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SPOTLIGHT
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ROSARIO
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earns
Rent
RALPH
FIENNES
talks
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GIFT GUIDE
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32 UP FOR RENT
Shes not really a singer, or a dancer.
So how did ROSARIO DAWSON earn
a coveted starring role in the
big-screen adaptation of the musical
Rent? She says its because shes
just so New York
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DEPARTMENTS
06 EDITORIAL
08 SNAPS
Naomi Watts has two cute dogs
10 SHORTS
Dakota Fanning is really famous
12 SPOTLIGHT
Kate Greenhouse scares us
20 STYLE
Holiday wear thatll leave you golden
44 COMING SOON
50 TRIVIA
52 ON THE SLATE
Anne Hathaway practices her
Jane Austen
60 HOROSCOPE
62 FAMOUS LAST WORDS
Ellen Barkin talks about her Botox
COVER STORY
38 PHOENIX EARNS CASH
The dark, brooding aura was no
problem it was learning to sing
and play guitar like Johnny Cash
that had JOAQUIN PHOENIXs
stomach in knots. The intense
actor explains how he captured
Cash for Walk the Line
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Yorkshire terrier Bob (left) and Jack Russell terrier Chicken for a walk
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Greenhouse
lets in light
A
t first glance, there isnt much funny about the white-knuckles Canadian
horror The Dark Hours.
Kate Greenhouse, who was born in San Diego, but from age four grew up
in Southwestern Ontario, plays Samantha Goodman, a psychiatrist who is
imprisoned, along with her husband and sister, in a remote cabin.
Their captors are her sadistic psych patient Harlan Pyne (Aidan Devine) and
his apparent lover Adrian (Dov Tiefenbach). It gets worse. Sam suspects her
hubby has been cheating with her sis, Adrian offs her golden retriever, and
oh yeah she has an inoperable brain tumour that will surely kill her within
a matter of months.
Yet Greenhouse says filming was a barrel of laughs.
Ive heard this from other actors before, that in scary films you end up
laughing the most. I guess its to relieve the tension, says Greenhouse,
whos sitting in the admittedly messy study of the Toronto home she and
her husband bought about a year ago. Theyve been painting and
renovating ever since.
The thirtysomething actor, whose credits include the usual
suspects for Canadian thesps Earth: Final Conflict, Traders, a
handful of indie films and movies-of-the-week appears
in just about every scene. And in almost every one, her
character is depressed, terrified, shocked or in imminent
danger of being grievously harmed.
But just outside the frame, funny things tended to
happen. Especially some scenes with the dog, says
Greenhouse. Apparently, the pooch just wouldnt die
properly.
Working with animals is always hard at the best of
times, and there are tons of people around, so were
all trying to be very quiet, Greenhouse explains.
And [the trainer] is trying to get him to fall down,
and he was doing that really well. But then he was
so pleased with himself that his tail would start
wagging [laughs]. I dont know how many takes we
did of this
Still, pretending to be in one of the worst situations
you can imagine did take its toll. As Greenhouse
says, in order to make the performance seem real,
on some level, she had to believe that she was
really there.
At the end of every day I didnt want to talk to
anyone. I was fatigued, like Id just run a marathon.
Afterwards I was like, I dont want to shoot anything for
like two months, I am so tired, and I cant create any
more emotions.
Horror fans seem to think the pain was worth it.
Greenhouse has already won a couple of Best Actress
awards for her performance, one at the Puchon
International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea, and
another at Montreals Fantasia Film Festival.
The Dark Hours opens in limited release across the country
on November 11th.
MARNI WEISZ
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now in theatres
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JARHEAD
CHICKEN LITTLE
VOICES: Zach Braff, Steve Zahn
WHO DIRECTED? Mark Dindel (The Emperors
New Groove)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Okay, so Chicken Little
(Braff) told everyone in Oakley Oaks the
sky was falling only to be proved wrong,
but this time there is a disaster headed
their way and its up to these comic
animated critters to save the day. You
can bet they wont be waiting for FEMA
to come to the rescue.
WATER
WHOS IN IT? Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas
WHO DIRECTED? Deepa Mehta
(Bollywood/Hollywood)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Set in 1930s India,
Mehtas final film of her elemental trilogy
(Fire and Earth led the way) focuses on
a nine-year-old child widow named
Chuyia, who is sent to an ashram to live
the rest of her life among other Hindu
widows. Due to strict religious codes the
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DERAILED
WHOS IN IT? Jennifer Aniston, Clive Owen
WHO DIRECTED? Mikael Hfstrm
(Drowning Ghost)
WHATS IT ABOUT? A cheating couple (Aniston,
Owen) who met on a commuter train are
the victims of a blackmail scheme.
ZATHURA
WHOS IN IT? Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo
WHO DIRECTED? Jon Favreau (Elf)
WHATS IT ABOUT? This kids film picks up
where 1982s Jumanji left off as brothers
Danny and Walter Budwing find an
intergalactic board game called Zathura
at the bottom of the Jumanji box. Before
you can say blast off, the bickering bros
are whisked off into space.
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WHOS IN IT? Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker WHO DIRECTED? Thomas Bezucha (Big Eden)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Everett Stone (Mulroney) brings his nervous girlfriend Meredith (Parker) home
for Christmas thinking his clan will go gaga over her. Wrong! They hate her, so she calls on
charming sis Julie (Claire Danes) to help turn the negative tide.
NOVEMBER
SYRIANA
WHOS IN IT? George Clooney, Matt Damon
WHO DIRECTED? Stephen Gaghan
(Abandon)
WHATS IT ABOUT? The global oil industrys
dirty little secrets are exposed in this
ambitious drama that connects the lives
of a CIA operative (Clooney), an oil
broker (Damon), an Arab Prince and a
corporate lawyer (Jeffrey Wright), who
are all chasing the prize known as
black gold.
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RENT
WHOS IN IT? Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs
WHO DIRECTED? Chris Columbus (Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Love, sex, drugs and art;
what else is worth singing about? This
long-delayed version of the popular
Broadway musical focuses on eight
bohemians living in New York Citys
East Village where they struggle to make
sense of their lives. See Rosario Dawson
interview, page 32.
JUST FRIENDS
WHOS IN IT? Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart
WHO DIRECTED? Roger Kumble
(Cruel Intentions)
WHATS IT ABOUT? Back in high school Chris
(Reynolds) was a loser who was just
friends with the beautiful Jamie (Smart).
Flash forward 10 years to when Chris, a
successful record producer and ladies
man, meets up with Jamie and sets out
to woo the woman of his dreams.
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THE MATADOR
WHOS IN IT? Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear
WHO DIRECTED? Richard Shepard (Oxygen)
WHATS IT ABOUT? A disillusioned hitman
(Brosnan) and a travelling salesman
(Kinnear) meet in a Mexico City bar and
embark on a weird adventure.
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Check www.famousplayers.com or
www.cineplex.com for a list of theatres
where you can watch it live, and to buy
tickets.
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We know your type. You cant get enough movies, music, games, CDs. You like whats new
the latest thingthe leading edge. And those people you hang around with are no
different. Thats why youll be getting them something for their home entertainment
set-up this holiday season. Wed like to help you out with some suggestions
EPSON MOVIEMATE 25
They call it cinema in a box, and for
good reason. Packed inside that
unassuming shell is a combination DVD
player, surround sound system and home
theatre projector. Take it anywhere that
has a plug and a white wall and for
$1,800 youve got an instant movie
theatre. Itll also play CDs and MP3s.
limited edition
collectors box
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- All In One Place
For the Ultimate Fan,
Every Episode of Friends
in a Limited Edition
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DVDs
MARILYN MONROE:
DIAMOND
COLLECTION,
VOLUMES 1 AND 2
These two boxed sets
cover a good portion of
the blond bombshells
career. Volume one has
Theres No Business
Like Show Business,
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,
Bus Stop, The Seven Year
Itch and How to Marry a
Millionaire. Volume two has
Niagara, River of No Return,
Dont Bother to Knock,
Monkey Business and
Lets Make Love ($60 each
volume).
Books
Instead of pouring over every book catalogue from the last year in search
of gems, Famous asked Indigo CEO Heather Reisman what five books
shell be giving for the holidays. Heres what she said:
Chocolate Obsession
BY ADAM GOPNIK
After seeing a mysterious figure of a boy wearing an
ancient French doublet reflected in his window, young
Oliver realizes that he has been entrusted with the task of
rescuing souls. This ones for tweens.
Diary of a Spider
BY DOREEN CRONIN
An adorable tale for preschoolers about an eight-legged
critter who lives in a world much similar to our
ownexcept for the fact that his best friend is a fly,
and his home is a web.
Flush
SEX AND THE CITY COMPLETE
SERIES GIFT COLLECTION
Twenty discs. Ninety-four episodes.
Six seasons of dates, shoes, lunches
and whip-smart naval-gazing about
being single in ones thirties. And it
comes in a velvet box. Bonuses
include a trivia game
and guides to fashion,
restaurants and
dating ($375).
BY CARL HIASSEN
In this story for young adults, siblings Noah and Abbey
have to gather proof that the Queen Coral, a casino boat, is
polluting the environment by illegally dumping raw sewage
into local waters.
BY JOAN DIDION
The heartbreaking and inspiring true story of Joan
Didions attempt to hold it together when her husband
died suddenly as her only child clung to life plagued
by pneumonia and septic shock.
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GAMES
GAME WAVE
Love those trivia games you find in pubs and sports bars? Game Wave is the closest
youll get at home. It comes with 25 hours worth of questions about sports, pop culture
and history, but you can buy additional games. (Chicken wings not included.) One
more cool thing Game Wave is the first made-in-Canada game console. System,
$150, additional games, $30.
EYETOY: PLAY 2
Last year PlayStation released EyeToy: Play for
PlayStation 2 a brilliant USB camera that sits on
top of your TV, photographs you as you play, and
injects your image into one of 12 games. Now EyeToy:
Play 2 ($60) features a dozen new games, multiplayer
mode and SpyToy, which uses a motion sensor to turn
the camera into a security system, turning on when
someone enters the room. Creepy, but cool.
NINTENDOGS
This latest spin on the whole virtual-pet phenomenon has
consistently been ranked one of the most popular
videogames since it launched earlier this year. Interact
with your pooch via the touch screen or use voice
commands while you bathe, pet, scratch and train the
furry beast. The software will set you back $40, but of
course you also need the Nintendo DS system at $170.
SINGINGCOACH UNLIMITED
If you harbour fantasies of becoming the next
Canadian Idol but are hindered by the fact
that you cant sing, this piece of PC software
is a good place to start. Follow step-by-step
instructions on the screen as you warble your
way through 20 vocal lessons. Via that highfidelity headset, your pitch is displayed on
screen and compared with proper pitch so
you can make adjustments. Available
online through Kellys Music and Computers
(kellysmusic.ca) for $130.
XBOX 360
If youre planning to buy someone
a gaming platform for the
holidays this is the one.
While Xbox, Sony and
Nintendo all recently
announced theyre
coming out with
next-generation
versions, Xbox 360
is the only one
out for Christmas.
Opt for the Core
System at $400, which comes with console, standard controller
and changeable faceplate, or for $500 you also get a hard drive
to store your games, music, etc., a media remote, a headset,
wireless controller and more.
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CHRISTMAS 2
Set the yuletide
mood with this
two-disc set
offering
traditional
Christmas
ditties from old
faves such as
Dean Martin
and Bing Crosby, and contemporary crooners
like Michael Buble and Norah Jones.
How did it feel to snag one of the few parts that didnt go to actors
reprising their Broadway roles?
I thought they had made a mistake. I told Chris, I thought
you just wanted it to be a reunion for those original guys? He
said that he did, but the role of Mimi had become available,
and he couldnt think of anyone as talented and who exuded
the true spirit of New York City like I did. I was blown away
when he said that. I think thats the most incredible thing
anyone has ever said to me. Let me tell you, there was no way
I wasnt playing Mimi, come rain, sleet or snow.
So this is a story that takes place in the 1980s, based on an opera
that was written in the 1890s about a group of people in the 1830s.
And yet it holds up?
The musical isnt dated at all, mainly because love is timeless.
Ive always loved the story, and the fact that I get the chance
to help immortalize it on film is a dream I couldnt have even
considered.
A lot of people were surprised to find out you could sing and dance
well enough to be cast.
Well, those people obviously didnt see my versatile talents
in Josie and the Pussycats or they wouldnt be surprised
And dancing?
That just came naturally. Of course, for Rent I had to endure
days, weeks and years of dance rehearsals. It was a pretty easy
rehearsal schedule, but I learned just how much about
movement and dance that I didnt know.
Did you ever fear you couldnt pull it off?
Sure, all actors worry that they might not be good enough
for a role. With Rent, though, I think that insecurity lasted me
a whole two seconds because Rent is an iconic musical. Its this
incredible, musical snapshot of a turbulent decade that I
think a lot of people want to remember, relive or see for the
first time. I was just a kid in New York during the 80s, but I
know a lot of people who lived through a lot of the same
things the characters in the movie do. I mean, AIDS was still
a new disease that killed instantly and absolutely no one
understood it. I mean, being HIV-positive was considered a
death sentence. So I like to think of Rent as this amazing,
musical time capsule.
Did you always know that you wanted to be an entertainer?
Never. I mean, that was probably the furthest thing from my
mind. I can remember wishing that I could become a movie
star or rock singer, but I had no idea how you went about
becoming one. So I concentrated on a profession I knew I liked
and had an inkling of how to get into. I wanted to become a
marine biologist. I went to an alternative school in Manhattan
with the thought of graduating and heading for the ocean.
So how did you fall into moviemaking?
Fate! [Laughs.] Honestly, thats the only way I can describe
it. One day, when I was about 16, I was sitting on our front
stoop in New York and this group of people came up to me
and asked if I wanted to be in a movie about teenagers. I was
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Kate
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return for the follow-up to the 2003
monster movie.
FEBRUARY
In the genre of
gigantic-animal
movies, very few
have ever been
categorized as
great works of cinema. One exception
is 1933s King
Kong, in which a
mammoth gorilla is
plucked from his
remote island
home and brought
back to New York
to be made into a captive spectacle.
So it was with considerable nerve that
director Peter Jackson decided to remake
the classic with Naomi Watts in the role
made famous by Fay Wray, and Jack Black
as the documentary filmmaker who snares
the beast. But this is the guy who took one
of the longest and most revered works of
modern fiction and turned it into, perhaps,
the best trilogy of all time. So nerve hes
got. (For those six people who didnt get the
reference, were talking about The Lord of
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Yours, Mine & Ours stars Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid as a widow and
widower who hook up and form a family with 18 kids. Its based on a true
story, which also spawned a TV show. Name that show.
The Family Stone star Diane Keaton has made eight big-screen movies with
Woody Allen. What was the first? Clue: The films title refers to a famous
scene in another movie.
George Clooney plays real-life CIA agent Robert Baer in this months political
drama Syriana. Which 2002 movie about a real-life TV personality who
claimed to be a CIA agent did Clooney direct?
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KINNEAR BASKS IN SUNSHINE, MYERS LASSOS
MOON BIO-PIC, AND ANNE PLAYS AUSTEN | BY INGRID RANDOJA
HATHAWAY JONESES FOR JANE
MOONSTRUCK MYERS
The last time we saw Mike Myers he
was doing his best storefront dummy
impression as he stood beside
George Bush-bashing rapper Kanye
West during a Hurricane Katrina
telethon. But the Canadian funnyman
will get the chance to bust loose
playing Keith Moon in the upcoming
bio-pic of The Whos bad-boy
drummer. Moon, who died of a drug
overdose in 1978 at age 32, was
known for trashing hotel rooms
TVs were routinely tossed out windows
and for his frenzied style of drumming. In fact, his delirious playing
provided the inspiration for the muppet
Animal. Myers has been itching to
play Moon for years and got the
thumbs up from the films producer,
and Who front man, Roger Daltrey.
B R I E F LY
Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale
From casting to directing, The Movies tests your mettle as a Hollywood bigwig I BY SCOTT GARDNER
THE MOVIES
PC, PS2, XBOX
If youve ever suffered through Showgirls, Battlefield Earth or Gigli and thought,
Even I could make a better film than that, The Movies is your chance to prove it.
An incredibly ambitious game, The Movies combines the human engineering of
simulations like The Sims and the strategic management and economic challenges
of a game like Railroad Tycoon, all in the service of making motion pictures.
You are in charge of a small movie studio in the silent era of the 1920s.
Simply put, your goal is to make successful movies movies that will allow
your studio to survive and progress through the different technological eras: from
silents to the talkies to the advent of colour and through to the present era of the
international blockbuster.
As the big boss you are in charge of every aspect of production. You set a budget, pick a genre (western, sci-fi, gangster, etc.), commission
scripts and build sets. When thats taken care of you shoot the movie, add special effects and pick a soundtrack, then figure out how to
market the finished product.
The next step is to screen your opus for critics and the public. If its good the money starts rolling in, but if it bombs your next project
will be that much harder to make your budget will be reduced and stars wont want to sign up.
Oh yes, the stars and all other key personnel have personalities thats where diplomacy la The Sims comes in. Be careful as you
discover and groom your stable of talent. Handle them well and your stars will be happy and their public appeal will increase. But if you
botch it, your actors will burn out or develop unmanageable egos, and their performances (and your box-office returns) will suffer. You can
also send your little Robert Redfords for facelifts, and your Robert Downeys to therapy and rehab.
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NOVEMBER 8
CHARLIE AND THE
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Stars: Johnny Depp,
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Director: Tim Burton
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Story: A young boy from a
poor family wins a tour through a magical
candy factory led by the eccentric owner
himself, Willy Wonka. Be sure to brush
your teeth after watching. DVD Extras:
The Fantastic Mr. Dahl doc, Attack of
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festive neighbours. But when their collegeage daughter suddenly decides to visit,
the Kranks have only 24 hours to mount
the perfect holiday.
NOVEMBER 15
MADAGASCAR
Voices: Ben Stiller,
Chris Rock
Director: Eric Darnell,
Tom McGrath
Story: In this computeranimated family comedy,
four zoo animals are accidentally released
into the wild on the island of Madagascar,
where they rediscover their primal sides
(and a colony of dance-mad lemurs).
DVD Extras: penguin commentary, three
featurettes, games and activities
STEALTH
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Jessica Biel
Director: Rob Cohen (XXX)
Story: Three hotshot military pilots are
partnered with a state-of-the-art computerpiloted superplane, but when it goes all
HAL 9000 on them, they must bring it
down to prevent WW III. DVD Extras: three
featurettes, two multi-angle scene breakdowns, music video
NOVEMBER 22
THE HONEYMOONERS
Stars: Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps
Director: John Schultz (Like Mike)
Story: In an African-American update on
the classic TV show, Cedric the
Entertainer is Ralph Kramden: New York
City bus driver and devotee of get-richquick schemes.
Its Christmas Eve and one little boy is having some pretty
big doubts about Santa Claus.
Then, to his great surprise, out of the snowy night
appears a huge, old-fashioned train. So he climbs aboard
the Polar Express and joins a small group of children on a
magical trip to the North Pole, where a jolly man in a red
suit reminds them how wonderful it is to believe.
The Polar Express was filmed with cutting-edge motioncapture technology that allowed star Tom Hanks to provide
both the movement and the voices for six different characters,
including Santa, Scrooge and the Conductor. Both the story
and the unique look of the movie are based on a popular
childrens book by Chris Van Allsburg.
Available Nov. 22, multiple DVD versions start with basic single-disc widescreen and
full-screen editions ($38), while a two-disc Special Edition includes a never-before-seen
Smokey and Steamer song, five featurettes, a Josh Groban performance and a PC game
demo ($40). Finally, a Holiday Gift Set bundles the Special Edition with a Polar Express
Snow Globe and a Brio wooden train ($75).
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DEUCE BIGELOW: EUROPEAN
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Stars: Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin
Director: Mike Bigelow (debut)
Story: Reluctantly back in the gigolo
racket, Deuce (Schneider) journeys to
Amsterdam where the ladies of Europe
hunger for his special brand of lovin.
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SKY HIGH
Stars: Kurt Russell,
Kelly Preston
Director: Mike Mitchell
(Surviving Christmas)
Story: In this witty
coming-of-age tale, the
son of two legendary superheroes is
admitted to Sky High a school for
the heroes of tomorrow but with no
powers of his own yet, he may be
destined for life as a sidekick.
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to look younger than they were when they
were 30. I once said to Christopher Walken
that we were the only ones of our generation
who were going to be working in 10 years
because there wont be anyone else who
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