Kevin Spacey
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
07/25/1959
South Orange, NJ |
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EXTRA: Out of Bounds?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., April 6, 2000 - The over-scrutinized sexuality of Academy Award-winning star Kevin Spacey has been over-scrutinized. Again. In the April 11 issue of the Star, the tabloid-par-excellence goes full tilt with a centerfold report featuring one salacious headline ("Revealed! Oscar winner Kevin's mountaintop tryst with young male model") 12 pics, and several groaner captions (including "Male Bonding," "Gay Old Time," "Out and About" and - yeesh - "Going Down"). The report all bu
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NEWSMAKERS: 'N Sync Drops Backstreet
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 29, 2000 -- This week in the battle of the boybands, it was no contest: 'N Sync trounced Backstreet. According to just-released final stats, 'N Sync last week moved 2.4 million copies of its sophomore release, "No Strings Attached." The mark shatters the previous weeklong standard (of 1.13 million CDs and such sold) established by the Backstreet Boys in 1999. Says the president of 'N Sync's Jive Records label: "It's pretty staggering." BAD NEWS FOR MATT DAMON FANS: T
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NEWSMAKERS: Houston's Got Another Problem
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 29, 2000 -- Whitney Houston played an imaginary piano, had trouble keeping her eyes open, bragged about how a "Jew guy" made her bracelet, and compared hanging with a junkie to hanging with a president during an interview for an upcoming magazine profile. Whitney Houston, left, with husband Bobby Brown The disclosures from Jane magazine come a day after the singer's camp tried to shoot down reports that she'd been canned from Sunday's Oscars telecast because she
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Oscars: The Final Tally
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 28, 2000 -- Now that the parties are over, the hangovers slept off, the million-dollar jewels returned to their owners, it's time to take final inventory of the winners and losers of Oscars 2000. WINNERS Steven Spielberg Dreamworks: Sure, the studio took home the most statues (five), but the real story is that the Studio That Spielberg And Friends Built won Round 2 of what's turning into its annual bout with Miramax for the top Oscar prizes. You'll remember that
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'Erin' Draws B.O. Green
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 26, 2000 -- Julia Roberts showed great box-office legs as Universal's "Erin Brockovich" held on to the top spot on the chart. "Erin Brockovich" The R-rated dramatic comedy, co-financed by Universal and Columbia, finished first in its second week with a sexy estimated $19.03 million (-32%) at 2,851 theaters (+3 theaters, $6,675 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $56.3 million. "This is a picture that is obviously a crowd pleaser," Universal Distribut
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Julia's on Top
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 19, 2000 -- Julia Roberts was worth her weight in box office gold this weekend as Universal's opening of "Erin Brockovich" topped the chart with more than $28 million. The R-rated dramatic comedy, co-financed by Universal and Columbia (which is releasing it internationally), kicked off to a perky estimated $28.21 million at 2,847 theaters ($9,910 per theater). Its per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release this weekend. "Steven Soderberg
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NEWSMAKERS: Britney Spears, Literary Figure
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 14, 2000 -- Britney Spears was born Dec. 2, 1981. And now that it's the new millennium and stuff, the singer/dancer/icon has decided to reflect upon her nearly two minutes, er, two decades on this Earth in a book. Britney Spears According to today's New York Daily News, the memoir, titled "Britney," will be published in time for the release of Spears' follow-up album, due in record stores May 9. (Coincidences are the neatest things!) We wanted to ask Britney's p
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Here's to the Oscar Nominees Who Lunch
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTBEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 13, 2000 -- You're within spitting distance of some of the world's biggest stars and movie personalities. You've got mere minutes to ask the right questions that will shed light on their feelings about what it's like to be nominated for an Oscar. Tom Cruise But here's the problem: You're corralled into a roomful of other reporters, who all want to ask the same questions. And some of their voices are louder than yours. Welcome to the annual Oscar Nominees' Lunch
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Spacey, Bening Score at SAGs
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 13, 2000 -- This "American Beauty" thing is starting to look like a trend. A night after the suburban satire's action-caller Sam Mendes took top honors from the Directors Guild of America, his stars Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening ruled in the thespian department at the 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Spacey was deigned best actor in a movie, Bening best actress. In turn, the two beat back much of the same competition they'll face March 26 on Oscar night. Ever
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ROLE CALL: Martin Scorsese Married to the Mob?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 14, 2000 -- Late-breaking Martin Scorsese news: He's gonna make a mob movie! Martin Scorsese No, really. We know it sounds like a stretch. We know you can't possibly imagine the director of "Goodfellas," "Casino" and "Mean Streets" making a mob movie, but here it is: According to today's Daily Variety, the filmmaker is developing a flick about a real-life World War II Marine who became a gangsta kingpin in Japan after the war. The project's to be based on the boo
