10. Billy Bob Thornton
No, you can’t take the Boxmasters into the booth with you.
He’s out there, somewhere, playing his music and pretending he wasn’t an actor. And if that’s the way he wants it, so be it — every person has a right to seek his/her dream, even if it leaves us mourning the absence [...]
NATALIE PORTMAN
Spotted in a Long Island pizza parlor at age 11 by a modeling rep, Portman landed the role of an assassin’s sad-eyed sidekick in 1994’s The Professional one year later. Unlike most of her Hollywood peers, Portman (who uses a stage name to protect her family from media attention) took a break from acting — [...]
Drew Barrymore
Then: The world fell in love with little Drew when she played Gertie in 1982’s “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.” The doe-eyed, pig-tailed innocent was on her way to stardom… and rehab. Oops. But lucky for all of us, Drew made it through those rough years and came out all the better on the other side [...]
Essential Films: Stagecoach (1939), Fort Apache (1948), Red River (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Searchers (1956), Rio Bravo (1959), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), True Grit (1969), The Shootist (1976)
Oscar Dish: Three nominations; one win, for True Grit. Other nominations: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and The Alamo (1960).
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