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Ethan Hawke told Drew Barrymore that, back in the 1990s, he’d head to parties hoping to run into her. Recalling those nights on The Drew Barrymore Show, he said he still couldn’t…
Swizz Beatz says he arranged for Alicia Keys to meet Michael Jackson after hearing that the singer had a crush on her. The visit took them to Jackson’s home, where his children…
Kerry Washington was wary when Ben Affleck told her marriage was central to Animals, the crime thriller he’d written and would direct. He wanted her to play his wife, and she’d heard…
Gilbert Trejo says his 82-year-old father, Danny Trejo, accepted the film Pawn Shop expecting to play a peace-seeking Mexican shop owner, then learned about Ben Shapiro’s involvement roughly 2 weeks into filming.…
James McAvoy secured a cottage to himself while making Atonement by telling director Joe Wright that living apart from the cast would suit his character’s outsider status. His real concern was spending…
Alan Rickman had already accepted the role of Severus Snape when he asked J.K. Rowling for help understanding how to play him. He said the role felt like it was traveling down…
Alexander Skarsgård’s commitment to socks extends to nude scenes. When Dakota Johnson asks, “What about in a nude scene? Are you wearing socks?” he answers, “I always wear socks.” “You’re a never…
Hilary Duff says making music with her husband came with exactly one fight, and it started in the studio over his lingo. Duff, 39, was describing her first album in more than…
Celine Dion is training like a professional dancer for her Paris residency, and her coach says the idea made her eyes light up. Dion’s preparation for her Paris residency includes Pilates, yoga,…
Jessica Biel took on high-speed driving scenes for Matchbox the Movie after years of raising her sons, saying she finally felt ready to trust her body with that kind of action again.…
When you were a kid, how much money did you imagine the NSYNC guys were making? Lance Bass says that in the group’s early years under Lou Pearlman, they lived on a…