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...record, he is back together with his second ex-wife, the actress Lauren Holly. Their divorce, and her rumored affair with actor-director Edward Burns, made Carrey tabloid fodder--fishbowl living being another level on which he can relate to Truman Burbank. "I got in a fender bender on Sunset, and before I knew it there were paparazzi, because someone used his cell phone and made 300 bucks." He worries about media snoops planting recording devices in his hotel rooms--"So then you can't masturbate"--and worse. "Am I going to be combing my beard some day," he wonders...
DIED. JOHN DEREK, 71, dreamy actor-director whose real talent lay not in his so-so acting (in All the King's Men and The Ten Commandments) but in marrying often and well (the four foxy actresses Patti Behrs, Ursula Andress, Linda Evans and, most recently, Bo Derek); of heart complications; in Santa Maria, Calif...
...movie's emblematic sequence, a horse named Pilgrim and an actor-director named Robert Redford stare at each other--the former nervously, the latter reassuringly. They're both handsome creatures, and the high Montana plain where this confrontation takes place is pretty too. But really, folks--endless minutes of screen time devoted to this silent, essentially motionless sequence? You get the feeling that someone is indulging himself and that his name isn't Pilgrim...
Fortunately for Downey, his talent is so highly prized that people are eager to work with him despite the risks. Actor-director Tim Robbins approached him for a role in his next project, The Cradle Will Rock, but the New York shoot conflicted with Downey's probation restrictions. Oliver Stone, Barry Levinson and Dustin Hoffman have all shown interest in future collaborations. "It's not just because he has great talent, which is undeniable," says Jodie Foster, who directed Downey in Home for the Holidays. "People who know him really feel for him." Others express similar support...
QUENTIN TARANTINO Bad boy actor-director is shish kebabbed by Broadway critics for his thug role in Wait Until Dark...