From the October Premiere:

The E*List
Forget the A list. Here is
PREMIERE's exclusive ranking
of the Internet's biggest
stars: the ten actors and ten
actresses whose cool roles,
edgy talent, and, let's face it,
sheer sex appeal make
them the Web's most wanted

1
Jennifer Lopez
AGE: 30
WHY SHE'S AN INTERNET STAR: Lopez has lit up the screen in films ranging from Selena and Out of Sight to this year's The Cell. She hit Billboard's top ten with her debut album, On the 6. And then there's her penchant for risqué gowns . . .
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HER: More than 65
OFFICIAL SITE: Jennifer Lopez Online Official Website (www.jenniferlopez.com)
QUIRKIEST SITE: Do You Have a Chance in Hell With Jennifer Lopez (www.ecrush.com/quizes/lopez), a quiz you can take to find out if you and Lopez are compatible
SAMPLE ONLINE ACCOLADE: "She can act, dance, sing, is beautiful, incredibly self-confident, can cook . . . what can't she do?! We may never know."
ODDEST "FACT" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: She had her body insured for $1 billion, plus a $300 million rear-protection policy. ("That's not true," says one of her representatives.)
SAMPLE FAN MESSAGE: "Aside from the fact that she looks like she was pulled from a fashion magazine, you could totally imagine her as your next-door neighbor."
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Does she deserve better than Puff Daddy? Why does she dress that way?

2
Angelina Jolie
AGE: 25
WHY SHE'S AN INTERNET STAR: Jon Voight's daughter became a movie star with her Oscar-winning turn as a troubled young woman in Girl, Interrupted. But the dagger-collecting, tattoo-sporting, bee-stung-lipped actress has long inspired interest on the Internet because of her flirtations with the dark side. Her upcoming role as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider (inspired by a popular video game) will only increase her Web appeal.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HER: More than 55
OFFICIAL SITE: None
QUIRKIEST SITE: Wuthering Jolie/The Voight Domain Portal (www.personals.galaxyinternet.net/jiji/jolie.htm), which features an exhaustive collection of fan art, including paintings, poems, and letters
SAMPLE ONLINE ACCOLADE: "She speaks her mind and is open, honest, slightly 'nuts,' and incredibly talented. Plus, she has killer lips."
ODDEST "FACTS" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: She had a crush on Dr. Spock when she was younger. She once dreamed of becoming a funeral director. (Both true.)
MOST PUZZLING SITE NAME: Why Sodomize Dragonflies? (www.gurlpages.com/art/gen-wh0re/angelina.html). Allegedly, it's her favorite quote.
SAMPLE FAN MESSAGE: "I've never wanted to have children until I saw you for the first time in Foxfire. . . . I hope to have a daughter someday and raise her to be a bold woman like you."
SPECIAL FAN OFFER: "I would give all of my limbs to die and come back as your lipstick."
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: What's the deal with her brother? Is it the eyes or the lips?

3
Jennifer Love Hewitt
AGE: 21
WHY SHE'S AN INTERNET STAR: After winning fans on TV's Party of Five, this sexy-yet-sweet actress (she still lives with her mom!) had a hit movie with I Know What You Did Last Summer, appearing in the most famous shower scene since Psycho.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HER: More than 90
OFFICIAL SITE: Jennifer Love Hewitt Official Website and Fan Club (www.jennifer-love.com)
QUIRKIEST SITE: Jennifer Love Hewitt's Breasts (www. jenlovehewitt.com/jen.html). "I like that website," Hewitt says. "I get a laugh out of it. I hear they judge them from outfit to outfit, so now I think of those people when I dress and I try to make sure that they're not disappointed."
WHAT SHE THINKS OF THE INTERNET: "Any recognition that people appreciate your work is only good. I look forward to getting a computer and talking to some of these people. I'm going to get a special code name so no one knows it's me."
ODDEST "FACT" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: She wants to be a child psychiatrist one day. "That was always my dream," she says. "I don't see it happening now."
MOST PUZZLING SITE NAME: Justice League of America vs. Jennifer Love Hewitt (www.sexdatein.com/jlavsjlh). Who would win a battle between these two mighty forces?
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Did she break MTV veejay Carson Daly's heart? "I don't think anyone in their right mind would ever set out to break someone's heart," she says. "We were two people who were not meant to be together. I think it was a hard situation for both parties."
SITE WITH A BONE TO PICK: Hepburn Fans Against Jennifer Love Hewitt (members.aol.com/hecubas/hephew.htm). Outrage at Hewitt's portrayal of Audrey Hepburn in a TV biopic. "I can understand why an Audrey Hepburn fan wouldn't be happy with my being in The Audrey Hepburn Story," Hewitt says. "She was also my favorite actress. Had I not been given the amazing opportunity to play her, I probably would have been critical of whoever took that role, too. I hope they see that it wasn't me trying to be Audrey Hepburn, but to say thank you."
SITES SHE LIKES TO BROWSE: "I have surfed the Internet on my television in a hotel room. I went to some horoscope website."

Denise Richards
AGE: 28
WHY SHE'S AN INTERNET STAR: Her roles in Starship Troopers and The World Is Not Enough may have made her a movie star, but it was her ménage à trois with Matt Dillon and Neve Campbell in Wild Things that made her an Internet star.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HER: More than 55
OFFICIAL SITE: "I'm in the process of meeting different companies that put together official websites," Richards says. "Hopefully, if real fans know I have an official website, they'll start going to that one as opposed to those that have a lot of false information."
QUIRKIEST SITE: Denise Richards Desktop Collages (denise.angband.org), a collection of collages with titles like "Lucky Leno" (which features a picture of Richards's appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno)
WHAT SHE THINKS OF THE INTERNET: "It's a great way for people to get to know me, but at the same time a lot of rumors get started through the Internet. I've had people put information out there that was absolutely not true, and had people put my head on other people's bodies. That kind of thing is frustrating."
ODDEST "FACT" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: Her most prized possession is a big silver vibrator engraved WILD THINGS '97. "Oh, God, no, that is not my most prized possession," Richards says. "When I wrapped Wild Things the crew gave me that as a joke, because it was supposed to be in one of the scenes but I didn't want to do it. I don't even know where it is, to be honest. My most prized possession is this Tiffany diamond cross necklace I wanted forever and finally splurged and bought for myself as a Christmas present."
SAMPLE FAN MESSAGE: "I need pics of Denise or other celebrities wearing backpacks!"
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Does she live with Patrick Muldoon? "I've never lived with Patrick Muldoon." Is a sequel to Wild Things planned? "Not that I know of." What was it like making out with Neve Campbell? "I don't understand [fans' obsession with this scene]."
SITES SHE LIKES TO BROWSE: "I get information on different vacation spots. I look up stuff on dogs. I have three."


5
Alyssa Milano
AGE: 27
WHY SHE'S AN INTERNET STAR: Though she's starred in such TV hits as Who's the Boss? and Charmed and was a teen pop sensation in Japan, Milano's Internet fame rests largely on a few B-movies she made in various states of undress. She and her mother sued websites that posted topless stills from her movies and used the money to fund an Internet empire that includes safesearching.com, a search engine that steers Web users to nonsalacious sites, and cyber-tracker.com, which helps stars hunt down sites that use their images without authorization.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HER: More than 35
OFFICIAL SITE: The Official Alyssa Milano Site (www.alyssa.com). Milano started this, she says, so that she could have "some control over my image. A good defense is a good offense."
WHAT SHE THINKS OF THE INTERNET: "It's an exciting arena. But we need to come up with legislation so that musicians and actors aren't getting screwed. [My mother and I] have pissed off a lot of webmasters. Some of those people were making $30,000 a month on my body."
ODDEST "FACT" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: Milano was an inspiration for Ariel in the Disney feature The Little Mermaid. "That's true. They drew her from pictures of me."
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Is she dating a grip from Charmed? "I'm not dating anyone, but beggars can't be choosers." Was she engaged to Double Dragon's Scott Wolf? "I was."
SITES SHE LIKES TO BROWSE: "I like horoscope sites. There's a great one called Astrology Zone [www.astrologyzone.go.com]. Of course, I'll go over to Amazon and try to find that CD that's out of print."

6
Natalie Portman
AGE: 19
WHY SHE'S AN INTERNET STAR: Her role as Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace—the film that's the subject of more Web tributes than any other in history—made her the Queen of the Internet for sci-fi-obsessed Web surfers.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HER: More than 100
OFFICIAL SITE: None
WHAT SHE THINKS OF THE INTERNET: "It's a great resource, but you also have a huge problem with misinformation," Portman says. "The major issue with the Internet is anonymity—once people have anonymity all rules are lost, all human values and morals are gone. People in anonymous circumstances will do things they would not normally do. People will lie or be mean or harass, and they are just not accountable. The problem is that technology has moved faster than the laws guiding the Internet, so it's gotten out of control."
ODDEST "FACT" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: She hates the way the word coconut sounds, but she loves the word clutter. "I said that in an interview when I was 11," Portman says. "It's not a huge thing about me."
SAMPLE FAN MESSAGE: "I'm listening to Fugazi, I've got my parents' house to myself, and I've got two Queen Amidala Band-Aids on; how much better can life get?"
SITES SHE LIKES TO BROWSE: "At a party once we went on to Mullets Galore [www.mulletsgalore.com]," she says, referring to the website dedicated to the spiny fish and the bad haircut. "I do most of my research for papers and stuff on the Internet."

7
Jennifer Aniston
AGE: 31
WHY SHE'S AN INTERNET STAR: The Friends actress's forays onto the big screen include The Object of My Affection, Office Space, and the upcoming Metal God, but it's her love match with Brad Pitt that's launched a thousand Web hits.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HER: More than 85
OFFICIAL SITE: None
QUIRKIEST SITE: The Ross and Rachel Fan Club (www.welcome.to/rossandrachel), a support group for fans of the Friends pair's rocky relationship
SAMPLE ONLINE ACCOLADE: "Jennifer, I think that you are great. I admire you so much but I'm not too sure if it's because you are with the most gorgeous man on earth or if it's because you have a great life and a great job. I hope that Mr. Pitt knows what he's got."
ODDEST "FACT" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: When she was 11, a painting she'd done was displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (True.)
SAMPLE FAN MESSAGE: "Metal God's being filmed now; they are using my van as the main vehicle. It's the brown van. She is going to autograph the inside of the door after the last shot."
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Why didn't Rachel and Ross work out? Is there a lesbian kiss in Metal God?

8
Sarah Michelle Gellar
AGE: 23
WHY SHE'S AN INTERNET STAR: Her role as TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer led to such movies as I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream 2, and the deliciously nasty Cruel Intentions.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HER: More than 135
OFFICIAL SITE: Official Buffy the Vampire Slayer Site (www.buffyslayer.com). Gellar is in the process of starting up her own site as well.
ODDEST "FACTS" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: She collects rare editions of children's books. "Yes," she says. "My goal is to have a first edition of every Dr. Seuss book." When she was young she did a commercial in which she claimed, "I only eat at Burger King," and for a time thereafter she couldn't enter a McDonald's unless she was in disguise. "Yes—truth in advertising! Only when you're five, everyone has their parties at McDonald's, so I had to wear pigtails and a baseball hat. Nowadays, I go into McDonald's disguise-free."
SAMPLE FAN MESSAGE: "She would have been perfect as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind."
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION: Does she have a brown belt in tae kwan do? "I was just about to get my brown belt when I stopped studying."
HER FAVORITE FAN SITE: "I've looked at some of the sites. It's really special that people out there want to spend their time doing it. It's an honor."

9
Salma Hayek
AGE: 32
WHY SHE'S AN INTERNET STAR: Fans of this Mexican beauty applaud her healthy (not stick-thin) proportions and look forward to seeing her in roles more complex than those she had in From Dusk Till Dawn and Wild Wild West—such as that of artist Frida Kahlo (a role Madonna coveted) in an upcoming biopic that Hayek has long had in development.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HER: More than 60
OFFICIAL SITE: None
QUIRKIEST SITE: The Salma Hayek versus Friedrich Hayek Scorecard (pages.nyu.edu/~dgw0244/dgwhayek.html). It's a comparison between the actress and the free-market economic philosopher.
SAMPLE ONLINE ACCOLADE: "Quite possibly the most beautiful woman in Hollywood today. Someday she'll star in a movie that's worthy of her talent and glamour."
ODDEST "FACT" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: She wore a fake prosthetic penis that she unleashed as a joke during the filming of her love scene with Breckin Meyer in 54.
MOST PUZZLING SITE NAME: The Beauty Made Woman (www.sexdatein.com/Hollywood/Cinema/4573/salma/sal4.html)
BRIEF ENCOUNTER: "I saw her at the De La Hoya-Mosely fight in L.A. and introduced myself to her and Edward Norton. Salma is more of the speaker of the two. It totally blew my mind that I was talking to the 25th sexiest woman in the world."
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Is there bad blood between Salma Hayek and Jennifer Lopez? Are she and Edward Norton a good couple?

10
Julia Roberts
AGE: 32
WHY SHE'S AN INTERNET STAR: It's no surprise that the hottest actress in Hollywood is also one of the hottest on the Internet. Now fans are buzzing about her bravura turn in Erin Brockovich and speculating about an Oscar nod.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HER: More than 35
OFFICIAL SITE: Roberts is developing a website that will be housed on Mediatrip.com.
DOMAIN-NAME BATTLE: In a recent landmark decision, Roberts was awarded her domain name, juliaroberts.com, by the World Intellectual Property Organization (a United Nations group that oversees domain names on the Internet), when the name's previous owner, Russell Boyd, tried to sell it on eBay. At press time, Boyd was still occupying the site and using it to publish screeds against Roberts.
QUIRKIEST SITE: Thank You, Julia (www.juliaroberts.de). This exhaustive site includes poems, paintings, pictures of Roberts in Mongolia, and messages from fans from as far away as Indonesia.
ODDEST "FACT" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: When she's nervous, she tears out of her left eye. (True.)
BRIEF ENCOUNTER: "I had the pleasure of meeting Julia in 1997 when she got the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award at Harvard University. I asked her for her autograph & she said 'shit.' Taking this as a no I started to walk away. She said, 'You did not let me finish. Shit it's cold!' She signed my pic & gave me that smile & ran off to her limo."
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Will Julia and Ben [Benjamin Bratt] get married? Why does Julia keep changing her hairstyle?

1
Russell Crowe
AGE: 36
WHY HE'S AN INTERNET STAR: After receiving acclaim for L.A. Confidential and an Oscar nomination for The Insider, the New Zealand-born actor fought his way to the top of the Hollywood heap with the summer blockbuster Gladiator.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HIM: More than 25
OFFICIAL SITE: 30 Odd Foot of Grunts (www.gruntland.com), a site devoted to his rock band
QUIRKIEST SITE: Crowe Illumination (www.angelfire.com/in2/croweillumination), "a place for all who have been inspired by Russell Crowe to share the results of that inspiration, be it fan fiction, poetry, artwork or . . .?"
SAMPLE ONLINE ACCOLADES: "You have more sexual energy than any actor I've ever seen. There is so much honesty in what you do, and in who you appear to be. It's enough to drive a very sane person out of her mind with curiosity." "Oh where did my sanity go?/I lost it because of a Crowe/Your buttocks, your thighs/Those dark sexy eyes/Any chance of a cure/I'd say NO!"
ODDEST "FACTS" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: He thinks women who have children are sexy. "He said that in an interview," his publicist says. He turned down a bottle of French champagne because he was boycotting French products in protest of nuclear testing.
MOST PUZZLING SITE NAME: Russell Crowe: Only Connect the Prose & the Passion (www.sexdatein.com/firthfan/crowe/main.html)
BRIEF ENCOUNTER: "I remember when you were much younger and you would have lunch with us at the Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. You used to share cigarettes with us and you were so shy and funny. Carol paid for that VB beer and you still owe her $20, mate."

2
Tom Cruise
AGE: 38
WHY HE'S AN INTERNET STAR: Hollywood's number-one actor has long been a fixture on the Web, where fans debate the merits of his mixing mainstream blockbusters (M:I-2) with quirkier, more adventurous roles (Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia).
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HIM: More than 25
OFFICIAL SITE: None
QUIRKIEST SITE: Tom Cruise vs. Kidman! (www.mrev.net/slack/main-event/superfights/cruise-vs-kidman.htm). That's Kidman the wrestler, not Nicole Kidman, his wife.
ODDEST "FACTS" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: Cruise once presented Robert Duvall with a horse. (True.) He and Kidman have gone on a great white shark expedition. ("Not yet, but Nicole has said many times that they want to go diving with sharks," his publicist says.)
MOST PUZZLING SITE NAME: Tom Cruise Estrogen Brigade (www.sexdatein.com/Hollywood/Hills/2389/tceb.html)
BRIEF ENCOUNTER: "I met Tom Cruise. He's touring [Korea] for his movie M:I-2. Tom and I talked for a while about his life, movie, and his hair-style! I still feel that I am dreaming now."
SAMPLE FAN MESSAGE: "My husband said, 'You're 42 years old & the mother of three, aren't you embarrassed to have a crush on a movie star?' I said, 'Nope!' "
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Is Tom's hair better long or short? Did Tom's rock climbing scare his mother and John Woo? What's Scientology?

3
Brad Pitt
AGE: 36
WHY HE'S AN INTERNET STAR: Though he has weathered some recent box office disappointments (Seven Years in Tibet, Meet Joe Black, Fight Club), he's as popular as ever in cyberspace, where fans appreciate both his edgier fare and his romances with ex Gwyneth Paltrow and bride Jennifer Aniston.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HIM: More than 65
OFFICIAL SITE: Pitt has aligned himself with Z.com, but at press time his site was still in preparation.
QUIRKIEST SITES: Fight Club: Stickman Version (www.stickclub.com). A stick-figure take on Fight Club. Myrhmaid's Kiss Brad Pitt Page (www.sexdatein.com/Hollywood/Boulevard/1464/bradkiss.html). It lets you click on a variety of photos to virtually kiss Pitt.
ODDEST "FACTS" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: His first jobs were handing out cigarette samples, standing outside El Pollo Loco restaurant in a chicken outfit, and driving strippers around in a limousine. (True.)
MOST PUZZLING SITE NAME: Tyler and Jack's Bloodstained Basement (www.tylerandjacks.com). Tyler Durden for President? "Change mudslinging into bloodslinging."
SAMPLE FAN MESSAGE: "BRAD PITT IS THE SEXIST MAN ALIVE ON THIS EARTH, EVEN THOUGH HE IS 36. I DON'T CARE I STILL LOVE HIM."
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Was Fight Club too violent? Why isn't stalker Athena Marie Rolando in jail? (Plusmany pertaining to Paltrow and Aniston.)

4
Will Smith
AGE: 32
WHY HE'S AN INTERNET STAR: Blockbusters such as Independence Day and Men in Black have made this squeaky-clean rapper-turned-actor a role model on the Web, where people of color are still few and far between.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HIM: More than 30 OFFICIAL SITES: Will Smith (www.willsmith.com) and Will Smith (www.willsmith.net)
QUIRKIEST SITE: "A Letter To Mr. Smith" (www.aletter2willsmith.free-servers.com), a missive from a young girl
SAMPLE ONLINE ACCOLADE: "I really think you're the best role model in living history."
ODDEST "FACTS" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: Turned down a scholarship to M.I.T. to pursue his music career. He was known as Captain Correction because he was the first to correct people who were using improper grammar. (Both true.)
SAMPLE FAN MESSAGE: "My dad thought all rappers were foul-mouthed, illiterate gangsters. Well, I heard that your grandma wrote a letter to you concerning some of your lyrics, and ever since then, you worked clean. That convinced my parents that you were ok. You are also funny like Weird Al Yankovic, and you encourage monogamy. Keep up the good work!"
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Is Will better at acting or at rapping? Does he not get enough respect because of his clean image? Why do Eminem and Dr. Dre dis Will?

5
Leonardo DiCaprio
AGE: 25
WHY HE'S AN INTERNET STAR: The Titanic heartthrob has inspired more websites than there are stars in the heavens. Fans also mention his efforts for the environment.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HIM: More than 270
OFFICIAL SITE: The Official Leonardo DiCaprio Site (www.leonardodicaprio.com)
QUIRKIEST SITE: The Church of Leonardo DiCaprio(members.tripod.com/~Claire_1979). Includes "Ten Commandments" about the "God of the Screen" ("Thou shall not commit adultery, unless with Leonardo DiCaprio") and a filmography titled "The Miracles Leonardo Has Performed."
SAMPLE ONLINE ACCOLADE: "In like all of his films that he dies in he always does this completely adorable dying thing. He has his eyes open and then one single tear rolls down his cheek and he dies. It makes me weep."
ODDEST "FACTS" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: Collects $5 sunglasses. Wouldn't leave home without his Game Boy. FAN DREAM: "I was in this really dark room; sorta like a club. The crowd split in two and out came Leonardo wearing tight jeans on, cheap black sunglasses, and a black leather jacket that said 'Luscious Jackson' on the back. He started to do the moonwalk and breakdance. Then me and him were on the Internet talking about copyright laws. . . . "
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Has Leo gained weight? Does he only date models?

6
Ryan Phillippe
AGE: 25
WHY HE'S AN INTERNET STAR: The object of everyone's affection in last year's Cruel Intentions has left more than a few teen swooning in front of their computer screens.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HIM: More than 50
OFFICIAL SITE: Phillippe is developing an official site with friends and fellow actors Seth Green and Breckin Meyer, but at press time it was not yet up.
QUIRKIEST SITE: The Ryan Phillippe Garage (www.internettrash.com/users/ryanphillippe/index2.html): Play games like Warp Ryan! And Before and After or browse fan art.
SAMPLE ONLINE ACCOLADE: "R is for the ray of sunshine that you make me see. Y is for the younster I wish you had with me. A is for the animal you bring out of me. Ne is for never, we never could be." ODDEST "FACT CIRCULATING ON THE NET: Has a pet scorpion at this office. ("That's not true," his publicist says.)
BRIEF ENCOUNTER: "I went to school with Ryan. . . . My little brother was sick one day and in my dad's office at school. . . . Ryan was the one who took him down to the nurse's office." SAMPLE WEBSITE DISCLAIMER: "I am in no way afflicted [sic] with Ryan Phillippe or Reese Witherspoon [his wife], I am not them, and I can't contact them any better than you can."
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Is it pronounced Fill-EEE-pay or FILL-uh-pee or Fill-eee-PAY? (It's FILL-uh-pee.) How do you feel about Ryan's being a father?
SITES HE LIKES TO BROWSE: Surfers, beware: The following was posted on the Ryan Watch Message Board in Ryan Intentions (www.sexdatein.com/SunsetStrip/Palace/9180/ryanintentions.html), but it wasn't Phillippe who was online: "I have been reading the message board for the last few minutes and you guys are so amazing. I don't know why you would ever like me? (go figure). I don't think of myself as hot. Being a so-called 'hunk' actually disgusts me."

7
Keanu Reeves
AGE: 36
WHY HE'S AN INTERNET STAR: The webhead extravaganza The Matrix boosted the already intense appeal of this actor (and musician, with his band Dogstar).
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HIM: More than 75
OFFICIAL SITE: Official Dogstar Website (www.dogstaronline.com)
QUIRKIEST SITE: Keanumandu: The Online Virtual Temple of the Society for Keanu Consciousness (www.empire_net.com/~rdaeley/skc/). Ponders such questions as, Is the face on Mars Keanu?
SAMPLE ONLINE ACCOLADE: "You'll watch the same movie over and over (no matter how good or bad) just to see him in action. . . . You kiss buses because there's a Johnny Mnemonic ad on the side and his face just happens to be at eye level. . . . OKAY! Maybe that one's just mine!"
ODDEST "FACTS" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: He's left-handed, but he plays bass right-handed. He says the most mystical thing about him is a deodorant crystal he uses. (Both true.)
SPECIAL FAN OFFER: "I have observed the anointing of the feet in Little Buddha and of the torso in Much Ado and I now take the precaution of keeping a can of maple syrup handy in the fridge in case Keanu should knock on my door some day and request a quick anointing."
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: How did he get that scar on his neck? (Surgery after a motorcycle accident.) Who is he dating?

8
Freddie Prinze Jr.
AGE: 24
WHY HE'S AN INTERNET STAR: Fans who weren't even alive when Prinze's father, the star of TV's Chico and the Man, tragically committed suicide have made Prinze the king of teen flicks, from I Know What You Did Last Summer to She's All That.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HIM: More than 30
OFFICIAL SITE: None
WHAT HE THINKS OF THE INTERNET: "It's cool that people like me, and I hope they continue to," Prinze says. "The Internet is both a valuable resource and a place of misinformation."
SAMPLE ONLINE ACCOLADE: "This guy is a total sweetheart. Needless to say my Leonardo DiCaprio days are over."
ODDEST "FACTS" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: He got a scar on his chin from falling while pretending to be Luke Skywalker. ("Yes," he says.) He considers one of his talents to be his ability to pick up things with his toes. ("Yes, unfortunately.")
BRIEF ENCOUNTER: "I met Freddie at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank, California. We talked about acting and agents and stuff like that and then when it was time to go, he rode off on his bike. I thought it was so cool that he rode a bike, and not in a really nice car!"
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION: Who was Freddie Prinze Sr.? (See above.)
HIS FAVORITE FAN SITE: "I once looked at one of my sites. I responded to a few people, but no one believed it was me."

9
Bruce Lee
AGE: November 27, 1940-July 20, 1973
WHY HE'S AN INTERNET STAR: The kung fu master and first Asian cinema superstar died almost 30 years ago, but he lives on in cyberspace, where fans dissect his martial-art performances in movies such as Enter the Dragon and The Chinese Connection, and speculate about the cause of his death.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HIM: More than 55
OFFICIAL SITE: Bruce Lee Educational Foundation (www.bruceleefoundation.com). "My mother and I are on the board of the foundation," says his daughter, Shannon Lee, a martial artist and actress (Enter the Eagles, the upcoming sci-fi film Epoch). "The foundation was set up as a resource for people to get information about my father's art and philosophy. We're thinking of setting up an official site for the family, but that's a long way off."
QUIRKIEST SITE: Bruce Lee and Jeet Kune Do (members.aol.com/jeetkunedo). Very mystical.
SAMPLE ONLINE ACCOLADE: "Bruce Lee was more than just another kung-fu actor. He was a renaissance man and a serious example of A.K.M.A.-Asians Kicking Major Ass!"
ODDEST "FACT" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: He was a champion cha-cha dancer. "That's true," says Shannon. "He was the cha-cha champion of Hong Kong. He taught dance lessons on a cruise boat to make enough money for his passage."
MOST PUZZLING SITE NAME: Bruce Lee—The Asian Elvis (www.michaelcho.com/filterlessbrucelee.htm)
SAMPLE FAN MESSAGE: "Bruce Lee not Dead!!! Bruce Lee king of Kung Fu! He talk to me!"
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION: How did he die? Was he murdered for giving out kung fu secrets using a "delayed death touch"? "After my father died there were all these theories, and I'm sure new ones are being made up all the time. I'm not going to go out there and battle people and their crazy theories. In a nutshell, he had an allergic reaction to a pain medication, and that was basically it."

10
George Clooney
AGE: 39
WHY HE'S AN INTERNET STAR: He's been making virtual house calls ever since the debut of ER; starring roles in Out of Sight, Three Kings, and the summer hit The Perfect Storm have kept fans' pulses racing.
NUMBER OF SITES DEVOTED TO HIM: More than 55
OFFICIAL SITE: None
QUIRKIEST SITE: Earth and Fire: A George Clooney Star Chart (www.aristotle.net/~sehudnall/title.htm)
ODDEST "FACT" CIRCULATING ON THE NET: Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman have each bet Clooney $10,000 that he will be a father before he turns 40, as he has said he will never get married or have children. (True.)
SAMPLE FAN MESSAGE: "I'm looking for anyone that can get me in contact with an agent to be Clooney's Stunt/Body double. I'm told every day that I look exactly like him. I even dressed as Dr. Ross for Halloween and people thought I was him."
FAN DREAM: "I had a dream that I was in a cafe in Hollywood and someone pushed me on top of George and we could not get up. I caught a glimpse of his boxers and they had the ER logos and his name all over them: 'Dr. Doug Ross.' "
SPECIAL FAN OFFER: "George if you're ever in the area, we would be glad to do a stress test on you for free!"
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Will he return to ER? Is it true he says he'll never get married?

About Our E-Stars Methodology:
To produce our twin top-ten lists of the most popular movie stars on the Internet, PREMIERE polled Yahoo!, Go, Excite, Lycos, and Ask for the actors and actresses who got the most search requests in May. We limited our list to stars with substantial movie credits (that's why Pamela Anderson didn't make the cut). It's impossible to say exactly how many websites a star has, but we did searches on Go, Lycos, Fansites, CelebSites, and Yahoo! to come up with the approximate numbers of fan sites devoted to our top 20 e-stars. E-star profiles are by Al Weisel.


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