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George Strait, Anne Hathaway, Kevin Spacey

Has George Strait made another movie that will come out soon?
—Mary S., Arkansas

Though his debut film, Pure Country, earned the singer decent reviews and led to his best-selling album with the soundtrack, George Strait, 50, has no immediate plans for another movie. He’s been pretty busy lately, considering he’s got a new album, The Road Less Traveled, and is touring with the George Strait Country Music Festival. The Texas native exploded on the country music scene in 1981 and has remained one of its top performers ever since. He started recording his own records while he was working as a ranch foreman. It didn’t take long before a major label in Nashville, Tenn., signed him, and he’s been with MCA ever since. Strait has sold more than 57 million records, including 25 platinum albums, making him second only to Elvis Presley in the number of platinum albums sold by a male singer. Another impressive stat—he’s had 47 No. 1 singles. Between albums and touring, he stays close to his Texas ranch with his wife, Norma, and son George Jr., where they breed quarter horses. He owns several thoroughbreds and hopes to see one of them win the Kentucky Derby someday.

I saw The Princess Diaries and was very impressed with Anne Hathaway’s performance. Can you tell me more about her?
—Benjamin B., Missouri

Anne Hathaway’s first high-profile television role was that of Meghan Green on the Fox family drama Get Real. Her breakthrough movie role in Disney’s romantic comedy The Princess Diaries followed last summer, and she co-starred in the independent feature The Other Side of Heaven. The 19-year-old Brooklyn native was in London shooting the big-screen adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby this spring. Next, she’ll appear in Miramax’s fairy tale, Ella Enchanted. Hathaway, who has appeared in Jane Eyre and several other theater productions, recently starred in an off-Broadway musical production of Carnival, for which she won the Clarence Derwent Award. An accomplished singer, Hathaway contributed a track to the score of The Princess Diaries. Her extensive training includes work with the Broadway Dance Center and the New Jersey School of Ballet. She lives in New York and attends Vassar College.

What Kevin Spacey movie projects can I look forward to in the future? He seems to choose his projects carefully and has a diverse list of roles to his credit.
—Carol B., Colorado

You may have caught a glimpse of Spacey in this summer’s Austin Powers in Goldmember, where he makes a cameo appearance. Future films include The Life of David Gale, in which he plays a death penalty opponent who lands on death row. He’ll also appear in The United States of Leland. A New Jersey native, the 43-year-old Spacey studied acting at Juilliard and left after two years. Spacey had small film roles, tried stand-up comedy, and did Shakespeare in the Park at the start of his career, finally breaking through when he appeared as bad guy Mel Profitt in the television series Wiseguy. His movies include Glengarry Glen Ross, The Ref, and Seven. He won his first Oscar in 1995 for his supporting role in The Usual Suspects and his second for his 1999 starring role in American Beauty. Spacey also won a Tony Award in 1991 for Lost in Yonkers. The multi-talented Spacey made his directorial debut in 1996 with Albino Alligator.

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