Hype - People, places & things in the spotlight: Ione Skye, Jennifer Esposito, Jason Biggs.


Premieres: Tea With Mussolini, Besieged, eXistenZ, The Loss of Sexual Innocence.


Tuscany: Evers since A Room With A View, Tuscany has been one of the most luscious lands to get trampled on by Tinseltown.


The Thomas Crown Affair: Rene Russo's sexy numbers help her solve a crime and seduce a playboy.


Brendan Fraser: He showed off his dramatic skills in Gods and Monsters and now in his new film The Mummy, he's the romantic lead.


Sherilyn Fenn: Back on TV, as a former nightime soap star on the skids in 'Rude Awakening.'


Kristen Johnston: She portrays Russian spy Ivana Humpalot in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.


Joe Queenan found that impersonating Yoda, the crusty muppet of the Star Wars films, was no walk in the park.


Esther Canadas currently on-screen in The Thomas Crown Affair, may be the last of the supermodels, but she's probably the first of the models-turned-actresses who acknowledges that acting isn't as easy as it appears.


Adam Herz: A hot Hollywood screenwriter thanks to his sickfest script American Pie.


100 Questions Movieline honestly wants to ask Hollywood.

Hype - People, places & things in the spotlight: Blair Witch filmmakers scare up a story, Shannon Elizabeth, IMAX makes an impact, Frederique Van Der Wal, Joe Mantegna, Jeffrey Best.


Premieres: Dick, Limbo, The Red Violin.


Drop dead delectable: How could someone who looks like Denise Richards and has played pneumatic cadet (in Starship Troopers) and a homicidal hellcat (in Wild Things) on the big screen be a Midwestern sweetie pie in disguise? Richards herself explains all, then talks about her new film Drop Dead Gorgeous and her upcoming role as James Bond's good girl in the World Is Not Enough.


Luke Wilson: Interview with Martin Lawrence's costar in this summer's Blue Streak.


Revenge of the starlets: Have we entered the second Golden Age of starletdom? There sure are a lot of young beauties eager to work the paparazzi as though feminism never happened. Here's a take on seven young actresses you almost certainly have already seen.


King of the hill: Roger Mitchell had only one film under his belt before he signed up to direct Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in Notting Hill, but he insists the set was pleasant and the stars actually helped him bring off the romantic comedy of the summer.


Runaway Bride: Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall brought a long history of comedy and star-management skills to the task of reteaming Julia Roberts with Richard Gere.


The 50 greatest love stories on film.

Hype - People, places & things in the spotlight: Zooey Deschanel: Mumford's manifestation...Norman Reedus: the Gossip is good...Rosanna Arquette: back in Town...Jason Lee: dedicated to Dogma.


Getting Stoned: From her new home in San Francisco, style icon Sharon Stone lefts fly on everything from how much better married sex is than any other kind, to why Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't seem to be "quite getting enough oxygen," to how she doesn't know if she's sensational or so-so in her first comedy in eons, The Muse.


The Jackson two: You've heard of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and maybe even Joshua Jackson. Now get ready for the Jackson brothers - Jonathan, who won raves as Michelle Pfeiffer's son in The Deep End of the Ocean, and Richard Lee, who scored on "Ally McBeal."


A decade of Movieline style: Movieline has been watching Hollywood play dress-up and dress-down for 10 years. Take a look at what's gone on.


Millennial Moss: Carrie-Anne Moss made the future look so appealing in The Matrix that we asked the beauty to try on a few getups that might look presentable in the year 3000.


Blame it on Armani: Just a decade ago, actors dressed so horribly you didn't know who to pick on first. Then Giorgio Armani came to town. Every fashion designer eventually followed, but it's still the Italian with the impeccable taste who rules the red carpet, as evidenced by his fan club, which includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Angelina Jolie, Winona Ryder and Ashley Judd, to name a few.


10 very fashionable films: A sneak peek at the fashion parade that will be coming soon to a theater near you.

Hype - People, places & things in the spotlight: Liam Waite: hitting his stride in Simpatico, Clea DuVall: Girl going places, Shawn Hatosy: he's Here to stay, Sarah Wynter: sophisticated Soul.


Brave new Brooke: The writer/director of the upcoming ensemble film Black and White, in which Brooke Shields stars, talks to the actress about getting into rap, questioning her religion, acting with Mike Tyson and wearing her hair in dreads.


Singers on-screen: When warblers as varied as Frank Sinatra and Cher become movie stars, who can guess what the key to crossover potential really is?


Oscar bait 1999: It's that time of year again, when Hollywood stops setting off explosions and starts zeroing in on acting and story and all other things that grab the Academy's attention.


The Henstridge maneuver: Long-limbed knockout Natasha Henstridge blasted onto the scene with Species, picked up a cult following, starred in a few sci-fi turkeys and promptly went in a slump. Now she is back.


Hollywood's 50 all-time hottest rumors: A juicy compendium of dish, dirt and deliciously devilish rumors that just won't die.


Body heat: Brad Rowe and Bridgette Wilson tried on the new fall fashions at the Sunset Marquis Hotel and ended up looking like they were falling in lust.


Joe Queenan on the virtues of teen flicks.

Hype - People, places & things in the spotlight: Lou Diamond Phillips: flying with Bats; Maria Grazia Cucinotta: ready for The World; Jerry O' Connell: tossing back Shots; Janet McTeer: free as Tumbleweed.


Christina Ricci: The most original young actress in Hollywood.


The 2nd Annual Hollywood 100 most: From the most paranoid to the most overhyped, boring and back-stabbing.


Looking back in B&W: The most beautiful black-and-white photographs taken from Movieline over the last decade.


Frank Darabond: Director of the beloved film The Shawshank Redemption, talks about serving time again with The Green Mile, which stars Tom Hanks.


Joshua Jackson: The most crush-worthy guy on TV.


Wild things: Stars' exotic pets.