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y continued from page 2 Freddie Prime, Jr. DOB: March 8, 1976 Latest films: Boys and Girls, Down to You One of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, Freddie Prinze, Jr. is another young actor with a famous parent—his father was Freddie Prinze, comic and star of the TV show Chico and the Man (he committed suicide when Freddie Jr. was 10 months old). After graduating from high school, Prinze Jr. headed west from New Mexico to Los Angeles, and landed his first role opposite Claire Danes in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996). Roles in films such as The House of Yes (1997), / Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and She’s All That (1999) quickly followed. His next project is Summer Catch, with Jessica Biel, due in 2001. Check out freddieprinzejr.com Mena Suvari DOB: February 9, 1979 Latest films: Loser, American Virgin Mena Suvari is best known as the rose-petal covered beauty in 1999’s American Beauty. She debuted in the indie flick Nowhere in 1997, but the roles in American Beauty and American Pie (1999) launched her career. Now married to cinematographer Robert Brinkmann, whom she met when she was filming Sugar and Spice (to be released in 2001), Suvari is adjusting to the whirlwind her life has become. She told the Toronto Sun: “It’s extremely surreal for me. I have so much to learn. Sometimes, I think about it and say, like, ‘Why did this happen to me?’ It's so mind-boggling.” Co to celebprofiles.com/actresses/ menasuvari Jason Biggs DOB: May 12, 1978 ! Latest Films: Loser, Boys and Girls Biggs, the guy who really likes apple pie in American Pie (1999), got his break on “As The World Turns” in 1994-95. His latest movie, Loser (2000) with Mena Suvari, is about a dorky NYU student who falls in love, and has placed Biggs on the hot list. His main chal lenge in the future will be moving past the infamous apple pie scene, but with roles in the upcoming films Prozac Nation (2000) and Saving Silverman (2001)—neither of which feature pastry—he should have no problem. “I love laughing and making people laugh at something that I did. But at the same time, the feeling that I get when I am so deep into an emotion is equally rewarding for me. I hope that I can do both for the rest of my career,” Biggs said during a recent interview. Co to young-hollywood.com/jasonbiggs.htm Top Rated Graduate Film Programs in the Country 1. (tie) New York University 1. University of Southern California 3. University of California-Los Angeles 4. American Film Institute (CA) 5. California Institute of the Arts 6. Columbia 7. (tie) Art Institute of Chicago 7. University of Texas-Austin 9. (tie) Florida State 9. Northwestern 9. Temple 12. (tie) Rochester Institute of Technology 12. San Francisco Art Institute 12. University of California-San Diego 15. (tie) San Francisco State University 15. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 17. (tie)Ohio University 17. Southern Illinois University 17. Syracuse University Source: usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/gradbank Gadgets Guide ■ High-Tech Toys: Better living through Technology Ceiva Picture Downloader: $299 The world’s first Net-connected picture frame makes it easy to change the pictures on your wall. It looks like an ordinary wooden frame, but stores ten electronic photographs of your choosing. Ceiva (ceiva.com) uses an ordinary telephone line to download pictures in the mid dle of the night, tying up the line for approximately 5 minutes. WMP-IV MP3 Audio Wrist Watch: $249.95 For those who must have their MP3s with them all the time, Casio has created the world’s first watch/MP3 player hybrid. The MP3 Audio Wrist Watch WMP-IV (casio.com) can play up to 44 min utes of music at near-CD quality. Stereo headphones included. -Kathryn Yu
