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Movie Review: Kimberly Peirce Tackles Iraq War With Well-Intentioned, Uneven 'Stop-Loss'

For her first film since 1999's ''Boys Don't Cry,'' the raw drama that earned Hilary Swank the first of her two best-actress Academy Awards, Kimberly Peirce initially wanted to make a documentary about soldiers who had fought in the Iraq war. Inspired by her younger brother, she wanted to let them tell their stories of discontentment, of questioning the war, of going AWOL.

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Hillary Swank Is Still Sore Over '90210' Firing

Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank is still upset she was fired from TV show Beverly Hills, 90210 in the late 1990s. Swank admits she lost confidence in her acting ability when television bosses decided she wasn't good enough for the then-ailing teen program.

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'P.S. I Love You' A Treacly Take On Love After Death

You can sort of see the allure ''P.S. I Love You'' might have held for Hilary Swank. It offers her a rare opportunity to play a romantic comedy heroine, though it also has its heavy moments to demonstrate her dramatic range.

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Female Movie Directors Shine This Summer, But Their Numbers Remain Dismally Low

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Female directors are flooding today's theaters more than ever, with movies as diverse as the women themselves. Yet the struggle for equality, recognition and respect continues.

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Chloe Sevigny Says She Loved Drugs

Actress Chloe Sevigny used to love taking illegal substances as a kid because they kept boredom at bay. The Boys Don't Cry star often enjoyed hallucinogenic narcotics as a teen but she's too scared to try anything harder.

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Chloe Sevigny Thinks That Paris Hilton Is 'Trashy'

Actress Chloe Sevigny insists she isn't a fan of Paris Hilton - branding the socialite "trashy." The Boys Don't Cry star was recently told she was 'sexier than Paris Hilton' by a journalist - and she couldn't be more relieved.

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Sevigny Still Upset About Reaction To Brown Bunny Fellatio Scene

Actress Chloe Sevigny is still traumatized by her controversial fellatio scene opposite Vincent Gallo in The Brown Bunny - because everyone seems to have an opinion about it without seeing the film. The Boys Don't Cry star hit the headlines when the movie was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France in 2003 and film fans questioned her decision to perform the unsimulated sex act on her ex-boyfriend.

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Hilary Swank Has Award Show Advice

Double Oscar winner Hilary Swank has given other actresses advice on how to survive tonight's prestigious Academy Awards ceremony - don't eat or drink anything. The 32-year-old is a familiar sight at the awards show, having picked up her first Best Actress Oscar in 1999 for her harrowing role as a transgender man in Boys Don't Cry, and the second in 2004 for Million Dollar Baby, and she is keen to pass on her tips to her less-experienced peers.

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Chad Lowe - Hilary Swank Relationship Strained By Substance Abuse But Not Reason It Ended

Actor Chad Lowe refuses to blame his substance abuse for the breakdown of his marriage to double Oscar winner Hilary Swank, but he admits it "strained" their relationship. Swank and Lowe were married for eight years before splitting last year, and Lowe has previously admitted to being "disappointed" when Swank discussed his troubled past in an interview with Vanity Fair.

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Hilary Swank Often Risks Health for Film Roles

Two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank goes to extreme measures to make her characters believable and even developed a potential health problem because of her strict diet for one role. Swank won her Academy Awards for Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby and insists the intense training required to play a boxer pushed her body too far.

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