Looking Back
Hot Gallery: These Stars Have Made Headlines—and Played Real-Life Newsmakers, Too
They’re newsmakers without even trying. We’re talking about the innovators, politicians, activists, heroes and, yes, villains who inspire headlines. We know their stories; but that just makes casting them that much harder. Here they are: Newsmakers and the stars who have tackled their stories onscreen. By Nina Hämmerling Smith
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Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates in Pirates of Silicon Valley; Microsoft Founder Bill Gates
Telling the story of Microsoft and its power-nerd founder was no small task. Anthony Michael Hall, who has plenty of nerd cred of his own, brought just the right mix of brilliance, awkwardness and savvy to the man who would become the world’s richest. For most of us, it was the first time we’d seen Hall in nearly a decade—since Edward Scissorhands—and it was a return to the geek-hero image that made him a star in John Hughes movies like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club.
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