GQ's 2010 Men of the Year Issues is on newstands on Nov. 23. This issue honors the year's achievers, leaders, and renegades with five separate covers:
Drake (“Breakout of the Year”)
Jeff Bridges (“Icon of the Year”)
Stephen Colbert (“Patriot of the Year”),
James Franco (“Leading Man of the Year”)
Scarlett Johansson (“Babe of the Year”)
With eye-popping sets, fierce costumes, and an electric young cast, Julie Taymor and Bono bring Spider-Man, the $60 Million rock musical, to Broadway. Vogue's contributing editor Adam Green went backstage at the Foxwoods Theatre to give readers an advance peek at the new production in the December issue on newsstands Nov. 23rd.
See the full feature HERE.
Photos Courtesy of Vogue by Annie Leibovitz.
GQ has named Scarlett Johansson “Babe of the Year” as part of the 15th annual Men of the Year issue. The issue hits newsstands nationwide on Nov. 23. See more sneak-peek photos HERE.
As the legendary Omar from The Wire, and now the backstreet Kingpin on Boardwalk Empire, Michael Kenneth Williams brings charmed confidence to the screen. Here he hits the lumber of Atlantic City in the kind of three-piece suits that'll make anyone look like the boss. For the full article and more photos from GQ, click HERE.
GQ tackles the “G” in the GTL, giving the guys of MTV’s Jersey Shore a gym makeover. Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio, Vinny Guadagnino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino ditch the tattoo-print pants (with the fire-breathing dragons) and pit-stained, moth-eaten tees for slim-fitting black track pants and tasteful geometric tanks, toning their workout wardrobe. The guys also weigh in with gym advice, self-help tips, and their biggest workout pet peeves.
For more “after” shots, click HERE.
The October issue of GQ hits newsstands nationwide on September 21.
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Some people love her... others don't. Me? I think she's absolutely hilarious. Chelsea Handler rocked the VMAs last night as the hostess with the mostest. Check out a few of my favorite moments... Create your own captions. (It's so much more fun that way!)
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George Clooney took the top spot at the box office this three day holiday weekend. See what other movies made big money.
1 - The American: $16.4 M
2 - Machete: $14 M
3 - Takers: $13.5 M
4 - The Last Exorcism: $8.8 M
5 - Going the Distance: $8.6 M
6 - The Expendables: $8.5 M
7 - The Other Guys: $6.7 M
8 - Eat Pray Love: $6.3 M
9 - Inception $5.9 M
10 - Nanny McPhee Returns: $4.7 M
Reality TV star, Kendra Wilkinson, took SVEDKA's BartonBotCamp, a collaboration between SVEDKA Vodka and DavidBartonGym, in New York City. Kendra not only broke a sweat in the futuristic workout class where she learned to do the BOT Lunge, but she was also treated to a special training session with David Barton himself. When Wilkinson arrived to the gym's Astor Place location, she turned to Barton and said, “When are we having cocktails -- before or after class?"
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First Up ... The Women:
Audrina Patridge
Brandy
Bristol Palin
Florence Henderson
Jennifer Grey
Margaret Cho
And Now ... The Men:
David Hasselhoff
Kurt Warner
Kyle Massey
Michael Bolton
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino
Rick Fox
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These glamour girls look radiant and ravishing on the red carpet. Eva, Lea, January, and our other famous small-screen stars certainly made a big impression at the 2010 Emmy Awards.
Claire Danes
Lea Michele
January Jones
Jayma Mays
Eva Longoria
Keri Russell
Kyra Sedgwick
Brooke Burke
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Stallone and his brawny pals brought in the big bucks this weekend at the box office. See what other movies made lots of money ...
1 - The Expendables: $16.5 M
2 - Vampires Suck: $12.2 M
3 - Eat Pray Love: $12 M
4 - Lottery Ticket: $11.1 M
5 - The Ohter Guys: $10.1 M
6 - Piranha 3D: $10 M
7 - Nanny McPhee Returns: $8.3 M
8 - The Switch: $8.1 M
9 - Inception: $7.7 M
10 - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: $5 M
I just finished reading The Help, and I absolutely devoured it... What an amazing book! So I'm psyched that The Help is coming to the silver screen! I can only hope the film is as incredible as the novel.
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, The Help stars Emma Stone (star of the breakout hit, Zombieland) as Skeeter, a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives—and a small Mississippi town—upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Academy Award nominee Viola Davis (Eat Pray Love) stars as Aibileen, Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, who is the first to open up—to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter’s life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories—and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly—and unwillingly—caught up in the changing times.
Based on one of the most talked about books in years and a #1 New York Times best-selling novel, The Help is a provocative and inspiring look at what happens when a southern town’s unspoken code of rules and behavior is shattered by three courageous women who strike up an unlikely friendship.
The Help is currently in production and is slated for release in 2011.
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Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg managed to take the top spot about way from Leonardo di Caprio. See what movies made the big bucks. Glam's got the box-office beat.
1 - The Other Guys: $35.6 M
2 - Inception: $18.6 M
3 - Step Up in 3D: $15.5 M
4 - Salt: $11.1 M
5 - Dinner for Schmucks: $10.5 M
6 - Despicable Me: $9.4 M
7 - Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore: $6.9 M
8 - Charlie St. Cloud: $4.7 M
9 - Toy Story 3: $3 M
10 - The Kids Are All Right: $2.6 M
Not even a blonde-turned-brunette Angelina could top Leonardo at the box office this weekend. Inception was the top flick yet again. See what other movies made the big bucks...
1 - Inception: $43.5 M
2 - Salt: $36.5 M
3 - Despicable Me: $24.1 M
4 - The Sorcerer's Apprentice: $9.7 M
5 - Toy Story 3: $9 M
6 - Ramona and Beezus: $8 M
7 - Grown Ups: $7.6 M
8 - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: $7 M
9 - The Last Airbender: $4.2 M
10 - Predators: $2.9 M
Leonardo DiCaprio wows the crowd in Inception, the number one movie at the box office this weekend. See what other movies made the big bucks...
1 - Inception: $60.4 M
2 - Despicable Me: $32.7 M
3 - The Scorcerer's Apprentice: $17.4 M
4 - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: $13.5 M
5 - Toy Story 3: $11.7 M
6 - Grown Ups: $10 M
7 - The Last Airbender: $7.5 M
8 - Predators: $6.8 M
9 - Knight & Day: $3.7 M
10 - The Karate Kid: $2.2 M
Gwyneth Paltrow returns to Vogue on the cover of the upcoming August age issue. The actress and lifestyle blogger takes her star power to the kitchen and invites Contributing Editor Jonathan Van Meter to a personal cooking lesson.
Paltrow’s cookbook, My Father’s Daughter, will be published next spring by Grand Central Publishing. It is meant to “channel the ethos of my father by sharing the greatest gifts that he imparted to me. Invest in what is real. Drink while you cook. Make it fun.”
See the article HERE.
*Photo Courtesy of Mario Testino for Vogue
Forbes has released a new list of the most powerful celebrities in the world. Oprah Winfrey reigns as number one; and Lady Gaga has catapulted to the number four spot. Here's the top 10 actors, actresses, musicians, and personalities. These hotshots are huge in Hollywood. See the full list HERE.
1 - Oprah Winfrey: $315 M
2 - Beyonce Knowles: $87 M
3 - James Cameron: $210 M
4 - Lady Gaga: $62 M
5 - Tiger Woods: $105 M
6 - Britney Spears: $64 M
7 - U2: $130 M
8 - Sandra Bullock: $56 M
9 - Johnny Depp: $75 M
10 - Madonna: $58 M
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He graduated from high school sitcoms to the Hollywood A-list and a role as a 3-D supervillain in Despicable Me, but the resolutely down-to-earth Jason Segel remains both freak and geek. He talks to Alex Pappademas about marriage, fame, and Muppets, in the July issue of GQ.
Jason Segel on if he’ll ever get married:
“For me it's much more about meeting the right person. I don't have that thing that women have—'I've gotta be married by the time I'm 33, gotta have a kid by the time I'm 35.’ Let's see where life takes me, you know? If I met the girl, I'd marry her tomorrow.”
...on being famous and having bus loads of tourists yell at him:
“I think it's hilarious. And I think our group, the Judd Apatow circle—our ‘thing’ is that we're normal dudes. All our movies are just us kind of sitting around smoking pot and just hanging out, and people tend to treat us like that, like [hey-brah dude voice] ‘Oh, shit, what's up? Can I buy you a shot?’ And we are those dudes. When we started out—when I got Freaks and Geeks, I was like 18, Seth was 16. Judd wasn't who Judd is now. And we would sit around and just wax poetic about how we'd take over Hollywood someday. And then it happened, that's the weird part of it—but I think in our minds, we're still those dudes, sitting around like, ‘We're gonna show 'em all!’”
I’ve attached a photo for your review. Read the full GQ article HERE.
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M.I.A. gets loud in the July issue of GQ, opening up about Sri Lanka, her wedding style, and growing up without her father:
M.I.A. on what she wants to wear to her wedding:
“I’ve always wanted to get married in a white suit,” she says. “I used to work at a Kodak lab in England, cutting photos after they’d come out of the wash, and in one I saw this couple getting married on a beach in white suits, and their kid was there.”
...on growing up without her dad:
“England gave me a free education,” she says, “but my grades suffered because I didn’t have my dad to help me. I’ve paid the price. I’ve had the cause and effect, all that shit. I feel like I don’t have anything to do with my dad.”
...on her childhood in Sri Lanka:
“I lived on a street, a dead-end street. There were like seven or eight houses, and then you turn the corner and there was another seven, eight houses. But my whole family lived on the street. So it was amazing. I grew up with about a hundred of my cousins, playing hide-and-seek all over the village and the temples.”
See the full article here.
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Production has commenced on location in Hawaii, the United Kingdom and Los Angeles on Walt Disney Pictures’ and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ sweeping comedy adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, directed by Rob Marshall, the fourth entry in the blockbuster franchise which has already reaped $2.7 billion in worldwide box office from the previous three films, and the first to be filmed and presented in Disney Digital 3D. Johnny Depp returns to his iconic, Academy Award-nominated role of Captain Jack Sparrow, newly joined by Academy Award winner Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane and newcomers Astrid Berges-Frisbey and Sam Claflin. Also rejoining Johnny Depp and Captain Jack are Academy Award-winner and three-time nominee Geoffrey Rushand Kevin R. McNally. The film is slated to open May 20, 2011.
At 18 years old, Taylor Lautner has found himself to be the heartthrob of millions of teens around the world, despite his short acting resume. His loyal Twilight fans have propelled him into the spotlight for his role as Jacob Black, (once a mob of rabid “Team Jacob” members swarmed him in a Brazil, forcing him and co-star, Kristen Stewart, to lock themselves in a small room until the SWAT team arrived). But this level of fame, as GQ senior editor Mickey Rapkin discovers (over lunch at the Olive Garden), comes from an extremely humble and oddly fortuitous beginning – one that involves a karate program, the Blue Power Ranger, and his pilot father. And while Lautner seems to have learned to cope better with his popularity, the young star demonstrates an impressive level of modesty and a sincere appreciation for his comparably quiet home-life for someone experiencing such success so early on.
Taylor Lautner on what it felt like to present at the Oscars, with Kristen Stewart:
“I would have passed out if she wasn’t there!” Lautner says. “You’re looking down and you’re talking to George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio—and they’re listening to you!”
...on having to audition a second time for the role of Jacob Black:
“I’m in the gym, and I’m doing reps, and I’m reading the books, and I’m studying the character. I’m just saying to myself, ‘I want this role. I love this role. I’m not gonna lose it. And I’m gonna know it better than anybody, and I’m gonna do that extra
rep, because I’m gonna be Jacob Black.’ ”
...on if he’s considered getting his own place:
“Um, you know, not so much. There’s really no point. I’m so busy. I really haven’t thought about it.... The thing I love is that my home life hasn’t changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn.”
…on being careful about his rep as a “beefcake”:
“Originally I was supposed to take off my shirt. The script [of Valentine’s Day] said we were walking into school and Willy takes off his shirt. I said, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa. Time out. He’s gonna take off his shirt in the middle of school? No, no, no. The reason I took off my shirt for New Moon is because it’s written in the book that way. And there’s reasons behind it.”
For more of Taylor’s interview, go to:
http://www.gq.com/style/wear-it-now/201007/taylor-lautner-stretch-armstrong-twilight-eclipse
THE JULY ISSUE IS ON NEWSSTANDS NATIONWIDE – JUNE 22
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Will Smith's son is a movie star in the making. His new film Karate Kid brought in a whopping $56 million. See what other flicks made big bucks... Glam's got the box office beat.
1 – The Karate Kid: $56 M
2 – The A-Team: $26 M
3 – Shrek Forever After: $15.8 M
4 – Get Him to the Green: $10.1 M
5 – Killers: $8.2 M
6 – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: $6.6 M
7 – Marmaduke: $6.0 M
8 – Sex and the City 2: $5.5 M
9 – Iron Man 2: $4.6 M
10 – Splice: $2.9 M
Rose Byrne, featured in this month's GQ, sheds her genteel Aussie upbringing to sing songs about her lady parts in the comedy Get Him to the Greek, now in theaters.
Check out the GQ Article HERE.
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Anne Hathaway talks about working with Tim Burton, using a green screen, and eating fried crickets... Alice in Wonderland is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray.
What did you make of the platinum blonde look and shimmering white gown you have in the film?
I think the look of my character really fits into Tim Burton’s canon, when you look at a lot of his heroines. A lot of them have pale hair and shadowed eyes and dark lips. I think this is the more extreme version of it. She is the White Queen so obviously the color of her hair is informed by that. What I was struck by when I saw the film was that the hair and make-up actually matched what I was trying to do with the character – which was to play her as someone who was good but with a tiny bit of darkness in her. I thought that came out in the lips and the nails. I was so happy that I did not recognize myself.
Where did the vegan/punk rocker description of the White Queen come from?
That came from the script actually. When she says it is against her vows to harm any living creature, well I am a geek - and I had a lot of time on my hands, obviously – so I made up a whole back story about how she maybe liked meat but it made her sick and how maybe her parents saw her sister start to display violent tendencies and so they got her to make a vow that she would never harm another living creature. So she had repressed her aggression and hadn’t explored it. So that is where the punk rock and vegan thing came in.
Were you a fan of the books?
I loved the books. I didn’t read them till I was at college. I was really struck by Alice’s emotions and the way she felt overwhelmed by the world around her. Also I was so entertained by the world of the books. When I was doing my research for the film I read a lot of essays on the books. One of the things that someone pointed out was that Wonderland is a place of extreme emotions. People [in Wonderland] have emotional reactions to things – often angry reactions. I remember when I read the book that my hormones were raging and I felt a connection to it. I had been planning on reading the books for some time because when I was in Fifth Grade a teacher had us memorize the Jabberwocky poem. So when Johnny was reciting that in the film I was saying it along with him.
What was it like to work with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton?
Johnny, Tim and Helena are all like this awesome rock band and I felt like I was invited to play back-up on their album. And then they would say…here’s a solo…and be like, oh really!, Thank you! Tim has a joy to him and a commitment to his own aesthetic that I respect so deeply. I felt so privileged to be around and I was so inspired by that. When you work with Tim Burton everybody not only tries as hard as they can, they also bring their most creative selves and everyone does what they can to make it as special as his vision. So one of the biggest differences about working with Tim is how much he inspires people. On this film Tim pointed me in the direction that he wanted me to go in and then he basically said to do what I wanted to do with it. I had been very nervous about working with Tim because I had admired him from the first time I saw Beetlejuice and I didn’t want to disappoint him. I wanted to fit into Wonderland, which was a mad, imaginative wonderful world. Also I was very nervous about working on green screen, which I had not done before. So I worked out all the details before I got on the set and Tim was totally open to everything. He is not a director who says ‘no’ very often. He likes to play, he likes to explore. Even if he might disagree with you or if he doesn’t understand where you want to go, he will give you the opportunity to try. For instance my character having a weak stomach was a happy accident. He made an entire arc in the movie about that and I was so happy with that. I don’t know him very well but he is very easy to get along with. He is very interesting, very funny and he is a rule breaker.
You have gone from Princess [in The Princess Diaries] to Queen, but not the usual type of Queen. Are you drawn to roles that subvert expectation?
I try to bring an unconventional approach to all my roles. It is not necessarily to defy expectation but it is more to ask what would I expect in reading this and how can I mess with the rhythm of this character?
What about preparation?
I have been very lucky. I have worked with wonderful directors who love actors and who are creative. On this film I only worked for two weeks and I had six weeks to prep the character. That is just the ratio that I like. I love long prep and rehearsal periods.
It is said that you are very choosy with your roles?
I have never thought about it that way. My choices are character driven. I want to play characters that interest me in films that are directed by film makers that I respect.
Do you think that after Rachel Getting Married and your Oscar nomination that people saw you in a different light?
People that I really respect have come up to me and said that they did not think that I had that in me. That is a very nice feeling but I wasn’t out to prove anything with that role. But that happened without me trying and it was nice. I started when I was so young and my goal has always been career longevity and so I always planned to take my time with everything and explore things. I am not sure that I could have played a character like Kym [in Rachel Getting Married] before I did. I had a lot of growing to do and I still have a lot of growing to do. So I just hope to work with people who are going to help me grow.
How important for you is it to mix things up by doing Indy movies and big budget productions?
I have been told it is very important. But it is just that I don’t like repeating myself. I like to change it up a lot. So I have explored as many options and genres and types of films as are available to me.
A bonus must be that this film has the quirkiness that Tim Burton brings?
If Tim had asked me to do Blade Runner – The Musical I would have done that. Actually that is a great idea, I would want to see that AND be in it! But actually the fact that Tim was doing Alice made it even more exciting for me. And that it was a return to Disney was wonderful. But it was really more that I was motivated by Tim and also I fell in love with the White Queen. From the moment I saw her in the script she sparkled to me. I was really drawn to it. I have always had strong feelings about which role I was drawn to. And it has always been the role in the script that I have been asked to consider. I have been very lucky because not every actor is given the option of auditioning for a different role.
Tim says he had Nigella Lawson in mind as a model for the White Queen. Do you have things like that in mind?
Unless you are playing a real life person it will be inspired by other things. For the White Queen there were a lot of different sources. I was looking at silent films with Greta Garbo and looking at the way she moves and I looked at Debbie Harry for the glam, punk rock element. And Tim had mentioned Nigella and she helped in the cooking scene because of her ease in the kitchen and the way Nigella is very sensual with food. I wanted the White Queen to have that.
Do you cook?
I’m trying. I am new to it. One in five things is very good and everything else is nice effort. I am working on the basics right now and trying to find my go-to chilli recipe. The other day I roasted a chicken that I have got to say was awesome. But I used a lot of butter and it’s not hard to make chicken taste good when you use a lot of butter. I am not a very imaginative cook, I follow recipes, but I really do enjoy it. That and baking. I used to be a vegetarian but obviously I am not a very committed vegetarian when you roast chicken. My favorite recipe is the Waverley Inn’s Chicken Pot Pie. That is a restaurant in the West Village of New York where they make a Chicken Pot Pie that is the most delicious comfort food ever! I found the recipe and I have made it a few times and it is really fun. I like time consuming cooking projects when I spend all Sunday in the kitchen making a big meal. I like Sunday and I invite people over for brunch and then it turns into dinner.
You are not an adventurous cook but are you an adventurous eater?
I have eaten Fried Crickets. It was fine. They were very greasy and dense. They were crunchy but I did not think they were nice. But I was happy that I had done it. The one thing that I absolutely cannot eat – it turns me off – is tripe! I cannot eat any type of intestine. A friend has come back from Bhutan and they showed me pictures of something they ate and it was the grilled guts of some animal and it was not appealing. I get a little nauseous thinking about it. So I am not that adventurous. The Travel Channel would never give me my own show.
So how was the green screen experience in Alice In Wonderland?
There was a huge room that was just green. If I had had to work on it longer I might have got freaked out but it was just two weeks. Tim knew what he was doing and most of the cast had worked on green screen before, so I just watched what everyone else was doing and pretended I knew what was happening. I felt that way at the world premiere when we met Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. What do you do? Is it ma’am as in jam?
What do you think of Blu-ray?
It’s great. Honestly I am not really technical so my dad could answer that question better. My parents have Blu-ray and I love watching things at their place. Whenever we pop something in my dad just sits there and for the first five minutes of the movie goes…’Oh, Blu-ray! Gosh this is great!’ And I’ll say that’s great dad but I don’t know what’s going on in the plot.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND is Available on Blu-ray & DVD June 1st!
Last night's American Idol finale was bitter sweet as we said hello to a new star and goodbye to our old friend Simon. (His wise-cracks and snooty 'tude were the only reasons I watched the show! Good thing he'll soon be judging a new series!) Check out a few snaps from the extraordinary event including the crowning of this season's Idol. Spoiler Alert! If you haven't yet watched and don't know who won, don't click below the fold!
Iron Man walked away with a cool $52 mill this weekend. What other movies made big money? Glam's got the box office beat...
1 - Iron Man 2: $52 M
2 - Robin Hood: $36.1 M
3 - Letters to Juliet: $13.5 M
4 - Just Wright: $8.3 M
5 - How to Train Your Dragon: $5 M
6 - A Nightmare on Elm Street: $4.7 M
7 - Date Night: $3.8 M
8 - The Back-Up Plan: $2.4 M
9 - Furry Vengeance: $2.2 M
10 - Clash of the Titans: $1.2 M
Betty White was a hit on SNL this weekend. She had me in hysterics. Did you catch her in action? She rocked it. Check out a few clips...
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P.S. It was one of the funniest episodes in a long time! I have high hopes for next week too... The season finale with their favorite repeat guest: Alec Baldwin!
Without a doubt, I'd have to say J.C. Wiatt (AKA Diane Keaton in Baby Boom). This was one of my absolute favorite movies growing up. I was five when it came out (do the math!) and absolutely obsessed. And I still am. Anyway, we all know the story. The ultimate yuppie career-driven city girl unexpectedly becomes the guardian to a baby girl. She has to learn to be a mother and juggle work with family. She experiences hurdles along the way (getting fired!, moving to the country!), and eventually realizes (epiphany!) that motherhood is the best job of all. Love love love this movie! Love Diane Keaton. And that baby is insanely adorable.
Honorable Mentions: A few more of our favorites...
Kate (AKA Tina Fey) and Angie (AKA Amy Poehler) in Baby Mama.
Donna (AKA Merly Streep) in Mamma Mia!
Mrs. Gump (AKA Sally Field) in Forest Gump.
Edwina (AKA Holly Hunter) in Raising Arizona
M'Lynn Eatenton (AKA Sally Field - again) in Steel Magnolias.
