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...Kevin Smith movie Jersey Girl was the budding romance of two of its stars--BEN AFFLECK and J. Lo. But thankfully for all who saw the couple's first cinematic pairing, Gigli, J. Lo's character in this March 2004 film exits early. The rest of the onscreen sparks belong to Affleck and LIV TYLER, who plays a video-store clerk. The two recorded a song together for the movie. Did the daughter of Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler enlist Dad's help? "I sing in a Cockney accent," she says. Apparently Dad doesn't do one. "I had to wing...
...pair co-star in another tale of love and memory--this one about forgetting. In 50 First Dates, Sandler, a veterinarian, falls for Barrymore, a woman with short-term-memory loss, and has to woo her anew every day. Of re-teaming with her "jovial, lovable" onscreen honey after six years, Barrymore says, "We're a little bit more mature but not much." Does that mean Sandler's not playing The Hannukah Song on that guitar...
PlayStation 2 EyeToy Cast your video image onscreen, and it appears that you are really moving objects in the games. Try the window-washing challenge, one of 12 games that come with this gizmo. playstation.com...
...beat; this sequel exercises your vocal cords via a plugged-in microphone. Singing on key couldn't be easier: an arrow shows the pitch of your voice, while a scrolling bar shows the pitch of the song you selected. Just match the two. Do so consistently, and the onscreen crowd goes wild. The game's 34 songs range from grandparent-friendly oldies (When a Man Loves a Woman) through the disco era (Celebration) to 21st century raves (Complicated). So it's not hard to imagine the whole family battling for the next turn at the mike. The easiest level...
...then, we don't have to be. For a critic or a filmgoer, an actor's private life should be irrelevant to the art and glamour he can create onscreen. And there, alchemy occurs. Crowe is often magnificent: attractive, complex, subtle. Watching him slip inside a role is a matter not of forgiving but of forgetting all the tabloid baggage. The lout of a thousand headlines vanishes, and the superb movie actor appears magically in his place. When Crowe is at the helm of a movie, we're proud to sail with...