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FEATURES
21 INSIDE OSCAR
Get the scoop on the 80th
Academy Awards with our look at
Oscar fashions, trivia, host
Jon Stewart and critics’ picks.
Plus, a handy take-home ballot
34 FEELING JUMPY
It may seem like Samuel L. Jackson
is always working, but he’s actually
very discerning about choosing his
roles. He agreed to star in the sci-fi
Jumper because, as he puts it, “I’d
pay money to see it with me in it”
I BY BOB STRAUSS
36 THE MATCHMAKER
British actor David Morrissey on
his role as a royal matchmaker for
Scarlett Johansson and Natalie
Portman in The Other Boleyn Girl
I BY JIM SLOTEK
38 THE ZEN OF ZEGERS
Normal’s Kevin Zegers on acting
I BY NATALIA WYSOCKA
DEPARTMENTS
06 EDITORIAL
08 SNAPS
Katherine Heigl returns a
paparazzi’s shoe; Maggie
Gyllenhaal takes the subway
10 SHORTS
Orlando Bloom makes a run for
it in Nepal; when Spider Pigs fly; an
invitation to write for Famous
14 SPOTLIGHT
Shawn Roberts lands Jumper
16 THE BIG PICTURE
Vantage Point keeps you guessing;
Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show
comes to your town
44 STYLE
Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
46 LINER NOTES
k.d. lang produces her
watershed album
famous 4 | february 2008
Famous | volume 9 | number 2
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48 ON DVD
Go get Gone Baby Gone
50 HOROSCOPE
Learn to let go, Aquarius
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COVER STORY
40 THE SPORTING LIFE
Will Ferrell is the franchise player of
sports comedies, making four in four
years. The funnyman’s latest is the
basketball flick Semi-Pro, and while
even he admits it’s time to hang up
his movie sneakers, Ferrell says he
couldn’t help but be drawn to
Semi-Pro’s tale of misfit athletes
I BY BOB STRAUSS
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