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...stars feel their patriotic mission is to fight for their right to partay; their sacred covenant is to amuse the rest of us with their radiant egotism. As any actor will tell you: "It's not that I'm criminally self-absorbed. I just pretend to be - for the little people out there in the dark." And if you were to say that having Oscar as usual is a bit like dancing in the ballroom of the Titanic, Hollywood would reply, "You give us a $2.2 billion worldwide gross and 11 Oscars, and we'll fox-trot till the cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Goes to War — Not! | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

...million, and to tighten the screws, he sued HBO over an alleged contract violation. Not only would HBO's brass not budge, but they countersued Gandolfini for $100 million and delayed the March 24 start of production of the show's fifth season. HBO lawyer Bert Fields dismissed the actor's attempt to hold a gun to the network's head: "It's really a water pistol--and it doesn't even have any water in it." You can see his point--like Hollywood isn't full of heavyset, balding actors to fill the part? Tom Arnold, your time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 24, 2003 | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

...ACTOR Jim Carrey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 24, 2003 | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

...ACTOR John Travolta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 24, 2003 | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

...ACTOR Steve Martin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 24, 2003 | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

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