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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