Diane Blaine has the face of a movie star. Unfortunately, fallen star/tabloid queen Jamie Stephens already made it famous. Hollywoods constant rejection due to what Diane refers to as "TJS" ("Too Jamie Stephens") has made her bitter, frustrated....and, yes, whiny. Co-worker/boyfriend Jack Sanders doesn't help matters. His idea of ambition is letting it ride. Now he's in major debt to a trigger-happy mobster who, interestingly enough, has a thing for Jamie Stephens. Jack's only way out? Convince Diane to be Jamie and wipe out the debt having one meal with a made man. It's literally the performance of her life. With Jack's on the line.
Kevin Farley, Matt Berman
Director
Chazz Palminteri
Geno Scarpacci
Nicky Whelan
Jamie Stephens / Diane Blaine
Norm Macdonald
Sid Blaustein
Chris Kattan
Jack Sanders
Horatio Sanz
Tony
Vivica A. Fox
Jackie Johnson
Pamela Anderson
Jenifer Mary
Chris Parnell
Peter West
David Spade
Harvey Harrison (uncredited)
Colleen Camp
Judge
Tracy Dali
Bailiff
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