Many thanks to Earl Brown for the transcript and the scan for the XIP News Archive
The Toronto Sun Showbiz section.
Sept 3/99
Bob Thompson (Movies)
Starlets come out to shine again
Hollywood celebrates the return of the sexy young unknowns
HOLLYWOOD -- Somewhere between the vamp and the tramp is the starlet. And guess
what? They're hot again. A little giggle with the jiggle, curves
to go with nerve, and there you have it -- the return of the sexpot.
Their profile? Most are in their twenties, usually former models, and likely on the
verge of a break through that has Uma Thurman or Cameron Diaz or Gwyneth Paltrow
looking over their shapely shoulders.
Denise Richards might be leading the parade. Not far behind are Angelina Jolie and
Tara Reid. Natalie Portman, Liv Tyler, Rachael Leigh Cook, Katie Holmes, Lela
Rochon and Sarah Polley exude class with their sexy sass. Scream queen of the '90s,
Neve Campbell, adds some sauciness. Christine Ricci is the Goth girl in the group.
New in town is Hudson Leick. She can be seen to be believed in the
recently-re-leased Chill Factor, but she's best known as the villain
Callisto on the syndicated TV series Xena: Warrior Princess.
Close are Reese Witherspoon, Kirsten Dunst and Sara Michelle Gellar. Michelle Williams
tries hard. Not as hard as Richards, who has become the poster girl for the starlet
wave. First she was all flash and some flesh in Starship Troopers. She followed
that up with the quintessential '90s sexpot picture Wild Things, where the sexy
melodrama featured Campbell and Richards in a payback picture that could've been
called revenge of the starlets.
-Snip-
Picture Caption is - Hudson Leick is the "bad" girl in the new thriller, Chill
Factor.
TOP 10 Starlets
1 Denise
Richards
6 Hudson Leick
2 Angelina
Jolie
7 Liv Tyler
3 Tara
Reid
8 Natalie Portman
4 Lela
Rochon
9 Sarah Polley
5 Katie
Holmes
10 Rachael Leigh Cook