*who is an upNcomer? well my definition is someone who is not quite a household name but not quite a total unknown. an upNcomer is in that inbetween stage, where you may recognize him but not have a clue why (depending on your movie buffness status). since everything is relative, here're some examples: tom cruise is the upNcomer who has already upNcame. that kid in my high school who acted in all the plays... not an upNcomer (well at least not yet, I suppose). josh hartnett would have been an upNcomer a few years ago, but then he got a few break-out roles and suddenly he's the big man on campus. usually a lead role in a mainstream movie will do the trick, but not necessarily. sometimes the actors are no good. i mean there are some big-name actors whom i have no idea as to how they slipped in under the label "actor." i'm rambling. anyway, if you have any favorite upNcomers, email suggestions to me ([email protected])! Thanks for visiting. :o)

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02.01.03   wow ok you get a lot of work done when you don't sleep. anyway, i've finished up most of the upNcomers' sections (as best i could... some of these upNcomers really don't have much info on them... but i guess that's good, 'cause others have big fanbases, and i'm starting to wonder if i'm still sticking to the "unknown" ^_^). funny thing: i looked up the top people that were looked up on imdb.com in the past week and month, and guess who was at #1? mr. bloom of course! whoo hoo, orlando fever, for sure! spreads like wildfire. anyway, hmm... since so i'm going to have to keep my eye out for new upNcomers... people give me some suggestions! :o) ok i just added the status listings... click on the link to the status page if you're confused (or bored) ^_^

02.01.02   whoo hoo happy new year everyone! thank goodness. 2001 was way too heavy a year... i think it'll be nice to try and start over again. ~_~; anyway, i saw Driven with former upNcomer kip pardue... i wasn't too impressed with his acting chops in his first big role. so buh-bye kip! estella did fine in her teeny role, in my opinion (oh, and there was also this really strange part they stuck in there with her showing off her synchronized swimming skills... it was just weird how they filmed it) ...geez i hope orlando doesn't turn out to be a dud like kip... he hasn't really needed to display much range as legolas in LOTR... which reminds me to get back to NEWS+UPDATES. i've been working away in orlando's section, adding tons of good articles... man, there was a lot to sift through, thanks to all those great LOTR sites... also, i'm in the process of getting ryan gosling's section up and running.

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