Also starring: James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson Directed by: Davis Guggenheim Release Date: April 21, 2000 Nationwide. MPAA Rating: R for sexual content including language, and for brief violence. Distributor: Warner Bros. Links: "Gossip" fansite "Gossip" fanlisting Beau fanlisting

Synopsis:
Sex, deception and rumor detonate when fellow university students and roommates Derrick (Marsden), Jones (Headey) and Travis (Reedus) collaborate on their new journalism class assignment: identifying the link between news and gossip. But when someone intentionally spreads a damaging rumor, their class project goes frighteningly out of control and puts friendships, the future - and lives - in jeopardy.

Josh's Role:
Josh plays Beau Edson, a rich college student who hooks up with Kate Hudson's "good girl" Naomi one night at a party. When Derrick, Jones and Travis decide to spread a rumor that Beau raped Naomi, Beau's life spins out of control and he is arrested for a crime he did not commit.