Getting to Know

Droves of aspiring actors descend on Hollywood daily, desperately yearning to see their name in lights, their handprints in cement, their face peering down from a billboard on Sunset Boulevard. While many will eventually slink away, carrying nothing but a suitcase filled with crushed ambitions, some will rise victorious.

So what happens when a starlet’s small town dreams come true?

A few months ago Alexis Raben was best known as “Belicec's Aide” in the Nicole Kidman/Daniel Craig clunker The Invasion. Now, she’s at the center of a controversy surrounding The Whitest Kids U’Know’s feature debut Miss March.

Since everyone knows all press is good press, Raben’s stock is rising, along with the libidos of everyone who’s been able to enjoy her Sapphic romp in the new comedy.

Lewis Carroll’s famous nonsense verse Jabbawocky warns, “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!”

Did he mean to say, “Don’t get next to that fire because you’ll get burned?" If he was talking about the JabbawockeeZ, we think he was.

Ryan Eggold is a name to remember.

Within two years, the 24-year-old Southern California native has shot from guest star on the entirely forgettable Related to Entourage recurring player and series regular on FX’s now defunct but deliciously dishy Dirt before landing a role in the potential juggernaut, 90210 Redux.

Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t already know about (and lust after) Michael Phelps?

But what about Ryan Lochte?

Phelps may be swimming’s golden boy but Lochte, Phelps’ friend and rival, deserves some time in the sun too! Hello, he’s stunning! And a phenomenal swimmer!

Lochte and Phelps face off in both the 200 and 400 IM’s at the Olympic Games in Beijing (Phelps already won the 400 and set a new world record with Lochte finishing 3rd) and have been able to maintain a strong friendship despite being pitted against each other for years.

Stop us if you’ve heard this one.

A Palestinian Muslim Virgin with Cerebral Palsy from New Jersey walks into a feature film…

But it’s not a joke; it’s the true story of Maysoon Zayid who makes her big screen debut in this month’s You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.

Sandler wrote the part specifically for Zayid after watching her stand up act which was why she turned to comedy in the first place.