Les,asmall-timecelebrityphotographer(Buscemi)desperatetomakeitbigbefriendsToby,ahomelessyoungman(Pitt)withnodirectionexceptavaguedesiretobecomeanactor.WhenbychanceTobybecomesromanticallyinvolvedwithK'HarmaLeeds,thehottestpopstarofthemoment,Lesgrowsjealousandplotsrevenge.
