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Power Geeks

Move over hunks: the nerdy set is on a box-office roll.

February 2008
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse


Christopher Mintz-Plasse made his first-ever late-night talk-show appearance two weeks before Superbad’s theatrical release last summer. His plans for the future, he told host Jimmy Kimmel, included making up a failed high school Spanish class at community college. “Yeah, that’s not happening anymore,” admits the pale and lanky 18-year-old, who has leveraged his role as the ID-faking, cop-befriending McLovin into a packed filming schedule, including work on Little Big Men with Paul Rudd and the Harold Ramis–directed Year One...Read the article


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Literary Purgatory

The Books: The lowdown on the would-be adaptations that are stuck in development hell.

Be My Guest

The Invitation: A Jeff Koons–inspired trinket contains the party invite of the year.

Keira & James

The Stars: The It Brits show they can act—and stay sane in the stardom fast lane.

Chasing the Dream

The Studio: The creative force— and drama—behind DreamWorks' biggest year ever.

The God Squad

The Rabbis: Meet Tinseltown's most righteous influencers.

CAA 2.0

The Headquarters: An exclusive look at the ultramodern offices of an industry superpower.

Shooting Star

The Cinematographer: From The Shawshank Redemption to No Country for Old Men, Roger Deakins makes visual magic.

Daddy's Little Helpers

The Babymakers: A surrogacy agency turns Hollywood?s gay parenting hopes into reality.

Leader of the Pack

The New Power Broker: Chris Silbermann aims to bring talent agency ICM into another golden era.

Hollywood's Power Geeks

The Newcomers: Move over, hunks. The nerdy set is on a box office roll.

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