Newsmakers: Britney Spears, Robert Redford

Now you pick up the paper and there's a Watergate every day. I don't think anyone's connecting the dots and saying to the public, "Wake up, folks, because you could end up in a totalitarian nightmare, wondering what happened to your country."

Does your movie-star-ness keep you from being taken seriously?

You work hard to move away from it, and you're only partly successful. If I go up there to speak about an issue, they're playing "The Sting."

Matt and Ben, Together Again--But Can They Rekindle the Fire?

Not since winning Oscars for 1997's "Good Will Hunting" have Boston's favorite sons headlined a film together. BEN AFFLECK and MATT DAMON will reportedly reunite for a drama, in which the toothsome twosome play attorneys who are fighting to free an innocent man on death row. Damon is a friend, indeed. His career and image have been impeccable over the years. Affleck's career and image have been--well, he's been hunting for a little good will.

--Jac Chebatoris

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