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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:30 PM
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Who is your favorite actor and actress?
I love Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn, and Al Pacino
I love Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchet

I'll think of some more I am sure.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:33 PM
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1. Bill Murray, Alan Arkin, Kim Stanley....
I'm stuck.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:34 PM
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2. Yeah I got stuck too after I started thinking too hard.
I should have waited to post! Oh well!
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:35 PM
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3. Paul Newman and Geena Davis
Cool Hand Luke, The Verdict, nobody does it better than Newman and no one lights up the screen like Davis (A League of their Own, The Fly.)
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:36 PM
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4. Geena Davis hasn't been in a movie in a while.
She had twins not too long ago. Sure that has a lot to do with it.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:40 PM
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10. She's going to be President of the US on some upcoming TV show
Woo!
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:39 PM
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9. And "The Long Kiss Goodnight"
graphically violent, quite sexist, but god, so entertaining
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:07 PM
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42. My brother played her boyfriend/fiance/husband in that.
I can't remember which it was. He was in the beginning and in the end.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:16 PM
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47. Tom's his name?
He was good. Tell him that from me. :hi:
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:43 PM
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53. Yep, I'll tell him.
:)
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BillZBubb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:38 PM
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5. De Niro and Swank.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:38 PM
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7. Two great actors.
I forgot to mention Gene Wilder and Gene Hackman. They are great too!
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:38 PM
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6. Jessica Lange, Dustin Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones, Mariska Hargitay
Marg Helgenberger, Angelica Houston, Annette Bening, John Cusack (yes, "Grifters" is one of my faves) . . .

oh, hell, way too many to name.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:39 PM
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8. Gary Oldman and Helen Mirren.
Edited on Thu Jun-02-05 02:40 PM by Crazy Guggenheim
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:40 PM
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11. Need you ask?
<---------- ;-) I daresay he's the world's most beautiful human being.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:42 PM
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14. He is great.
I loved him in Finding Neverland and Pirates of the Caribbean. He played one hot pirate.
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:40 PM
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12. Don Cheadle
Edited on Thu Jun-02-05 02:41 PM by mark414
the man is great in everything

i really like Willem Dafoe too...

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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:43 PM
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16. He did great in Hotel Rwanda. That movie was so damn sad
and emotional. It pissed me off. But Don is really good.
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 07:55 PM
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62. Clearly, you're a
brilliant person. Cheadle is also wonderful in "Crash". And I've been a Dafoe fan for years.
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DelawareValleyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:41 PM
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13. Glenn Close and Steve Buscemi
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:48 PM
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24. I met Buscemi and his wife right after the 2000 theft --- boy were they
cranky.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:03 PM
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39. Cranky about the election or just cranky in general?
Edited on Thu Jun-02-05 03:04 PM by grace0418
Even if I didn't already love him as an actor, he has my eternal love for returning to his old firehouse in NYC after 9/11 to help out. How awesome is that?
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:42 PM
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15. Kate Winslet, Johnny Depp, Colin Firth, Audrey Tautou
Out of living actors, anyway. Most of my favorites are from the past.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:45 PM
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18. Audrey is going to be in the movie "DaVinci Code"
Edited on Thu Jun-02-05 02:48 PM by Richardo
In a way, I hate that 'cause it will be a blockbuster and she'll go all popular and commercial 'n' stuff.

Plus; she's way more intelligent than the moron character she'll be playing. And so is Tom Hanks; who's playing the male lead moron.
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:48 PM
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23. I have avoided reading the book
But I'll probably see it out of curiousity. She is good even when she is playing a scary stalker character. :)
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:50 PM
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28. If you've avoided the book, you're ahead of the game
:D:thumbsup:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:43 PM
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17. Kevin Spacey, Bill Murray, Audrey Tautou, Frances McDormand
Are the ones I'll pretty much go to see no questions asked.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:46 PM
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20. I love Kevin Spacey. He is good and so is Bill Murray. He is hilarious.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:59 PM
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33. All four of those are on my list!
You have good taste!
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Semi_subversive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:45 PM
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19. James Stewart and .......
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:47 PM
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21. I live Kate B. but her Hepburn portrayal in Aviator was lame.
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:47 PM
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22. Robert DeNiro and Jennifer Connelly


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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:48 PM
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25. Kate Winslet, Pam Grier, Tim Robbins...
Robert DeNiro, Frances McDormand, and Jessica Lange!
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:50 PM
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26. How could I forget
Tim Robbins and Susan Surandon? And while I am at it, Morgan Freeman. They are all great.
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:54 PM
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30. Oh, wow,
How could I forget Susan Sarandon as well!

:)
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SnowGoose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:50 PM
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27. Chris Cooper is fantastic.
Maybe you've overlooked him, because he becomes the character so completely, rather than bringing his own persona so much to the front (like, say, Depp - who is *really* fun to watch anyhow, or maybe Jeff Bridges, who's also good, but always more Jeff Bridges than the character, IMO).

I really started to notice the guy in Lone Star. He did well in other flicks, like American Beauty, but his work in Adaptation was so friggin outstanding, he became my favorite actor.

The guy's good.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:53 PM
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29. Cheech and Chong.
Ha! You all lose.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:58 PM
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31. Actors: Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Don Cheadle, Johnny Depp...
Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Honsou, Nicholas Cage, Christopher Guest, Jimmy Stewart, Sean Penn, Chow Yun Fat, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Russell Crowe, Joachin Phoenix, Bill Murray, Tom Amandes... there are more but I'm blanking...

Actresses: Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep, Sandra Oh, Judy Dench, Parker Posey, Cate Blanchett, Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johannson (sp?), Toni Collette, Audrey Tatou, Sophie Okonedo... again, more but I can't remember right now.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:59 PM
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32. Pretty good list you have there!
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:01 PM
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35. Thanks, although I should've read other people's list before
I wrote mine. There were a few that I missed.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:02 PM
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37. I missed a lot!
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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:09 PM
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43. Lena Olin,Anne Heche,Susan Sarandon,Natalie Portman,Kristin Bell
Gerard Depardieu, Harrison Ford, Scott Bakula, Jude Law, Warren Beatty

Lotsa of good ones.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:01 PM
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34. Steve Buscemi!! HOW COULD I FORGET?
He's absolutely on my list.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:02 PM
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36. Yes he is great. He plays one helluva psycho!
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:03 PM
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38. "Keep it down back there, lady or I'm gonna have to, y'know, shoot ya."
Edited on Thu Jun-02-05 03:17 PM by Richardo
I heartily concur about Buscemi.
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:16 PM
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48. "HEY! I was bangin' that girl!"
One of my favorite Steve Buscemi lines from Fargo.

God, how I love him!
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:18 PM
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49. "Total silence. See how *you* like it smart guy. Total fuckin' silence."
:D
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:20 PM
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51. "Pancakes?!? OK, we'll go get laid and then we'll get some pancakes."
:D
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:28 PM
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52. "No." That's the first thing you've said in the last four hours."
"That's, a fountain of conversation there, buddy. That's a geyser."
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:48 PM
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56. "And I'm going to shoot your wife, and I'm gonna
line up your lids and shoot' em in the backs of their pointy little heads!"
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DaBigBadJoiseyWolf Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:05 PM
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40. Nina Hart
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:07 PM
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41. Who is that and what did she play in?
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:12 PM
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44. Edward Norton and probably Kate Winslet
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DaBigBadJoiseyWolf Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:13 PM
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45. Shell..she is a pornstar, but is an abcolutely beautiful woman!
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:15 PM
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46. Photo???
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DaBigBadJoiseyWolf Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:19 PM
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50. Shell...I don't want Joisey Wolf, to get tossed out like the Alley Cat did
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:44 PM
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54. Probably
Jim Carrey (I love comedies,) and Natalie Portman (she's beautiful, and even made the stiff Queen Amidala likable.)
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:45 PM
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55. Hey! Nobody listed Adam Sandler!
...including me. This is a good thing. :evilgrin:
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:49 PM
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57. There's NO ONE that I would pay money to watch
:)
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 04:43 PM
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58. Hehe.. true - it just seems like many movies I like have..
my favorites in them.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 04:55 PM
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59. We have a DVD player still in the box.. We got it in 2002
Too lazy to try and figure out how it works:)
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 04:56 PM
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60. Shah Rukh Khan, Adrien Brody, Jamie Bell.... and Julia Roberts.
Edited on Thu Jun-02-05 04:58 PM by tjdee
I like a lot of actors very much, but those four are the top tier.

Not even necessarily for the quality of their acting. I don't know that my "best actor" list would be the same as my "favorite actor" list.

Ooh, and here's another chance for me to post a picture of Shah Rukh:


:loveya:

He's got mad skills.

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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 07:51 PM
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61. Actress: Esther Balint (on the basis of "Stranger than Paradise")
Actor: Leo Fizpatrick (on the basis of "Kids")


leo fitzpatrick


richard edson (first drummer of Sonic Youth) and Esther Balint

"boy you just a stupid bitch
and girl you just a no good dick"
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 08:01 PM
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63. Reading the question another way,
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 08:01 PM
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64. Frances McDormand, Sean Penn
and many already mentioned.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 08:03 PM
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65. De Niro, Chris Cooper, Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch...
To name a few.
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Lannes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 08:10 PM
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66. The legends get all the attention
So Ill name some relatively new faces.Mos Def and Scarlett Johansson.
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Liberalynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 08:11 PM
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67. Julian Mcmahon for actor
Edited on Thu Jun-02-05 08:16 PM by Liberalynn
Jill Hennessy for actress.

I watch TV far more than I go to the movies so that's why my choices are small screen based.

All though I am going to go see Julian in the Fantastic Four as Dr. Doom this summer and will go see him in any future films. I wish he would go for the romantic comedy for a change though. I want him as a hero, for his next film choice. His bad boys with a tender side are really fun to watch but it would just be cool to see him play a complete true blue for a change.
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