Word: hollywoodizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Matt Damon is glowing. Clad in black, he walks in the room smiling radiantly and just exuding star quality. And why shouldn't he be? Hollywood's newest Golden Boy, Matt Damon, is the "big discovery...
...become the hottest actor in Hollywood, the guy whom everyone wants in their films even though a few months ago he was still bypassed for even minor roles. Damon deserves his fame--every single second...
...Good Will Hunting. Affleck also costars in the movie, along with Robin Williams and Minnie Driver. Damon attended Harvard but never finished his senior year--he would have been class of 1992. We discussed his years at Harvard, his aspirations for the future, and his outlook on the current Hollywood scene...
David Mamet has created some compelling fictions in his time--about small-time crooks (American Buffalo), real-estate hustlers (Glengarry Glen Ross), conniving Hollywood producers (Speed-the-Plow). In The Old Neighborhood, which just opened on Broadway, he has turned inward. In three brief, tenuously related sketches, we watch as Bobby (Peter Riegert), on a visit to his hometown, has a series of encounters with friends and family: an old pal from the neighborhood; his sister Jolly and her taciturn husband; an ex-girlfriend. It's not hard to recognize Bobby as a stand-in for Mamet, the town...
...Light, jaunty big-band tunes that echoed the pop standards of the 1940s and '50s. He even came out from behind the piano and began strolling around stages in black tie, snapping his fingers, chatting with his audiences and crooning into a microphone. Like Sinatra, Connick became a Hollywood actor, landing small but spicy roles in five pictures, including Memphis Belle and Independence...