2003-09

It’s not easy being Seth Green. Sure, the small-framed, big-talking actor is extremely good--probably the best there is--at playing clever sidekicks and snarky supporting roles. But when you’ve nailed the part as often as he has (e.g., this summer’s hit caper flick The Italian Job), it can become as confining as a Mike Myers fat suit. So when Green, 29, was given a shot at a different kind of character--the dishy, swishy best friend of a club kid who kills his drug dealer--the Austin Powers costar was prepared to shelve his bags of shhh and get to work right away. “I felt like I’d won a lottery,” he says. “Everything that I’d done before, no matter how dramatic or challenging, paled next to the scope of this.”Read More

One fine summer afternoon, a svelte rap star comes strolling into a west hollywood restaurant. Convention dictates a brief description of his outfit here, usually pasted in by standard Rap-Write(tm) software: platinum chain, home-team ball cap, baggies from own clothing line, tattoo of son/daughter/dead homie. But this rap star is Andre 3000 of Atlanta’s trailblazing hip-hop duo OutKast, one of the most fashion-forward men in music, if not the United States. Blond wigs, football shoulder pads, and velvet knickers have all played a part in Andre’s lonely quest for the Next Level, thus his look today merits special attention. There it is: striped polo shirt, blue slacks, tan Banana Republic sports jacket, and tasseled loafers. Repeat: Tasseled. Freaking. Loafers. To quote some old Ice-T, Man, have you went crazy?Read More

WHO: Seattle punks incongruously named after a Smiths song. Their rock genealogy is fairly incestuous; members have all logged time in several overlapping bands, including Murder City Devils and Kill Sadie. SOUND LIKE: On The New Romance, Pretty Girls’ relentlessly experimental follow-up to 2001’s Good Health, singer Andrea Zollo seizes the reins with her fearlessly riot grrrl roar, propelled by a frenzy of zigzagging guitars.Read More