the lush jungles of Neverland andtheir inevitable showdown with CaptainHook (Issacs). And no one breaks intosong. DVD Extras: alternate ending, deletedscenes, 11 featurettes

TRIPLETS OFBELLEVILLE Voices: Jean-Claude Donda,Mari-Lou GauthierDirector: SylvainChomet (debut)

Story: Tiny Madame Souza teams up withthe Belleville Sisters — an aged song-and-dance act — to rescue her kidnappedgrandson from the surreal Belleville.Both funny and sinister, this animatedwonder that was nominated for a BestAnimated Feature Oscar also boasts asoundtrack of bizarre, alternate-reality

’30s jazz. DVD Extras: Audio commentary,two featurettes, video of Oscar-nominatedtitle song

M A Y 1 1

IN AMERICA Stars: SamanthaMorton, DjimonHounsouDirector: JimSheridan (My LeftFoot)Story: Based on thedirector’s own experi-

ences, this poignant film follows a poorIrish clan searching for a better life “InAmerica.” Amongst the harrowing tene-ments of 1980s New York, a mysteriousneighbour (Hounsou) helps the troubledfamily recover their belief in hope andmagic. DVD Extras: director’s commentary,three featurettes, nine deleted scenes,alternate ending

SCARYMOVIE 3 Stars: AnnaFarris, CharlieSheen

Director: David Zucker (The Naked Gun)Story: The comedy spoof series thatknows no fear returns to poke fun at thelatest Hollywood and pop culture horrortales, including The Ring, Signs, theMatrix trilogy, Eight Mile, The Others,American Idol and more. Watch forcameos by Pammy Anderson, Idol’sSimon Cowell and 142 hip-hop artists.DVD Extras: deleted scenes, two spooffeaturettes, outtakes, bloopers, trailers

M A Y 1 8

MIRACLE Stars: Kurt Russell, Patricia ClarksonDirector: Gavin O’Connor (Tumbleweeds)Story: U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb

video | and | dvd |


Brooks (Russell)challenges aragtag squad ofcollege kids totake on theawesome jugger-naut from theSoviet Union —the greatesthockey team inthe world — atthe 1980

Winter Olympic Games. If you aren’tcareful, this rousing tale might evenhave you chanting: “U-S-A! U-S-A!” DVDExtras: “making of” featurette, commentaries, “ESPN Roundtable” withRussell and goalie Jim Craig, outtakes,tribute to the late Brooks

PAYCHECK Stars: BenAffleck, UmaThurmanDirector: JohnWoo (Face/Off)Story: A brilliantengineer(Affleck) missinghis memorytries to solvesome sort of

mystery using time-honoured investiga-tive techniques like explosions and carchases. Critics called this mind-bendlingly generic tale of near-futureparanoia and suspense “efficient” and“occasionally fun.” On the bright side,Big Ben is much more convincing as ahigh-IQ scientist than Keanu was inChain Reaction. DVD Extras: director’scommentary, two featurettes,deleted/extended scenes

M A Y 2 5

WELCOME TOMOOSEPORT Stars: GeneHackman, RayRomanoDirector: DonaldPetrie (MissCongeniality)Story: In asleepy Mainetown, Monroe

“The Eagle” Cole (Hackman), a suspi-ciously Bill Clinton-ish former Presidentof the United States, challenges a localplumber (Romano) for both the mayor’sjob and the hand of a fair maiden. DVD Extras: six deleted scenes, outtakereel, Easter eggs

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KINGStars: Elijah Wood, Viggo MortensenDirector: Peter Jackson (HeavenlyCreatures)Story: For some reason, this small-budget,little-seen chamber drama will enjoy twoDVD releases this year. This two-disc edition with the theatrical cut will be followed by a four-disc fiesta offering theusual extended version and wheelbarrow-load of extras. That one will be out…canyou guess? Yep, around Christmas.

BUBBA HO-TEP Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ossie DavisDirector: Don Coscarelli (The Beastmaster)Story: An aging, cantankerous ElvisPresley (Campbell) and a decrepit (andblack) President John F. Kennedy (Davis)take on a 3,000-year-old Egyptianmummy terrorizing the Shady Restretirement home in Mud Creek, Texas.The very definition of a “cult classic.”DVD Extras: numerous deleted scenes,four featurettes, audio commentary by“The King”

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS:TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION

Next month,Disney is

launching a newbig-screen adapta-tion of JulesVerne’s novelAround the Worldin 80 Days thatpromises to bewhimsical (on a

bet, a fella drops everything to travel the globe), lavish (costing more than$110-million) and cameo-laden (ArnoldSchwarzenegger, John Cleese, OwenWilson, Kathy Bates, Rob Schneider).

But if you can’t wait that long, youcan check out the winner of the 1956Oscar for Best Picture (beating Giant, The King and I and The TenCommandments) — a whimsical, lavish,cameo-laden version of Around the Worldin 80 Days, making its DVD debut May 18.

Dry, dapper David Niven was perfectlycast as the imperturbable but suddenlyadventurous 19th-century Englishman,Phileas Fogg. And he was supported by — hold on to your hat — ShirleyMacLaine, Frank Sinatra, MarleneDietrich, Buster Keaton, John Gielgud,Red Skelton, Red Buttons, CesarRomero, Charles Boyer, Edward R.Murrow, Noel Coward, Peter Lorre andmore — 40 cameos in all. In fact, legendhas it this movie was the first to use theterm “cameo” to describe a small part bya famous person.

The production stats are even better.The film used 140 sets built at sixHollywood studios as well as in England,Hong Kong and Japan, 74,685 costumes,the cast and crew flew more than 4 millionmiles and 68,894 extras were employedin 13 countries. The film also set arecord for the use of animals in a movie,with 90 animal handlers wrangling3,800 sheep, 2,448 buffalo, 950 donkeys, 800 horses, 512 monkeys, 17bulls, 15 elephants, six skunks and fourostriches.

In all honesty, the tale has dated a bit, but it stands as an example of whatOld Hollywood could produce by way ofgorgeous cinematography, extravagantproduction values and sheer spectacle.

NEWtoDVD

GO TO WWW.BLOCKBUSTER.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION


star | gazing |

mayHOROSCOPE| BY DAN LIEBMAN K

ATIA

SM

IRN

OVA

1st Wes Anderson2nd Dwayne Johnson3rd James Brown4th Lance Bass5th John Rhys-Davies6th George Clooney7th Amy Heckerling8th Melissa Gilbert9th Candice Bergen10th Bono11th Natasha Richardson

12th Jason Biggs13th Stevie Wonder14th Cate Blanchett15th Jamie-Lynn DiScala16th Janet Jackson17th Enya18th Chow Yun-Fat19th Nora Ephron20th Cher21st Fairuza Balk22nd Naomi Campbell

23rd Drew Carey24th Patti LaBelle25th Mike Myers26th Lenny Kravitz27th Joseph Fiennes28th Gladys Knight29th Annette Bening30th Wynonna Judd31st Colin Farrell

TaurusApril 21 >>> May 22 For much of the month, you find yourselfin unlikely places. Partners — platonic orromantic — tend to be intense, especiallyafter the 21st. You, however, are a hit witha month-long case of spring fever, whichemphasizes your mischievous side.

GeminiMay 23 >>> June 21 Small changes happen at home or closeto it, but you’re quite adaptable. A rela-tionship with a co-worker or neighbour isoff to a smoother-than-expected start. It’san ideal time to launch self-improvementplans, with the emphasis placed onhealth and well-being.

CancerJune 22 >>> July 22Early May sees your sentimental sideemerge. You pamper your friends and areable to express honest feelings to a relative.The new moon of the 19th transports youto the world of practicality. You finally makea dent in that mountain of paperwork.

LeoJuly 23 >>> August 22 You’ll enjoy a few spurts of success —professional and artistic — throughoutthe month. Until you really think them out,keep your controversial views to yourself.Look forward to new sports and fitnessactivities, but watch out for a tendency todo too much too soon.

VirgoAugust 23 >>> September 22Expect sweeping changes in your workenvironment, but look forward to stabilityin personal relationships. It’s a goodmonth to develop a new interest. Readthe papers carefully and keep up-to-dateon local events, especially during theweek of the 24th.

LibraSeptember 23 >>> October 22You win praise for originality, especially inareas involving science and technology.Somewhat out of character, you tend toquarrel over trivial things, especially earlyin the month.

ScorpioOctober 23 >>> November 21Your willpower is strong, particularlyafter the 4th. Follow through on allthose resolutions you’ve been postponingsince January 1. If this month were amovie, you’d be the director — far betterat calling the shots than at followingorders.

SagittariusNovember 22 >>> December 22 Overall it’s a particularly good month tomake demands on yourself. But don’tput pressure on family members —especially after the 24th. If you’re con-sidering any kind of travel, even in thelong-term, be sure all of your documentsare in order.

CapricornDecember 23 >>> January 20There’s a lot of magnetism surroundingyou, as people respond enthusiastically toyour charisma. But the attraction worksboth ways, and you’re drawn to materialobjects that you really don’t need. Sokeep on charming the world around you.Just lock up your credits cards.

AquariusJanuary 21 >>> February 19 Avoid a tendency to blame yourself forsomeone else’s fiascoes. It’s a goodmonth to reconnect with an acquaintanceor visit family members. You’ll find theatmosphere much friendlier than expected.Promote your major talents on the 17th.

PiscesFebruary 20 >>> March 20 In just about every area — from homedecorating to personal relationships — alight touch is better. Don’t hesitate totake a more prominent role in family matters. It’s a good month to make travelplans, but try to be more open-minded.

AriesMarch 21 >>> April 20 Romance benefits from a less directapproach. Emphasize subtlety andhumour. Around the 19th you cross pathswith someone you’ve been trying to avoid,and it turns into a pleasant experience.You can no longer postpone making acritical decision.

MAYBIRTHDAYS

famous | last | words |

KELSEY GRAMMER “I love to tend tomy vegetable garden. I have no particularfood favourites. I just like toiling in thesoil. Every spring I plant vegetables — carrots, corn, radishes, easy stuff. I justlove to see things growing out of theground…. Indoor plants are important too,they make a home feel homey. They justseem to bring a certain energy to a room.”

KENNETH BRANAGH “I love my garden,but the most outstanding feature is thethrone from Henry [his 1989 movie Henry V]. There are plants growing all overit. People say, ‘What is that? That’s astrange piece of garden furniture.’ I justgo, ‘Oh, that’s the throne of England.’”

ISABELLA ROSSELLINI “When I boughta 150-year-old barn and six overgrownacres on the eastern edge of Long Island itwas uncared for and unwanted. The garden

had been untended for some 30 years, andit was quite magical. I had the feeling ofnature repossessing something. Now I growtomatoes and eggplant, zucchini andrhubarb and, of course, lots of herbs.”

SEAN BEAN “I love making bird boxes. Imake them in the garage and put them upin the trees. It’s great for a garden.”

MARK RUFFALO “I love flowers. I have anew home in Los Feliz [a Los Angeles sub-urb] and I’m really into the garden. I justgot watsonias which attract hummingbirdsand lavatera. I seem to be attracted to pur-ple flowers like a little purple elephant earplant, or pretty purple salvia. And, wow, Ilove sweet lavender. I got the fragrantFrench kind you can make bread with.”

ROB LOWE “My wife and I love the lushcountryside of Santa Barbara but when we

bought our house the landscape was barren.We planted pear trees, magnolias, roses,foxgloves, daylilies and created vegetablebeds. It’s a growing paradise now.”

MICHAEL CAINE “I love to garden andoften give walking tours through thehedgerows of our 21 acres.”

KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS “I grew upin Dorset, England, in the middle ofnowhere. We spent our lives in the fields.It’s very green and very beautiful. Now welive in Paris but we have a great 100-year-old stone farmhouse on 1.5 acres of landnear Villeneuve-sur-Yvonne in Burgundy.”

ANTHONY HOPKINS “One of my greatpleasures has been designing the gardensthat surround our home by the ocean inMalibu. The soil is rich and we can growmany varieties of flowers.”


PH

OTO

BY

AVIK

GIL

BO

A/W

IRE

IMA

GE

10SHARE THEIRLOVE OFGARDENING

stars

SALMA HAYEK “I’ve planted lavender,gardenia and jasmine — great scents.And I love my fruit tress. There’s lemon,for the tequila, as well as orange, grape-fruit, peach, persimmon and fig. But I’mmost proud of my strawberry plants whichdrape over a low wall. I planted every-thing, and I eat everything.”

I BY SUSAN GRANGER

john st.client - n/a project name - Aromatherapy ad publication - Famous Magazine

description - magazine ad docket name - SPJ SCO P30459 pub. contact - n/a

ad heading - n/a file name - Famous_SPJSCO30459 format - full page

due date - n/a production artist - pz cover date - n/a

live area - 7.5 x 10 contact - patrick robinson position - x

trim size - 8" x 10.5" start date - n/a colours: 4 - cyan magenta yellow black

scale - 1:1 revision date. - n/a special inks - none

172 john st. toronto ontario canada m5t 1x5416 348 0048 SPJ SCO P30459

®R

egis

tere

d tr

adem

ark

of K

imbe

rly-

Cla

rk C

orpo

ratio

n.U

sed

unde

r lic

ence

.TMTr

adem

arks

of

Sco

tt P

aper

Lim

ited.

*Starting MSRP for 2005 Chrysler PT Convertible. MSRP for PT Convertible GT as shown is $33,755. $950 freight extra. Chrysler is a registered trademark of DaimlerChrysler Corporation used under licence by DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc.

PT CRUISER CONVERTIBLE. SUMMER 2004. from $26,995. chrysler.ca

P4 9078 5/11/04 4:44 PM Page 1

53. cineplex magazine may 2004

Documents

s u b s c r i p t i

c i t y

e n t s32famous volume

gst c h e q u e v

ingrid randoja3026f

s acard

v ideo releases

famous magazine