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FEATURES DEPARTMENTS
26 CLASH OF THE TITANS
Oscar winners Denzel Washington
and Jodie Foster had always wanted to
work together, but it took Spike Lee’s
twisty heist film Inside Man to finally
make it all work. The two formidable
thespians talk about going toe-to-toe
on screen I BY EARL DITTMAN
30 PARKER’S MOTIVATION
Sarah Jessica Parker says she
doesn’t want to fall back on
characters that evoke memories of
Carrie Bradshaw. But will her role as
a professional motivator in Failure to
Launch be enough of a stretch?
I BY BOB THOMPSON
COVER STORY
34 HAIR-RAZING ROLE
Natalie Portman shaves her
head to play a revolutionary in the
near-future thriller V for Vendetta.
Find out why the movie made her
rethink her position on violence
I BY EARL DITTMAN
06 EDITORIAL
08 SNAPS
Halle Berry mauls her director,
Penélope Cruz kisses her sister,
Adrien Brody hugs a monkey
10 SHORTS
Brokeback catwalk, and your
Genie nominations
12 SPOTLIGHT
Sturla Gunnarsson warms up
16 THE BIG PICTURE
It’s 16 Blocks to the theatre
38 TRIVIA
Which family-film star did hard time?
40 STYLE
Spring Fashion Preview:
dressing in dresses
44 NAME OF THE GAME
A couple of videogames
you can’t refuse
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46 VIDEO AND DVD
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
DVD conjures up bonus scenes
50 HOROSCOPE
18 FAMOUS MAGAZINE’S 75TH
This here is the 75th issue of
Famous magazine. Over those
75 issues we’ve featured, oh, about
300 interviews with some of the
world’s most interesting actors and
directors. To celebrate, we bring you
75 of their best quotes