Sex Stars 1998

December, 1998

There was, without question, a changing of the guard for sex stars in 1998, from the old Reliables to the Young and Fearless. It began with the spectacular on-screen sinking of the HMS Titanic, which floated its young lovers, 23-year-olds Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, straight to the top of box-office attractions. And it wasn't the nautical disaster's special effects that packed the cineplexes; it was the film's Romeo-and-Juliet love story. Matt Damon, 27, and Ben Affleck, 26, demonstrated...

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